My husband has quite the family.
His parents are literal rocket scientists and his sister is going to school for neurology.
He, on the other hand, is a percussion professor. As you might imagine, there are some tense family relations at times. His sister is a bit of a goody two shoes, and she always gets all of the attention of her parents. It doesn’t help matters that she’s also quite skilled at complaining, no matter the circumstances. She claims she’s just “sensitive” and “particular,” but it seems like a lot of nonsense to me. We decided to test our theory recently, leveraging our own HVAC system to challenge her complaining skills. His family was set to visit us for the weekend, so as always I was scrambling to clean up the house and make it as comfortable as possible. Of course, this included adjusting the thermostat to the perfect temperature settings in order to maximize our indoor comfort levels. I even had the air conditioner fully serviced by a pro HVAC shop the week leading up to the visit, so we would have the highest quality air possible. We knew, however, that it wouldn’t matter how carefully we set the thermostat or serviced the HVAC system, because she was going to say something. Sure enough, she made it about 15 minutes into the visit before the big scene. She came downstairs, wrapped in ten pounds of clothing, shivering hysterically, and rubbing her hands together. She then claimed to be suffering an extreme hypohemia attack, and asked if the thermostat could be adjusted higher. Of course, I said lovingly, and pretended to change the thermostat settings without altering a thing. Sure enough, within two minutes, she acknowledged the warmer temperature and settled down again…. Until it was too hot.