Hey guys,

You all know who you are. I have a quick question for you to start this off: y’all do realize it’s winter, right? I’m starting to get convinced that you think you are living in some tropical paradise and you are blinded by the cold.

Day in and day out, I walk to campus for class and notice dozens of people walking around dressed like they are getting ready to head out to the beach for the day. Word of advice, pneumonia is a real thing. So is hypothermia. Try throwing on some jeans or sweatpants for a change oh and (shocker) maybe even a winter jacket! I can assure you, you will be way more comfortable on your painful walk to campus.

It just baffles me when I see y’all walking to class in your shorts and t-shirts. Every once in awhile you see the guy wearing shorts and a hoody. When that happens, I consider it a small victory because at least you attempted to bundle up. To the girls walking to class in norts during the frigid winter months, please know the people who walk past you do not find it cute. Instead, they find you to be a tad bit crazy. Cover up woman, geez!

I understand that there are hot natured people out there, but there is just no way anyone is so hot natured that they can be comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt during winter when there is snow on the ground. I am a hot natured person, but I can assure you, I enjoy bundling myself up and putting on a hat and gloves while walking to class in the winter.

It is OK to admit that temperatures under 50 degrees absolutely require you to wear a winter jacket. It is OK to put one on while heading to class. No one will look at you as less than. You are the same person you were yesterday, now you are just warm. Even a light jacket will do. Anything more than shorts and a t-shirt will suffice. I know the walk to class gets hot, especially when stairs are involved. I am not telling you how to live your lives; I am just worried that you are going to get yourself sick, duh! Plus, when the students walking around dressed for the weather and they see you in your summer attire, it makes them colder, which in turn just leaves more people cold. How is this fair?

If you want to explain your reasoning for what you wear, feel free, but I will always be confused when I see people walking to class in shorts and a t-shirt in the winter. When only my ears are tingling from the cold, your whole body is. HOW IS THAT ENJOYABLE? I just don’t understand.

So, one last plea: throw on some pants and a sweatshirt, I beg of you! Help keep us all sane. Winter is not a fashion show, bundle up and keep warm.

Yours truly,

Winter coat wearers