It was 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit) in London this past weekend. Which, if you know London weather, is insane.
As I walked along a road with a melting ice cream in hand, I noticed someone leaving a shop with a large box under their arm—a fan.
The peak of summer isn’t the time to prepare for the heat wave. There are fewer fans to go round, and they’re more expensive. The fan we bought back in April—before the summer—has increased in price by 32% on Amazon.
Of course, fan-buying-timing is a trivial problem, but early preparation is a timeless lesson.