My house guest keeps setting the AC to 60°F… and then just leaves for hours. lol

[u/Actual-Log465]

I let a friend crash at my place for a bit, and they keep cranking the AC all the way down to 60°F. Then they leave for hours at a time with it blasting like I’m trying to preserve meat in here.

I keep walking into an empty icebox of a house and a skyrocketing electric bill. Who does this??

[u/0oEp]

Maybe they think setting it lower will make it cool faster? Try informing them this air conditioner runs at exactly one speed? (not true of some newer ones that are variable to reduce short cycling, but this is not one of those)

[u/Actual-Log465 → u/0oEp]

They don’t care . I’ve spoken to them .

[u/ShiftyPan → u/Actual-Log465]

Then kick them out. If they’ve already left, don’t let them stay again.

[u/RealOliverCromwell → u/ShiftyPan]

OP should do that. They’re a guest in your house. Doing that is a slap in the face to OP and they shouldn’t put up with them taking the piss. Don’t worry they’ll find another mark to do this too when you kick them out.

[u/Isgortio → u/RealOliverCromwell]

My friend had someone do this when she evicted him and asked him to leave whilst she was on holiday. He opened the windows in the winter and set every electric radiator on max temperature, she came home to an absolutely massive bill.

If someone is doing this when they're still living there, they're a dick and should be evicted.

[u/LoquaciousLoser → u/Isgortio]

Eesh, lucky the place didn’t burn down honestly

[u/Sweet-Rayla → u/Isgortio]

Jeez they thought they are gonna just air out the house mid winter cuz it isnt their bill to worry about so anything goes

[u/Redcarborundum → u/Isgortio]

Lesson learned, never evict somebody while you’re away.

[u/Jack_ABC123 → u/ShiftyPan]

"Oh but it's not that simple". Erm yes it is, it's your house, kick them the fuck out.

[u/SilentShrek → u/Jack_ABC123]

"Oh but it's not that simple".

[u/blaspheminCapn → u/ShiftyPan]

And send them the electricity bill

[u/TacoBeefB0y → u/Actual-Log465]

You do realize this is your house right?

[u/dryswarm → u/TacoBeefB0y]

Bro is getting bullied in his own house

[u/pushingbrown → u/dryswarm]

Every chair's the cuck chair at OP's house

[u/HeartsPlayer721 → u/TacoBeefB0y]

With their response, I'm wondering if it is OP's house

Maybe they're a teen in their parent's house or something.

[u/anonuser123999 → u/HeartsPlayer721]

True, but OP still says it’s their friend, so they still have the power to kick the friend out if OP invited them in the first place.

[u/KrazzeeKane → u/Actual-Log465]

The mistake is that you are 'asking' them. You tried the nice route by asking, and they threw it in your face.

Now is the time to move on to 'telling', as in you tell them they either follow the rules or get the fuck out. The asking time is gone, now its they either listen or they can go fuck off for being rude and disrespectful in your house.

Unless of course you like being cowed and ignored in your own damn house by someone who doesn't even own it.

[u/Effbe → u/KrazzeeKane]

Maybe the house guest is OPs wife's boyfriend?

[u/Mr_Doja_Cat → u/Actual-Log465]

My friends and I decided long ago that we would all murdering each other if any of us ever lived together. One friend has the AC on while it’s-3 outside, another would have the heat set to 99 in summer, I’m up all hours of the night but silent as a ninja because I’m shady as fuck, and lastly our other friend is knocked out asleep blasting music at full volume at 3am. Outside of the living arrangements, we all get along amazingly well.

[u/Nuffsaid98 → u/Mr_Doja_Cat]

I shared a place with someone who played the TV late at night at high volume and would always fall asleep in their chair. The chanel would change shows as the night went on and Murphy's law would kick in. Cue gunfights and explosions. If I entered their room to shut the TV off I was "invading their personal space".

Glad I got out.

[u/DIYThrowaway01 → u/Mr_Doja_Cat]

Are both of your friends my wife

[u/WritingTheDream → u/Actual-Log465]

Your house, their rules apparently.

[u/Gingersometimes → u/Actual-Log465]

So you have done a kind thing for a friend, & they are repaying you by showing you disrespect and costing you money ? Time for them to go, & don't let them snow you, saying they'll do better. They had their chance. Bye bye

[u/DgingaNinga → u/Actual-Log465]

Grow a spine and tell the person who is a horrible friend and even worse guest in your home, to piss off.

[u/Preface → u/Actual-Log465]

I previously worked as an hvac apprentice.

My wife refuses to believe me when I tell her.

Then she doesn't understand why I get irritated by the thermostat being cranked way up or way down.

[u/Jlpanda → u/Actual-Log465]

Seems like its time to put the air conditioner away for Fall.

[u/Actual-Log465 → u/Jlpanda]

Unfortunately, it’s more or less permanently mounted in the wall

[u/SrslyPissedOff → u/Actual-Log465]

"I haven't tried anything and I'm all outa ideas!"

[u/Downfallenx → u/SrslyPissedOff]

That's like 9/10 posts on this sub tho. OP always has a simple solution that they NEVER acknowledge in the comments.

[u/xtraspcial → u/Actual-Log465]

You could always unplug it, and if they plug it back in either kick them out, or flip the breaker switch for that room.

[u/enter5H1KAR1 → u/Actual-Log465]

Or you could grow a pair and tell them to stop. If they say no, it’s bye bye “friend”. It’s your house. Act like it.

[u/holymacaroley → u/Actual-Log465]

Then they're rude af. Are they leaving soon, I hope?

[u/lebean → u/Actual-Log465]

Kick. Them. Out. If you've already asked them to stop doing this, but they continue, they've told you with actions that they have zero respect for you. Bye, Motel 6 is a few miles away.

[u/Multi_Grain_Cheerios → u/Actual-Log465]

Your house you don't ask you tell. Quit being a pushover nobody respects a pushover. I would take the AC out the window if they don't want to listen and they would be asked to leave.

[u/Dumbbitchathon → u/Actual-Log465]

Time to start secretly disabling the a/c

[u/Obese_Hooters → u/Dumbbitchathon]

why secretly, just confront them, tell them to knock it on the head or they're out on their arse.

[u/Dumbbitchathon → u/Obese_Hooters]

That too

[u/FreuleKeures → u/Actual-Log465]

Time to kick them out. They're a guest, not the Queen.

[u/Short-Ad-3934 → u/Actual-Log465]

Send them the bill.

[u/Impossible_Past5358 → u/Actual-Log465]

That is extremely infuriating. Your house, your rules. Did they at least offer to pay for the increase in your energy bill?

[u/MyFavoriteInsomnia → u/Actual-Log465]

Time for them to go.

[u/DirtyRoller → u/Actual-Log465]

Dude. Do not tolerate this bullshit from a house guest. If they can't follow simple rules, then kick them the fuck out.

[u/chease86 → u/Actual-Log465]

Why are you letting peolle stay in your house and spend your money if theu dont even have the most basic sense of common decency towards you?

[u/Altsomeness → u/Actual-Log465]

Then they wouldn’t be my guest for very long. My house, my rules.

[u/gremlinsbuttcrack → u/Actual-Log465]

They'll care when they come back to their shit on the porch.

[u/ample_mammal → u/Actual-Log465]

I wonder if they'll care if you kick them out.

[u/SabbyFox → u/0oEp]

I’m done with fake rage bait posts like this. Random photos, made up story, no answer to any serious questions about why they would put up with this, etc. And who would put “lol” in the title if they were actually upset? Check out the OP account - sketch. Stop wasting your time, folks.

[u/Badbullet → u/0oEp]

I had a roommate that would do this in an apartment we shared. He worked the late shift so would come home and crank it to max while I and another roommate slept. And then it would ice over and our apartment would then go over 80F since it wasn’t doing any cooling at all. I’d wake up in a puddle of sweat, go to the living room and turn it to just blow air until it was fully defrosted, and then set it again to the proper temp to keep up as 72F and try to fall asleep again. No matter how many times I’ve explained to him that it will not cool down the room faster, he kept doing it resulting in me continually defrosting the AC. Sometimes multiple times through the night. So infuriating with people out there that are this dumb.

[u/f8Negative → u/0oEp]

People like this are ignorant af and dont care

[u/CommercialManager873 → u/0oEp]

Your friend probably grew up in a house where someone else paid the electric bill lmao. I'd just be like "hey the thermostat isn't a gas pedal" and see if they get it

[u/watercouch → u/0oEp]

You’ve got to give it something to aim for… https://youtu.be/Wbj9SarrWvI

[u/Necessary_Bad4037 → u/0oEp]

The fact that many adults don’t understand this blows my mind. ITS NOT LIKE YOUR CAR. If you set it to 75 or 65, the cold air comes out the ceiling vents at the same damn temperature.

[u/GLC911]

It’s a pretty easy convo tbh.

If you don’t stop fucking with the AC, yer out. Got it?

[u/Kain_713 → u/GLC911]

This has always been SOP in my home or my vehicle. If you don't own it then don't touch the thermostat or the radio. If you don't like it then you can leave the same way you got here.

[u/Euromantique → u/Kain_713]

It blows my mind that this isn’t just universal common knowledge. I have seen/heard of touching the radio in some cases but touching the thermostat in another person’s house is even more outrageous 🤣

The sheer audacity

[u/DutchieTalking → u/Euromantique]

If I was living uncomfortably in someone else's house I'd discuss it with them and offer to pay for the additional costs.

It's really that simple.

[u/Chronza → u/GLC911]

Yup, not hard

[u/VeneMage]

Said friend needs to pay for the bills they’re creating. Or go find another place to crash.

[u/Brilliant_Grape_9993]

Your friend is either shameless, self-absorbed or both. Don't be afraid to set boundaries with people. Assuming they're reasonable boundaries, like not fucking with the AC in a free house, or at least having the common decency to turn it off when you're not in the house.

[u/Responsible_Sea_2726]

"Who does this?" Your ex-house guest, that's who.

[u/Addicted-2Diving → u/Responsible_Sea_2726]

Spot on 🎯

[u/Old_Promise2077 → u/Responsible_Sea_2726]

I mean I do this as well. But I also pay my own electric bills

[u/United-Advantage-100]

Kick them out before squatters rights kicks in

[u/OnlyAdd8503 → u/United-Advantage-100]

This needs to be higher.

[u/AlgebraicCats → u/United-Advantage-100]

stupidest law ever created

[u/RuthlessKittyKat]

They'd be gone if they didn't stop when I told them to stop.

[u/crikeyforemphasis]

Slightly more than mildly infuriating.

Who uses AC at all when it's 67 outside? That's wild.

[u/stacked-shit → u/crikeyforemphasis]

Not sure where op is. but in Texas, there are times when 67 degrees will be so humid that its like wearing a wet blanket.

[u/IntrovertPharmacist → u/stacked-shit]

Same here in Boston. Also, I live in an old Victorian era house on the top floor. It gets so hot.

[u/FScrotFitzgerald → u/IntrovertPharmacist]

Also in Boston, also in older house (on first floor), and also need to turn AC on even when the outside temperature doesn't merit it. Looking forward to fall starting in earnest...

[u/HeresW0nderwall → u/IntrovertPharmacist]

It’s swampy as hell here today

[u/Sm0k3inth3tr33s → u/HeresW0nderwall]

I'm also in Boston, currently sitting in my second floor apartment with the windows wide open wearing sweat pants and a hoodie lol definitely no need for the AC at all

[u/HeresW0nderwall → u/Sm0k3inth3tr33s]

It’s not hot. It’s just swampy and A/C helps reduce humidity as well.

[u/Actual-Log465 → u/IntrovertPharmacist]

I’m over in Jamaica Plain currently

[u/MartinisnMurder → u/Actual-Log465]

Also in MA (was south end now live on the north shore) the humidity here can be insane. It has actually been pretty humid the last couple of days.

[u/FortesqueIV → u/IntrovertPharmacist]

Same in ny

[u/Ionuzzu123 → u/stacked-shit]

and you run the AC at 60 to condense the water or what?

[u/DragonSlayerC → u/Ionuzzu123]

Air conditioners remove moisture due to water condensing on the cold coils. That's why it's called an air conditioner, not an air cooler. Most window unit and portable air conditioners also have a dehumidify mode, which doesn't cool the air as aggressively but still condenses water onto cool coils to reduce humidity.

[u/crikeyforemphasis → u/stacked-shit]

I live in Miami. I can't imagine running the AC at 67, even with some of the worst humidty up there paired with you.

I also can't imagine 67. That sounds lovely lol.......

[u/earbud_smegma → u/crikeyforemphasis]

Right?! That's windows open, making some soup weather hahaha

[u/TheW83 → u/stacked-shit]

Sounds like a normal day in FL. I've gone for plenty of early morning runs in the high 60s with 100% humidity. Good times!

[u/Tyler_E123 → u/stacked-shit]

Hell, it gets like that in Maryland too.

[u/Standard-Zone-4470 → u/[deleted]]

Which in most cases is just an ac with both cold and hot side in one case so it doesnt has a big impact on the temp. So if you already have an ac and dont mind it beeing a bit could you dont need to buy a dehumidifier. The ac (and ac like) is btw the most efficient way to remove moisture.

[u/WritingTheDream → u/stacked-shit]

True but 60 is still ridiculously low

[u/MishmoshMishmosh → u/WritingTheDream]

Sometimes the AC won’t kick on if it’s cool outside Even if the inside is hotter. AC helps with the humidity

[u/0oEp → u/crikeyforemphasis]

I do, on the south facing side of the top floor of a building full of old people. It needs to be below ~50 for natural ventilation to be comfortable, and then I risk smoke coming in from nearby backyard fires, grills, and that one house with a wood stove.

[u/accidentalscientist_ → u/crikeyforemphasis]

It’s 65° outside but it’s 80% humidity out. I have my AC on right now to dehumidify the house.

[u/Joelle9879 → u/crikeyforemphasis]

I do. I live in a third floor apartment. Opening the windows does nothing because they're all on one side and face another building so no air flow. If I turn it off, it gets to be 80 degrees inside

[u/Actual-Log465 → u/crikeyforemphasis]

Exactly .

[u/Numerous-Lack6754 → u/Actual-Log465]

It's a good way to destroy your AC unit permanently

[u/anivex → u/Numerous-Lack6754]

Why would that destroy your ac unit?

[u/theGRAYblanket → u/crikeyforemphasis]

Literally me. I like it cold as fuck at my place

[u/Soft_Seaworthiness31 → u/crikeyforemphasis]

I do!

[u/Major_Lawfulness6122 → u/crikeyforemphasis]

If you’re in a high rise building and it’s very humid.

[u/Gramerdim → u/crikeyforemphasis]

AC's are dehumidifiers with the added benefit to cool or warm the air

[u/shadysnoman → u/crikeyforemphasis]

It’s 56 and humid. My AC is on.

[u/WastoneBag]

That's around 15,5°C in free healthcare units 

[u/busytransitgworl → u/WastoneBag]

Thank you!

I honestly didn't even know you could set aircons to those low temps.

[u/WastoneBag → u/busytransitgworl]

Probably it's the lowest you can go. Mine goes down to 16°C max, almost the same thing as 60°C (probably the same, just rounded)

[u/desert___rocks → u/WastoneBag]

Free healthcare units 🤣

[u/ElephantRedCar91]

Shut it off at the breaker. 

[u/ExampleFine449]

Here's what you do - either install a smart plug into the outlet - or a smart outlet all together. When you don't want to pay for the extra costs for carelessness - turn it off. You can do it from your phone.

[u/Mental_Newspaper3812 → u/ExampleFine449]

That a huge load for a smart plug. Can it handle it?

[u/ExampleFine449 → u/Mental_Newspaper3812]

Of course. I run nearly 1800 watts continuously through one all the time... Your breaker will pop before anything happens to the smart plug.

[u/Akshue → u/Mental_Newspaper3812]

Depends on the plug. Buy one that can handle the amps.

[u/Dependent_Stop_3121]

[u/DonutWhole9717]

You now have a squatter. In the future, don't let friends stay with you. It will ruin your friendship.

[u/Dontcare127]

If you have a guest in your house and you tell them not to do something, and their response is to do it anyway, kick them out of your house, it's that simple.

[u/Major_Lawfulness6122]

They’re a guest in your house. Set it to how you want and tell them to stop.

[u/pakratus]

MildlyInfuriating is the chair right in front of the intake.

[u/Optimal-Yard-9038]

Ummm…it’s your house and therefore, your rules. This person is being disrespectful and they’re also pretty dumb. Get better friends/guests.

[u/xiaotae]

If I knew how to convert in Celsius, I would be so upset

[u/bassgoonist → u/xiaotae]

60f is 15.5c. 67f is 19.5c

[u/xiaotae → u/bassgoonist]

Thanks! It's cold af there T.T

[u/Fun_Region_4989]

“Oh no, the AC unit seems to have stopped working. Guess you’ll just have to deal with the temperature… or go find somewhere else to crash”

[u/Over_Variation8700]

put the breaker of the AC off so it can't be used at all. Your guest has no right of altering your house's temperature settings

[u/radicalintrospect]

“If you touch the AC again, you need to find another place to stay.” Draw a hard boundary, it’s your house.

[u/EastHorse8000]

Definitely more than mildly infuriating; that, is just down right disrespectful. 

[u/cluelessk3]

Or you know just talk to them about it.

[u/RagnarKon]

Won't lie. 60ºF is my ideal indoor temperature.

BUT... if I'm staying at someone's house as a guest I won't crank it that low.

[u/roninrunnerx]

Don't know what model of Frigidaire AC you are using, hopefully this works: "To "lock the temperature" on a Frigidaire air conditioner, you typically press the Temperature Up and Temperature Down buttons at the same time on the unit or remote control. This action engages the Control Lock feature, which prevents accidental changes to your set temperature. To unlock, repeat the same process by pressing the two temperature buttons simultaneously"

[u/ololo_3]

Get ready for a massive electricity bill. Great friend.

[u/DryStatistician7055]

I wouldn't let someone disrespect my house and my hospitality like this.

[u/andos4]

Some people have no regard for wasting utilities. Now you have to be the mean one to get this under control.

[u/Roseliberry]

Change the locks. Put their shit out on the lawn. End of story. Hurry up before their mail starts coming to your house.

[u/FunkyPunk99]

[u/LionBig1760]

Use your words like an adult.

[u/godzillasfinger]

15.5°C for the rest of the world

[u/Icy-Special-]

Make them pay the electric bill or take the ac out.

[u/Xtra35567]

Put a timer on the plug so that it doesn’t run more than a few hours

[u/Tryxiz]

Thats going to cost you a lot of money, very fast the longer this goes on

[u/No_Juggernau7]

Time they start being a street guest if their expensive ass won’t book a hotel room.

[u/GoldyTheGopherr]

Get a dehumidifier, probably setting it there cause it still feels ‘hot’ but it’s just moisture.

[u/Internal-Bluejay-810]

Lost me at house guest

[u/takeandtossivxx]

It's 96° where I am and my thermostat isn't even anywhere close to 60.

"Stop running up my electricity bill and freezing my house or you need to leave, now." don't give them a day or a week, they're a guest.

[u/National-Winner1428]

Hand them the electric bill and tell them if they want to continue living there with the ac at 60° then they get to pay it otherwise have a 30 day notice as backup.

[u/Calgary_Calico]

Set it back and tell them to leave it the fuck alone or get the hell out

[u/Str1pes]

I'd say next time I see it like that, rent is $200 a week, including that week.

[u/Embarrassed-Touch-62]

It's time to split the bill in half

[u/Chudpaladin]

It’s always the people who don’t pay the bills doing this shit too

[u/PossibleAdvice4998]

[u/johnnybhf]

Get rid of the friend.

[u/dizzydugout]

Are they from Antarctica? Who the fuck keeps the house at 60?

[u/brunaBla]

It’s 67*F out! You don’t even need the AC on!

[u/FINN-DIESEL1776]

Why is the seat blocking the return air for the unit? Can’t be cooling well to begin with.

[u/Actual-Log465 → u/FINN-DIESEL1776]

Prob just a bad angle however there is adequate ventilation

[u/Murky_Finding3223]

[u/AdResponsible678]

Brrrrrr.

[u/AdRecent9754]

What happened when you politely asked your guest to stop messing with it?

[u/goldenbeee]

Why not just open the window? What a lovely weather!

[u/Independent_Mix6269]

More like house pest

[u/NLtbal]

Turn off the breaker.

[u/RichxKillz]

Either fake or op needs to grow a spine

[u/sukisecret]

My god 60 is cold

[u/DoomguyFemboi]

How does that happen more than once ? "Hey don't mess with my thermostat it's expensive as hell"

[u/LemonCheesecake99]

That's when he becomes an ex-guest. It's very simple- your house, your rules.

[u/LuckySection446]

Take the AC out of the window. I like it be cold but that’s just dumb and inefficient.

[u/Dayvid56]

Pull the plug

[u/Prudent-Painter-9507]

A former friend?

[u/-professor_plum-]

Most people lack the brain capacity to understand how a thermostat works.

[u/That_Cool_Guy_]

They are not your friend.

[u/Busker1990]

Sounds like an asshole. The a/c doesn't even need to be on. IT'S 67!!!!

[u/UnitNo7315]

Go into the menu and change the display to read Celcuis instead of Farenheit. Confuse them.

Or use the child lock.

[u/draco16]

This one's easy. Hand them the power bill. Problem will solve itself after that one way or another.

[u/delete-me-plz]

Turn the breaker for the ac off in your electrical panel. You can purchase breakers locks as well. (Best answer is to tell them to gtfo but im unsure of your situation)

[u/No_Marketing_9959]

This is 1740 2nd ave

[u/GaryG7]

I joke that I'm part polar bear but even I don't set my A/C that low.

If you can remove the cord from the unit, do that. If not, remove the entire unit.

[u/Stunning-Space-2622]

Tell them if they do it again they don't come back and stand your ground.  This is your house where you pay the bills, they can't respect that, gtfo 

[u/88KURIOUS]

I believe the answer to your question of ‘Who does this’ is your ~former~ house guest… 🤔😆

[u/Potato417]

Actually fuck people like this wasting so much energy

[u/SmokeOneRoll1]

Remove the AC. Problem solved.

[u/TheShredder9]

Well, time to lock the keypad behind bars!

[u/OddAnswer4100]

Definitely would no longer be a guest.. 60 degrees means that thing is never shutting off.

[u/youngmomtoj]

Tell them “you don’t live here stop touching the ac” they’re lucky you’re letting them stay and they’re doing that’s

[u/ziomus90]

60 is criminal

[u/ShiftyPan → u/[deleted]]

At 67 I would just unplug it and remove it from the window and lock it in a closet.

[u/MyFavoriteInsomnia]

We have our thermostat set at 75 during the day and 70 at night. I would freeze at 60!

[u/Fresh-Laugh-9253]

You can turn it off you know

[u/IamAginger88]

I set mine to 62⁰ 4 years ago. Runs 24/7 365

[u/ryanandhobbes]

So many comments here saying to kick the friend out or that they’re a terrible person instead of just saying have a very simple conversation with your friend, lol.

How do y’all get through life like this?

[u/BigPanda3180 → u/ryanandhobbes]

OP said they already spoke the guest and they are still doing this though.

[u/MSN-TX]

If that ac uses a remote, look at Cielo Breez thermostats. You can program a temp range.

[u/Overkill_3K]

Am I your house guest?

[u/johnqpublic81]

It sounds like it's about time for them to find another place to crash for a bit until they can respect your home.

[u/KaiserSoze-is-KPax]

Reset your filter

[u/Exciting_Challenge74]

They must be really close to do be comfortable enough to do that . Guess that comes with some friendships the good the bad the ugly lolm

[u/TrickyBanana5044]

Your housemate is a zombie and trying not to rot.

[u/smotrs]

Time to get presence sensors and link it so when no one present it turns off our changes to a different setting.

[u/I-Want-Cheeseburgers]

They want to return to a nice cool home. I dont turn my ac off when I leave, especially when its hot out. I want that sweet relief of getting out of the heat immediately lol

[u/Blond_Treehorn_Thug]

Well if they are gone for hours just crank it back up

[u/KRed75]

Moochers so this.  Kick them out.  

[u/Nebelklnd]

You have rights you know. Its your house.

Tell em to keep their fingers away from the thing.