On 14:00 19 Dec 2019, Gary > wrote:
> Pamela wrote:
>>
>>
>> America might be the only country in the world where you need to take a
>> coat with you on a baking hot day when visiting a restaurant to avoid
>> getting chilly.
>
> This can be true. Be outside on a hot day then go sit in an AC
> restaurant and just sitting there, easy to get chilled.
>
> Not necessarily the temp but the difference in temp.

Although that's true, many American restaurants are over air-conditioned.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...erica-fell-in-
love-with-crazy-amounts-of-air-conditioning/

This article on workplaces claims its because the temperature is chosen for
the metabolic rate of men rather than women.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2741

I'm surpsied the greens haven't started lobbying about the waste of energy!