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Can someone tell me WTF is so hard about turning off the lights?
Is it really necessary to have the lights on in every room? Unless you have the ability to be in 5 different rooms at once, TURN OFF THE LIGHTS! It's not that hard to flip the switch when you leave the room.
That is all.
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Re: Can someone tell me WTF is so hard about turning off the lights?
When I was growing up, right before dinner my mom would walk around the house turning off every light in empty rooms, counting how many lights were left on. If there were more than 3 lights on, she would throw our dinner in the backyard and we'd go to bed hungry.
Now I always remember to turn off the lights.
LOL smock.
I wouldn't mind as much if electricity wasn't ridiculous here.
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I'll admit, I don't even care as much about the energy waste. I'm cheap. lol. Our electric bill was $235 this month and it's only going to go up with it getting colder.
Oooh, you should make a new house game. Every time someone turns off a light in an empty room, you'll put a quarter in a jar, and at the end of the month you'll use the money to buy something awesome.
I bet you'll save lots on the electric bill!
Well in your case, energy and $$ are the same thing, just like gasoline usage and $$ are the same thing, so I can certainly see not wanting to waste it.
As for the cabinets, I agree that death is the only option.
I like my idea better. Every time you don't turn the lights off, you get a kick in the balls.
LOL. I'm just kidding, sort of.
You know, you could implement both plans. A kick in the balls for all offenders, and the jar of cash can buy something pretty for the ball-kicker.
I've brought it to his attention HUNDREDS of times and he apologizes for it... yet EVERY SINGLE EFFING TIME I walk into the kitchen, at least 5 doors/drawers are wide open. And we have a small kitchen... so it's not like we can give up the space.
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Tell him that his only Christmas present this year will be a robot who can close cabinets. He can only get other presents if he can close the cabinets himself every day until Christmas.
(although the robot sounds cool so this might backfire.)
H is Mr.IDon'tNeed/WantAnythingForChristmasThisYear and MEANS it. Wouldn't help.
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You are very resistive to my problem solving.
Okay, take all the cabinets off their hinges. Tell them he can get the cabinets back when he learns to use them responsibly.
Now THAT idea has potential!
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Story Time!
H and I live in a very old building that has high potential for being haunted. One day we were sitting on the couch after dinner and he went, "I think we have a ghost." So naturally I asked why and he told me, "The cabinet is open again." I look over and sure enough there are cabinets open in the kitchen.
Well, the next day I watched him walk in to the kitchen, open 3 cabinets and leave them all open behind him and said, "You want to know why the cabinets are open? Turn around."
Hasn't been a problem since. He didn't realize he was doing it and scared himself I guess.
Bwhahahahahahahahahahaha.
That is the best story! Seriously, how do you open a door and not realize you never closed it?! I am possibly the world's flakiest person, and even I know to immediately close a door once I'm done with whatever's behind it.
I swear, sometimes my kitchen looks like that scene in The Sixth Sense where the mom walks out of the kitchen and walks back in and all the doors are open. Except for I know who my ghost is.
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MH has walked away from a running faucet before. Like, washed his face and got into bed and the sink was still on.
I am always all "what the FVCK are you doing? THE water IS RUNNING!"
He's done it two or three times and sometimes he also leaves the stove burner on when he's done cooking.
My hypothetical potential future children are totally going to be forgotten at the grocery store, aren't they?
OMG I did this the other day! I never do things like that. I made dinner and didn't realize the burner was still on until after I put the kids to bed. Like 3 hours later!! Oops.
DH is sort of like this, too.
He'll leave the light on in either the office or the bathroom. Then I would go and turn them off. I've since started asking him if he's done in said room. When the answer is yes (and it always is) I ask him to turn off the light. Then I get the huff and the eye roll. And then he goes and turns off the light.
That I can sort of understand. You've got other stuff on your mind and you forget. No biggie. The one I DON'T get is turning on the light on the nightstand when he goes up and gets changed from work. WHY????? "Because I like it on", "But you're not in there", "I know, but it makes me feel cozy", "How can it make you feel cozy if you're not in there", "I just like knowing its on" WTF???
::headdesk::
My dad's wife is like that.
I'd leave the living room to get a drink (no food outside of the kitchen) and I'd leave the light and the tv on since I'd be going right back. She'd run into the room and turn everything off. Once I got my drink I'd go back into the living room and turn the light and the tv back on. If I had to pee, same thing. I'd come back into the room and everything would be off.
Gawd that pissed me off.
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Day-um! How much per KWH are they charging you guys up there?
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Ok now that is completely annoying.
Use fluorescent lamps
At night time, all is possible with my H. I'll wake up in the morning and see that the tv has been left on all night, as well as the kitchen light. It especially irritates me when he leaves the house with the light on.
I get it. You don't have to pay the electric bill. But keep it up and you won't have Netflix to watch, which would be a pity since we just got rid of our cable.