Heat waves bring the worst out in everyone. It doesn’t matter how well we fake composure and decency because when the temperature rises, so does our temper. Yet, regardless of how vicious we allow ourselves to be during a steamy hot and sweaty day, you can rest assured that no matter what, there are things we do that piss everyone off so badly that we should fear for our safety.
Hugging people when you are clearly sweating like a steroid junkie.
Asking the taxi driver to turn on the air conditioning. Listen buddy, if it was turned off to begin with on a 40 degree kind of day, you will never ever in this lifetime or the next one convince him to turn it on.
Walking around Alexandria in your underwear. It’s a perfect solution to surviving the heat, yet social media users seem to be pretty riled up about it.
Jumping from a bridge into the Nile. Not because anyone cares about your safety, but because this stupid decision of yours will somehow cause traffic.
Yelling at people in traffic. In this kind of heat, there is no telling what that microbus driver will do to you.
Directing the only fan in the office solely at your face, thinking no one will notice how self-centered you are.
Going to work looking like Mufasa from ‘The Lion King’. No one cares what you look like, it’s just that your hair will get in the way.
Complaining for hours will not make it less hot, it’ll just annoy the hell out of everyone.
Another thing that will not make it any easier is telling us to try surviving a heatwave in Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, which only ends with an hour-long story about how you felt going in and out of buildings.
Spraying perfume to camouflage your sweat odor but you only end up smelling like urine.
When will we ever learn to stop wearing grey T-shirts on hot days?
Binge-drinking coffee is a metabolism disaster waiting to happen, but a heatwave plus coffee deprivation headache can only mean the world has to deal with another tragedy on a steamy hot day.
