Work not taking red alert seriously

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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?

Cool People can lie on the office floor in their bikinis cos like you said its the same right?

Cool story. Not my job though. Thank fuck

its showing 36c here for Friday

I mean I’m a senior professional working single parent. I don’t tend to skip work to go to the pub. I think you’re giving away more about your mentality than mine here…

My boss is a woman.

I work in a supermarket no air con its broken my job is mainly order picking pushing a huge, heavy trolley around, the warehouse is even hotter, my uniform is jeans with a polyester top, plus I walk to & from my place of work I literally had to peel my uniform off me today I felt so hot & bothered, no extra breaks either. Absolutely dreading the next few days.

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It was not this warm in the 1970s! The big heat wave of 1976 was ‘only’ 32 degrees and the country ground to a halt. That was exceptional and now it’s normal.

Agreed. It should be a WFH day.

If everyone stayed home we’d have serious problems. Think medical, food, farmers I’m sure this list can be expanded. If you aren’t needed take a days holiday. Calling in sick seems a bit of a cheat.

We've been given Thursday and Friday off.
I work for a local authority and spend time in the community. All our families thst network eith have been informed.

As im off tomorrow and finished work st lunch time today, I've booked a cottage in the Highlands as a mini break. I might as well be hot in a nice place with a view near a Loch then be at home.

If everyone went out we'd have serious problems. Think heatstroke, dehydration, serious burns, death.

There is a red weather warning for a reason!

There is no need to put any more strain on the NHS.

We received a message today saying dont travel in. Shame it didn't come on Monday before I bought my train ticket and booked a hotel all at my expense when the director insisted everyone needed to be in on Thursday!!!

Those that can stay at home and work won’t make any negative difference to anyone. It might however mean less people in transports and less potential burden on emergency services .

What? When it's hot outside it's absolutely baking in the underground!

So because you’ve landed yourself a shit job everyone else should suffer so you don’t become ‘irate.’ Ok…

Can you request for a cotton uniform?

I only wear cotton clothes or natural fibres. If I was faced with a job that had a uniform that wasn't from a natural fibre, I would be kicking up a fuss.

I was a child and actually fainted twice that summer, busting my lip as I fell on one of those occasions

No, what I’m saying is I find it irritating when others who work easy jobs complain about working in hot temperatures.

Just like how those who work 9-5 Monday to Friday for minimum wage have every right to complain about people like me who work 5 months of the year and earn a lot more.

Different jobs exist and people are entitled to their opinions.

Forgot to add, my job isn’t shit, okay certain aspects of it are a bit crap but I’m ridiculously highly paid for the industry, I only work 5 months a year, i get up to 4 days off each week to spend with my children, my colleagues and I have a good relationship so work is fun and when it’s not a heatwave, it’s easy work.

That sounds really hard. I hope you’re ok over the next few days . If you feel ill absolutely phone in sick if you can.

I think the frustration comes that many jobs can be done remotely now, there is absolutely no NEED for many people to commute in this heat. The op says she can do her meeting on Teams, so why does she need to be physically there? How many times have you seen meetings rescheduled last minute after you slogged to the office? My meetings are moved all the time, thank god I work from home.
OP, can you just tell them you're working from home?

But why on earth did you post then? My original post was about wfh. Which I absolutely can, and do, do. You can’t do that. You do you if you want to work at what sounds like an absolutely horrific job. But you don’t get to dictate how others feel because you choose to do so.

It's like the suffering Olympics.

The last time I was with my hairdresser, he had a fan. It wasn't a hot day. I love my hairdresser and he is not shy. If I was with him this week I know him well now, he wouldn't be shy suggesting the cool setting on a hairdryer. He would probably use cooler water too for rinsing my hair.

Hair salons wouldn't be a huge problem I think and I would find it hard too believe that all 8 or 9 stations would have hairdryers running at the same time because everyones head and service would different and unique. Between clients maybe hairdressers can use cold shots on hairdryers and maybe even pour some cold water from the basin on their wrists. There would be some solution to work around.

If you can work from home do that. If not then go to work. Calling in sick is basically wrong! Plan your day. We are capable adults dealing with a heat wave it’s not a pandemic.