August 1, 2007
Save the Planet: Take off your tie
Hippy Shopper is reporting that the Italian government is encouraging male workers to no longer wear ties. Why? Because it’s bad for the environment!
Hippy Shopper writes
The Italian Health Ministry is urging employers to allow their male staff to take off their ties in the hot weather. The Health Ministry said in a statement that “Taking your tie off immediately lowers your temperature by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius”. That should then mean businesses can turn down the air-conditioning in their offices and save on electricity (and money). Predictably, Italy’s tie makers took a dim view of this edict. One tie maker said “We can now happily continue with our lifestyle, using cars, consuming fuel, heating and cooling our homes at leisure. On one condition: we should not wear a tie while we do so.”
I find this a little hilarious. What do you think?
Tags: Alternative Energy, Cars, Conservation, degrees_celsius, dim_view, edict, electricity, Green News, health_ministry, heating_and_cooling, hippy, hot_weather, italian_government, italian_health, italy, lifestyle, male_staff, one_condition, Politics, ties, tie_maker, UK and Europe
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