My office sent all 30 of us home for a week because the building turned into a functioning sauna at 36°C. Genuinely can’t blame them, I sat there sweating through a spreadsheet like I was doing manual labor. Except home isn’t much better. My wife and I are taking cold showers at 1am just to fall back asleep. Blinds and windows shut all day, cracked open at night, doing everything the internet tells you to do, and it still feels like sleeping inside a sourdough proofing box. So naturally I went looking for an air conditioner. Turns out actual built-in AC units are basically not a thing you’re allowed to install here, fair enough, I get the energy angle. So I looked at the portable ones with the exhaust tube through the window instead. Prices have tripled since I last checked. I am now on Ricardo, at 11pm, bidding against strangers for a used unit an hour’s drive away, currently sitting at 800 CHF like it’s a rare trading card and not a plastic box that blows cold air. I understand the reasoning behind the restrictions. I really do. I would just also like to not melt into my mattress at 2am. How is everyone else actually coping with this heatwave? Fans in a specific window formation? Frozen water bottles? Just accepting your fate? Genuinely asking. submitted by /u/Late-Bodybuilder9381
Originally posted by u/Late-Bodybuilder9381 on r/Switzerland