> I hear it was the custom in Germany. At least when I went to school it was almost impossible to keep a window open except on the hottest days of summers beca

> I hear it was the custom in Germany. At least when I went to school it was almost impossible to keep a window open except on the hottest days of summers because inevitably n>1 [almost always] girls would start to complain about draft. (edit: is draft in a room with only one opening to the outside a social construct?) That being said I always keep the window open in my office. There is no draft.