Programmable thermostat is making life harder (boyfriend)
I could have sworn that we were promised amazing new life efficiency and monetary savings from this device. I would bet my left leg that the HVAC technician told us it would reduce our energy bills and the amount of time we spent fiddling with the air temperature control unit. I really would swear on my mother’s grave that it was intended to revolutionize our heating and cooling system usage within days of installation. So why am I feeling more stressed out and overwhelmed by this brand new thermostat than ever before? I know what you’re thinking – I must be doing something wrong. How could a simple thermostat cause so much drama and confusion? Well, when you have an obsessive compulsive boyfriend with terrible ADD, almost anything can become a big problem. I should have realized that he seemed a bit too interested in the information pamphlets our HVAC technician provided us. I should have anticipated his immense desire to figure out how the smart thermostat connected to the furnace and AC unit. I should have known that he wouldn’t be able to stop fiddling with the thermostat programming day in and day out. Somehow, I overlooked all the signs, and we proceeded with the smart thermostat installation about 3 months ago. Since then, I’ve barely even seen my boyfriend’s face. It’s always buried in the thermostat panel, nose deep in the energy usage and system performance metrics that he has to access several times a day. When the HVAC technician said I wouldn’t ever have to touch the thermostat screen again, he didn’t tell me that my boyfriend would never touch me again, either.