An argument over the thermostat
I guess there are people out there who have a roommate because they like it, but I only have one because I can’t afford to live on my own. Who could afford to pay rent on their own anymore? If I had the money I would move into a place of my own – any place would do. That won’t happen for a while, so I am doing my best to keep the house peaceable and coexist with Vincent for the sake of domestic tranquility. He is really quite good about keeping the common areas clean, which is a plus, but he runs the air conditioner almost 24/7, and that gets a little old for me. It isn’t just that he runs the AC a lot, it’s that he runs it all the time to an excessive degree. Picture the scene – I come out of my room to check the thermostat because it feels too cold to me, and I find Vincent sitting on the couch wrapped in a blanket. I turn down the thermostat, and he asks me why I did that. I say because I was too cold, and based on him being wrapped in a blanket he is cold, too. He explains that he likes it that cold, and he turned down the thermostat a little extra just so it would be cold enough for a blanket. That is when I lost my marbles and yelled at Vincent, about how he was an idiot that didn’t know how air conditioning and energy costs worked, and I that I wanted him to move out.