Turned down friends thermostat during the night and they feel I did something wrong....Question
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Anonymous
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If the thermostat were set to 71 in my house it would be intolerably hot. It wouldn’t bother me if a guest lowered it. My parents’ house is often too cold but I don’t touch their thermostat because I don’t understand it; I just open the window. However, this wastes energy, which I know they hate when they realize it.
Everyone insisting this is beyond the pale is totally wrong. |
Anonymous
Sounds like it’s a booty call situation. One “friend” not multiple. |
Anonymous
This is not about any particular temperature, PP. Perhaps these people run cold, you don't know. As a general rule, it's not polite to inconvenience everyone when there are more personal solutions. |
Anonymous
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Close off the room vent next time.
Hands off the thermostat. You probably messed up the programming too. |
Anonymous
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Is this a troll? Who sleeps over during Covid? This is why we have 3000 deaths a day from Covid... |
Anonymous
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If your hosts are comfortably asleep and you change the temp, they would no longer be comfortable.you are ONE person. The household is probably used to sleeping at that temperature., so now the entire household is uncomfortable fir you - ONE person.
And.... if you’re menopausal, you definitely should understand that you are feeling the extremes. I can maybe see you thinking they made a mistake. But being menopausal is being somewhat “abnormal” with your senses. I’m menopausal too. Even in my own house, I’m aware that I’m sometimes the only one feeling off. So I figure it out..... Wear less clothes or bundle up. In my own house, I don’t think my DH and kids should have to compromise their comfort for one person. You were rude OP. I’m glad your friend felt comfortable enough to mention it to you, so that you don’t do it when ur a guest somewhere else. |
Anonymous
| Does no one else think the weirdest part of this is that OP was sleeping in the same room as the hosts? I’m just having a hard time picturing the reason for that situation. Was it like, a studio apartment? |
Anonymous
So they had the thermostat set for their comfort in that room, and by turning it down you were risking making them cold. It was rude to do. |
Anonymous
| They are correct. The ultra-etiquette answer is that a host should see to their guests’ comfort, so they should have asked you if you had thermostat preferences. But they didn’t, so as a polite guest you’re SOL. If your host doesn’t serve good food, you don’t get rummage around the pantry for yourself! |
Anonymous
This whole thread is odd. And the (alleged) response of the host when Op turned down the thermostat was kinda strange - who talks like that to a houseguest? |
Anonymous
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I wouldn't touch someone's thermostat, but if someone did this in my house I wouldn't say anything.
We once had a pet sitter for a week. They arrived on day 1 to feed the cats. Turned the heat to 80 and left 10 minutes later. It stayed at 80 all week. We were PISSED. |
Anonymous
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1. How can you be menopausal age and lack so much common sense?
2. Why are you spending the night at a friends house during Covid? 3. Why are you sleeping in the same bedroom as the friend and spouse? 4. Couldn’t you just sleep on the sofa and crack a window in the living room? 5. Why can’t you self reflect instead taking a poll on your weird middle age sleepover? |
Anonymous
This. And don’t open windows in anyone else’s home either. |
Anonymous
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I would have Asked before I turned it down, or if they were sleeping I would have left the temperature how it was .
But they are over reacting. If a guest did that at my house , I wouldn’t have said anything to the guest . |
Anonymous
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71 is very hot at night. Intolerable.
Maybe rude, but some people gotta be schooled. |