Overdramatising things

[Moonhawk]

Noticing this more and more lately - fairly ordinary things being massively over dramatised.

Just had an email go round work offering driving tips due to the "extraordinary hot weather".

Yes we have had a couple of warm summer days up here and it is predicted to top 26 degrees where I am currently working, but 'extraordinarily hot'.......really?

The temperature record for this region of the UK is 35.2 degrees.

[Moonhawk]

HairyMaclary said:

I need some hot weather driving tips. Can you share?

Just stuff you should be doing anyway - checking coolant levels, making sure the windscreen is clean and you have washer fluid topped up etc.

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Cotty said:

Is this what the OP was talking about
"uk heatwave temperatures on the tube are going to exceed the legal limit for transporting cattle"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-...

Yep - the headline is over dramatised attention grabbing - whereas later in the article it says:

"Unfortunately for London commuters, these EU regulations don't apply to humans, meaning the temperatures on the Central line, which often reach as high as 35 degrees during the hot summer months, are just a fact of life."

So far from being something new or extraordinary - it's pretty much always happened and is expected by both the tube operators and the commuters.