Two Weeks is Too Long to Live Like This

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We're on day three since our air conditioner went out, and we are miserable. My parents loaned us several fans and a water cooler, which help a tiny bit in the evening when the outside temperature cools down. But in the daytime when it's hitting close to 100 degrees? All those fans do is blow hot air. The rental company said it would be at least a couple weeks until someone comes out to fix the air customer. That is just unacceptable. One of us is going to wind up suffering a heat stroke. It's so hot in here we can't use our computers as they overheat. I work from home and not being able to use my computer is causing me to lose money. Basically all we can do is lay in front of the fans doing nothing. Our apartment does not have windows that can support a window AC unit. We are on the second floor and all the units we've looked at need to be shut in a window that opens up and down, not sliding sideways. There's no way we can prop one up on something outside the window since we're on the second floor, and we have no way to secure it from above on the outside. Otherwise we would just install a window unit, even temporarily. I am going to call the rental company again on Monday and let them know this is unacceptable. We rented an apartment with central air; they cannot let us live here under these conditions in the middle of summer when the temperatures are nearing the triple digits.