TURN THE FREAKIN' LIGHTS OFF!

[warcrow]

I beat all of you, I dont even have a coffee maker! muahaha!

 

[mobobuff]

I was raised to not leaves lights on, but not leaving fans on was my own habit. My girlfriend has 3 fans in her room and leaves them all on all day when she's not home, it drives me crazy.

 

[Maggotry]

Wife will NOT turn off the kitchen light. Considered throwing the breaker and locking the breaker box.

 

[lokiju]

I'm in a never ending battle with my roommate and turning off the lights after him, he'll leave all the lights on and go to bed, I'll wake up and see all the damn lights on, bitch about it and then within a week he does it again, plus he never locks the door and we don't live in the safest neighborhood.

 

[faZZter]

Originally posted by: Ornery
Honest to God, my wife must come home from a day of work, or shopping, and get miffed if she finds a light not burning. Hell, a couple weeks ago, she even left the coffee warmer on with a quarter of a pot. Oh yeah, that smelled up the house real good.

HTF do people get into these habits? Having your dad harp at you every day of your young life isn't enough, your husband has to take over after that, eh? GGRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! :|

My wife does the same thing, even after I have reminded her a 1000 times about it.

Yes, it drives me crazy.

 

[machintos]

my apartmentmates always leave all lights on (living room, kitchen, bathroom). It pisses me off because living room light is halogen and electric bill is getting too expensive around here...

 

[Xionide]

I am really glad I dont have to be such a whiney little bitch about these things.

 

[notfred]

My roommate will come out to the kitchen while I'm sitting at the kitchen table, get something out of the fridge, and turn off the light on his way back to his room and leave me sitting in the dark.

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: kreb

I have a $100 Krups, and it has a clock timer so I don't even have to push the dang button in the morning.

As a side, what about cell phone chargers? My wife leaves them plugged in all the time even after she's done charging. I'm always yanking them off the outlet -- am I conserving a decent amount of electricity, or does that make me anal??

go back to lurking, there are getting to be too many crabs

I'm still THE crab.

 

[Mill]

Why are people so damn anal about lights?

 

[Gooose]

just for this, i will leave every light on tonight

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Ornery
...10 "standard" 100 watt 120 volt bulbs with a rated lifetime of 750 hours. Such bulbs typically cost around 75 cents in the U.S. The electricity used by all ten of these bulbs is 1 kilowatt, which would typically cost about 9 cents per hour (approximate U.S. average). Over 750 hours, this would cost (on an average) $67.50 for the electricity plus $7.50 for 10 bulbs, or $75. - Text

Who the hell still uses the old fillament 100watt bulbs?
Go get some 15W florescent bulbs that are just as bright and last longer.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Mill
Why are people so damn anal about lights?

Seriously. If I had to live with one of these people, I'd happily pay them $20 a month (a figure quoted by someone earlier) to STFU and quit flicking off the lights constantly.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: notfred
My roommate will come out to the kitchen while I'm sitting at the kitchen table, get something out of the fridge, and turn off the light on his way back to his room and leave me sitting in the dark.

haha that made me laugh

 

[kami]

I am anal about lights too, but when you have 3 other housemates it is hard to enforce anything, so I went and bought energy saving bulbs (13 watts each) for everything - then made them all pay me their share. The next hydro bill was about $200 less, I kid you not. Our hydro bills are generally high with 6 computers running full time, 2 home theaters playing pretty often, and in the summer time two of us have window a/c units. But even with all that we keep the bill to about $165 per month. Split 4 ways its not too bad. Without the new lights we once had a bill as high as $310 for one month.

 

[Homerboy]

My wife constantly leaves them on in the basement after she does laundry... when I point it out to her her "Excuse" is "I'm going back down there in a minute anyways"

*sigh*

 

[konakona]

leaving a coffee warmer on sounds dangerous. but i find it easier to fall asleep with lights on, cuz i let myself pass out while reading something for most part... cant read without the light on, can ya

 

[JetsFanatic]

does not bother me....unless i can see it and it is keeping me up at night
if i cant see it...who cares

 

[Paulson]

my dad is like this...

At my apartment, it's $300 per month (I have a roommate who pays the other $300) and that includes all utilities, so we don't worry quite as much

 

[bobalong]

Simple solution to all of this:

Kit your house out with X10 home automation stuff, a few clicky, clickys and a save here, a profile there.

One button: Night mode (all off) except Comp' and coffee maker (need coffee at 2:00am to stay asleep)

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: Ornery
Having your dad harp at you every day of your young life isn't enough :|

thats precisely why I turn on lights all over MY house and leave them on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:evil:

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Mill
Why are people so damn anal about lights?

Seriously. If I had to live with one of these people, I'd happily pay them $20 a month (a figure quoted by someone earlier) to STFU and quit flicking off the lights constantly.

Originally posted by: JetsFanatic
does not bother me....unless i can see it and it is keeping me up at night
if i cant see it...who cares

Originally posted by: Ogg

Originally posted by: Ornery
Having your dad harp at you every day of your young life isn't enough :|

thats precisely why I turn on lights all over MY house and leave them on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:evil:

OK, answer this:

• Are your lights on in the basement?
• Are they on in your garage?
• Are they on in your closets?
• In your bathroom?
• Are they all on when you're not home?
• Are they on day and night, everyday?

Most importantly, if you answered no to any of those questions, then WHY NOT?

 

[Kibbo]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Ornery
Honest to God, my wife must come home from a day of work, or shopping, and get miffed if she finds a light not burning. Hell, a couple weeks ago, she even left the coffee warmer on with a quarter of a pot. Oh yeah, that smelled up the house real good.

HTF do people get into these habits? Having your dad harp at you every day of your young life isn't enough, your husband has to take over after that, eh? GGRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! :|

Sounds like passive agressive behavior. She's doing it for the negative attention. Try not saying anything for a month and see what happens.

Fvucking psycho-babble retard. Ever think that maybe she's just absent-minded? I do this all the time, even though I don't want to. I LIVE ALONE!!!! Jesus, why don't you just blame the fact that she farts on low self-esteem?

 

[StageLeft]

Not as bad as OLD PEOPLE BLOODY WELL UNPLUGGING APPLIANCES. My mother does this and it makes me spitting bloody mad.

 

[tcrosson]

I've found if their too lazy to turn a light off, their too lazy to replace a "broken" bulb. Just partially unscrew all the bulbs and use them when you need the light.