TAKAPUNA OFFICE SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE OVER WHETHER 18 DEGREES IS A PUFFER JACKET SITUATION
Three staff are in merino. Two are in puffers. One bloke is in jandals. HR has been called.
A marketing agency on Takapuna's Hurstmere Road has descended into open warfare over whether 18 degrees constitutes puffer jacket weather, with productivity reportedly down since Tuesday's stand-up.
The argument began when account manager Priya Saxena, 29, arrived in a black puffer and was immediately mocked by the creative team, who were in t-shirts. By 10am, three more puffers had appeared. By lunch, someone had turned the heat pump on, someone else had turned it off, and the receptionist was crying.
"It's eighteen degrees. Eighteen!" said senior designer Marcus Tu'ipulotu, who was wearing shorts. "I lived in Dunedin for two years. This is summer. These people have been ruined by underfloor heating."
Priya, contacted at her desk under a hood, said Marcus could get stuffed. "He drinks his flat white iced. His opinion on temperature doesn't count. Ask Jules at the cafe downstairs — she said it's jumper weather, and Jules is never wrong!"
Office manager Bronwyn said she'd sent a memo asking staff to "dress for their own microclimate" and stop touching the thermostat. The memo is being used as a coaster. The heat pump is set to 24 and nobody will admit to it.
A staff vote is scheduled for Friday, weather permitting.
The argument began when account manager Priya Saxena, 29, arrived in a black puffer and was immediately mocked by the creative team, who were in t-shirts. By 10am, three more puffers had appeared. By lunch, someone had turned the heat pump on, someone else had turned it off, and the receptionist was crying.
"It's eighteen degrees. Eighteen!" said senior designer Marcus Tu'ipulotu, who was wearing shorts. "I lived in Dunedin for two years. This is summer. These people have been ruined by underfloor heating."
Priya, contacted at her desk under a hood, said Marcus could get stuffed. "He drinks his flat white iced. His opinion on temperature doesn't count. Ask Jules at the cafe downstairs — she said it's jumper weather, and Jules is never wrong!"
Office manager Bronwyn said she'd sent a memo asking staff to "dress for their own microclimate" and stop touching the thermostat. The memo is being used as a coaster. The heat pump is set to 24 and nobody will admit to it.
A staff vote is scheduled for Friday, weather permitting.