Work not taking red alert seriously

[Founderflower]

Why are some people not taking the red weather warning seriously? Where I am it’s 39 degrees on Wed/ Thur but ‘feels like’ 42 according to BBC.

At work they’re expecting everyone in - the office is air conditioned, so fine, but we’re central London so everyone needs to schlep in on public transport.

Red means a danger to life and not just for vulnerable people. Some people who are healthy will die because of the weather. There’s warnings of power outages and transport failures. So what happens if we get stuck on a broken down underground train?

I KNOW other countries see these temps regularly. But they are prepared for dealing with it. England is not and it fucks up. I don’t want a heart attack from sitting in 48 degree heat on a train. I’m really stressed out!

If it were a red warning around severe wind or rain or flooding they wouldn’t be telling everyone to come in! So why is heat seen differently?

You have aircon in your office - YABVU. I’ve not got aircon and work with 30 other people in a room and it’s basically uncomfortable but fine.

Stating fact. I’ll do that thanks, won’t last much past much midday on a 12 hr shift and without a freezer 👍🏻

Quite a few trains cancelled at Paddington and Waterloo. Looks like lots of Thameslink trains cancelled as well.

I was impressed when I visited Porto in Portugal a few years ago that almost all the windows had roll-down shutters on the exterior, made of perforated metal. They kept the sun out but still allowed some air into the flat/house if you opened the window.

Hello from the tube/train network in real time. Waterloo is heavily affected with SW trains not running, district line has only just resumed after bring down due to heat-related issues. Northern line was the ultimate tier of hell.

If you're not here, you can't imagine it

Sounds awful. Thank for the update.

(edited: just found actual operator website, rather than Trainline, is more accurate)

They cycle along far too fast and ding their bells at anyone who is within 10m of them because they can't control the bikes. And they can't stop at red lights or zebra crossings.

There really is a case for everyone to have to do bikeability before they leave primary school.

In other news, my work event is still on on Thursday. I am rather stunned. Red warning and "do not travel" for the trains. Now I am in a quandary!

@igelkott2026 don't go !

I second this.

London transport is apparently buggered today due to heat - it will be far, far worse on Thursday!

I can't stand the heat. I do not go abroad or sun bathe. So I'm with you @Founderflower
I was glad your office saw sense.😄

I would take some leave. As they have sir aircon it is difficult to argue not coming in.

Schools are closed in my area for two days. I imagine a lot of people will have to take the day off.

It's much hotter on the tube, particularly the Central Line.

Your work are taking it seriously. The temperature doesn't matter - the shareholders matter. This is very serious.

Covid proved that laptop jobs can all be done remotely. Literally the only reason that offices exist now is to suit corporations who have taken out long leases on buildings that they need to justify and because coffee breath Colin's and Karen's hate their own family and have bored their own friends to death that they need to lean on everyone else for social interaction.

Your work wants you in because people go in and have been going in.

Why do you still believe your company cares about you? Honestly, they aren't there for you, they're there to make a profit.

We will never break free from this slave master mentality until workers collectively realize that companies need us more than we need them.

Do you know how big London is? What if OP lives nowhere near their work?

Good luck with communism. We would all starve

@axolotlfloof Why does it have to be either or?

You should try working in a factory with no air conditioning. I was working in 34.2° today for 9 hours.

Businesses should heed the warning, which is not to travel unless necessary, so working at home protocol should kick in for businesses where it is possible to do so.

Well, that and the fact that most of the more recent studies show a significant drop in productivity when wfh. People made the effort when it was a novelty/privilege. Now many just take the piss.

Socialism/Communism has killed far more people than the Nazis.

Capitalism-induced climate change will kill a lot more

Have you been on the tube in heat? It’s far far hotter and no air.

Do these idiots not realise that people living in London don't live 15 minutes from work? It's not unusual to travel for 40 minutes on the underground.