Non-Confrontational Student Seeks Advice Online As His New Roommate Jacks Up The Thermostat, Turning Him Into A Hot Mess

"I am non-confrontational and would like my roommates to like me"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• September 11, 2023

The HVAC system in your house is in charge of maintaining a pleasant temperature there. This is accomplished by drawing air from within your house, filtering, cooling, or heating it, and then blowing the air back inside.

Your living area may be 10°F or more warmer or cooler than, say, the bedrooms if there is insufficient return air. In the summer, a lack of return air can make rooms near the central air conditioner cooler and those farther away warmer.

This is just like the rooms that are farthest from the furnace may be excessively cold in the winter. The OP lives in a place where there are very hot summers, up to around 95 degrees.

The OP moved into an apartment at the university with his roommate, who was about to make his life hotter. So the AC in their rooms has no return air, so hot air can't be sucked out, and only cold air is pushed in via the vent.

This means that without the AC running low, it can get pretty hot fast, especially with the bedroom door closed. OP set the temperature at 68, and the next day, when his other roommate moved in, he set it to 76 degrees.

The OP started sweating in his room since it had probably gotten to over 80. Even when they turned the temperature back, this roommate would still move it up, and the OP didn't know how to go over this issue with him.

The OP ran to the r/Relationships subreddit group to seek advice

OP says the AC at lowest possible or off entirely doesn't cost them any more or less

This roommate has actually shut the AC off entirely at night or just turned it up a little further

The OP would like to be comfortable in his own room with his door closed without sweating

Let's hear it from other Redditors...

The roommate probably wakes up shivering in the night

"It’s hot and uncomfortable. It needs to stay at xx degrees in order for us to be comfortable"

The OP revealed somewhere in the comments saying:

Well again the temp in my room is at least 5 degrees higher, and I’m sensitive to heat since I grew up in the cold.

Most of the time it’s at 76, and my room is probably close to 80. 70 is comfortable for me, 72 is good. With it at 68, my room is around 73.

What else does the OP expect?

He can get a plug in heater for his own

This redditor seels to understand a lot of things

We are no confrontational for a reason

Explaining the unbearable part

Civility is good, but when there are feelings involved, it is much more difficult to talk about these things, and some individuals take advantage of it. No matter how much clothing this roommate puts on, OP still isn't entitled to unilaterally set the thermostat any more than the roommate is.

Some Redditors say he should just tell him to stop doing it since it is miserable for everyone else and you can drop your comments below.

Maryjane