When I looked at the thermostat I noticed that someone turned the fan on accidentally and there’s no telling how long it was running.
My teenagers are very picky about their living arrangements. They want their own rooms, bathrooms, and they want their bedrooms and bathrooms to be decorated a certain way. They’ve also been really into the thermostat settings for some reason. Each of my children has a different temperature preference and they each feel entitled to their preference. I’m not sure where they got this sense of entitlement over the thermostat, but it’s become a real issue. My husband and I are constantly telling them that they can’t touch the thermostat settings and we’re always resetting the thermostat back to what it’s programmed to. We’ve tried educating them on HVAC systems and energy, but they don’t fully understand. My husband even sat down with the monthly utility bill and showed them what a normal one looked like and what an abnormally high one looked like. Our kids aren’t the ones paying it, so I don’t think it fully set in. It’s difficult to tell who’s changing the temperature because they’re quick and sneaky. When I returned home from work the other day, the blower was running non-stop. When I looked at the thermostat I noticed that someone turned the fan on accidentally and there’s no telling how long it was running. I demanded my kids to tell me which one of them did it, but nobody owned up to it. My husband told them that until they could admit who did it, they’d be paying the utility bills out of their allowance until it was paid off. Nobody has come forward yet, but nobody has touched the thermostat again either.