Tenant discovers their central AC is a lie years after fiddling with the thermostat: 'Never once questioned it. Just vibed in ignorance'

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  • Discovered my central air was a social construct...

    So I just learned I've been living in a place with absolutely no central air conditioning. Not "I assumed it might be central air." Not "I wasn't sure how it worked." I mean I fully, confidently, emotionally lived my life under the assumption that cool air was being distributed through vents like a normal adult homeowner situation.
  • And I've been out here adjusting a thermostat like I was doing something for over 4 years. I even scheduled an HVAC guy to come today to figure out why my central air wasn't running. What system? I don't know. The guy looked like he found a body in my basement as he clearly knew I didn't have central air
  • instantly. He even humored me to prove to me I didn't have central air while we took 2 full laps around my house hunting for the outside part of the freakin' fantasy. Needless to say we never found it. The poor guy felt so bad for me, he even said "maybe someone stole it." Bless his heart.
  • So now I've got: a couple window units doing God's work. I've always used them in the summer when I felt that my imaginary central air wasn't pulling its weight. So I'm unsure why I feel like my summer bill is going to skyrocket. I've been living this life for years.
  • I put a box fan in my the bathroom like it's 1998 and the realization I've been paying attention to vents that were decorative at best is giving me a stomach ache.
  • Honestly the worst part isn't even the heat. It's the fact I fully believed I had central air and never once questioned it. Just vibed in ignorance. Anyway. If anyone needs me I'll be sitting directly in front of a fan rethinking my entire life, having a spiritual crisis, feeling like a doorknob, and rediscovering whatever I thought HVAC meant.
  • Commenters shared their similar stories.

    Either-Document7412 I put an oven mit on my left hand, opened the oven, grabbed the pan of chicken with my right hand. Don't feel bad about the central air mix up.
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  • MFGMediaHypeVulpe Friend, where do you live? The fact you managed to tank the heat almost by power of suggestion is astonishing
  • fixxitt412 Oh man, the "maybe someone stole it" line legitimately cracked me up. Too funny!
  • Agile_Boysenberry508 Not the HVAC guy searching the whole house for that central air. -Lady, I swear to God that there's no central air.-
  • burglar68 The real air conditioning was the friends we made along the way.
  • Basis-Some My grandfather, master electrician, spent all afternoon trying to figure out why this lady's porch fans wouldn't turn off. It was a windy day. Somedays it's just our day to be humble.
  • CaeruleumBleu This might make you feel a tad bit better. A couple, that has a bunch of youtube shorts focusing on "pop quiz for my stoner husband", bought a house.
  • And the non-stoner knew that homeowners get gutters cleaned so he hired someone... and turned out they don't have gutters.
  • i-forgot-my-sandwich This reminds me of the time I learned not to take my medication at the same time as I give my dog his medications. On an unrelated note I personally am flee free
  • mfolives I would love to live in a climate where this sort of mistake was possible. Don't feel bad....you made me jealous today.
  • Creative_Witness7726 I bought a w Id that seeded in pot the first year I lived in Mississippi. Paid $45 for honeysuckle that takes over the world the second it hits 70 degrees. Turns out I already had a million of them.
  • AssumptionFun3828 When I was young, I drove a Chevy S10 hand-me-down truck from my dad. He had previously given me another Chevy S10 earlier model that I drove for several years (he bought a few of these over the years and would pass them along to me once he put a few 100k miles on them).
  • I drove the second truck for at least 3-4 years and always assumed it was a 2 door cuz that's what the first truck was. Then I was at home one day and my dad suddenly opened a third reverse-way door behind the driver's door-I swear it just popped open out of nowhere!! I was truly
  • gobsmacked. I'd been driving that thing for literal years making excess friends climb over the front seats to get to the fold-down jumper seats, when there was an extra door there the whole d in time. My dad laughed his a off.
  • LittleKintnerBoy There's a thermostat?! Have you changed filters? I'm having difficulty comprehending what exactly is going on here. You own this home?

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