The boss finally updated the HVAC system.
I worked as a food runner, dishwasher, and busser for a small but busy restaurant near my house my junior and senior years in high school.
It was an older, well established, privately owned restaurant that really needed a few upgrades on the old building.
One upgrade it desperately needed when I first started there was a new HVAC system. The kitchen was always hot while the dining room stayed chilly. I know of a few customers that we lost because of the HVAC system. I’m glad I didn’t get sick, working in a hot kitchen and going into a cold dining room wet with sweat. We were all getting pretty miserable. We mentioned this to the owner a few times, but he was too cheap to do anything about it. The head cook ended up putting a window air conditioner in the kitchen, and even ran it in winter. Then, one day the walk-in freezer went down, and the owner had to bring in an HVAC technician on an emergency call. The HVAC technician fixed the walk-in freezer, and mentioned that the restaurant owner was wasting a lot of money in electricity by not updating his HVAC system. That got the boss’ attention. The HVAC technician that fixed the freezer sent out another HVAC technician from his company that specializes in commercial HVAC systems and he was a pretty good salesman. To make a long story short, the restaurant got a whole new zone controlled HVAC system and the customers, the employees, and the boss were all comfortable and happy.