I am the owner of a famous cheese shop located in a populated town in the northeast, and when my parents started our cheese business several years ago, they did not expect it to take off and expand the way that it did, to say my cheese shop is popular would be an understatement, it is common to have lines out the door on a daily basis.
It is essential that our A/C works, even during the winter.
The reason is we keep aged cheeses in stock that give off a distinct odor. To the cheese lover, this may be a wonderful odor but to several people it is not, keeping the A/C on and the cheese refrigerated helps the cheese stay fresh and the odor within a reasonable range. We have a central A/C in our store and we have been working with the same local Heating and A/C company for several years. We have not had many problems with our A/C, until Last week which was one of my worst days at work. It was a Tuesday, which means our store was super busy. The line was out the door, the phones were ringing non stop, and customers seemed to have more questions than usual. I started to become covered in sweat, and at first I chalked it up to the nerves from the rush of customers. Then I observed the customers and my staff inside were also covered in sweat and using their hands as fans. I walked over to the thermostat and observed it was off. I tried turning it back on, but it would not allow me to bring the temperature below 80 degrees. It was a hot summer afternoon, and 80 degrees was not going to cut it. I called my local Heating and A/C serviceman immediately.