Day 213: Losing The Game

If you get angry, you lose the game. The game is successfully getting people to do what you want them to do. At times it seems easy, you understand how to work people, know how to figure their reasoning and motivations and appeal to them. At times though you run into a person who doesn't operate in a way that makes sense, can not be appealed to or manipulated in any discernible way.

My room is hot and stuffy, but I have explained that to Ran to no avail. He will still turn the temperature up regardless of the fact that he could put on more clothes if he was cold. So then I figure it must be an energy thing, but he will leave lights on in rooms he is not occupying for hours at a time. The other day I tried to show him how much warmer my room was since telling him wasn't sufficient and he seemed to agree that is was noticeably warmer. At this time he also agreed that we could keep the house at 76 degrees unless no one was home and then it could be 78.

I realized it didn't work yesterday when I woke up from my three hour nap between store meeting and shift. It was muggy and uncomfortable in my room but I didn't have time to do more than peek at the thermostat (77 degrees) before leaving. It is what started my work day off badly, all hot an irritated before even getting to garden. After waking up from my nap today he was in the living room watching television and I noticed the thermostat was once again at 77.

"Did you turn the air up...a degree?"

"Yeah"

"Why? I thought we agreed it would stay at 76?"

"It was cold..."

"But you can put on more clothes. I can't take more off."

Then asked if I woke up hot and I had to explain that my door was open so it was better. He then admitted he had just turned it up. So if he was trying to catch me with that it didn't work. Just made me uber pissed. Lost the game with this one.