Imagine walking into a store, and shivering because of how low they set their control component in that store? When you leave, the heat and humidity assault you as if it was an animated object.
After walking down the sidewalk, you enter another store that is almost as hot as the outside.
It’s as if store after store after store, all have unusual control component settings. By the time Abel is done shopping, his body doesn’t know if it’s supposed to be cool from the air conditioner, or boiling from the sweltering heat of the sun. Abel often wishes that stores followed a universal control component setting. He’d be aware what kind of temperatures he was walking into regardless of what store he was entering. It’s similar to knowing what kind of temperature Abel was going to experience when going outside. He is aware that if he was talking about small mom-and-pop shops, no one could force them to change the settings on the control unit. Abel is talking about the bigger stores in the malls. Although the main area may be comfortable, the stores all have their idea of where the control component should be set. Abel is sure that corporations have their ideas of control component settings to save money. The issue arises when their control component settings clash with those of the mall’s thoroughfare. Their control component could be fighting that of the mall. While trying to maintain a constant temperature, the control component is either working to heat or cool to what is in the thoroughfare.