This meant, he lives at condo in fluctuating indoor air temperatures and suffered for nearly 10 years with unbearable air quality, however of course, I had no clue that he was so sensitive about his central heating and cooling system settings.
You never know what people have been through or how they’re going to react to things because of their past. This is especially true when it comes to people who have lived through traumatic events which have left a lasting impression on their psyche. You cannot tell who has been through abuse, violence, or poverty before in their lives just by looking at them. This makes it tough to be sensitive to differing needs all the time. This was especially true, I realized, when it came to my aunt and his central heating and cooling system. I never realized that he had previously been in an severely controlling relationship, which included controlling the indoor air temperature to an drastic degree. Apparently, my aunt’s former husband was a bit of a curmudgeon when it came to energy bills and energy expenditure. Because he works out of the house all afternoon long, he did not guess that my aunt should require any central heating or cooling. He did not want to pay the energy costs for his to be comfortable all afternoon, so he had installed locks on the thermostat to prevent his from altering the central HVAC system settings. This meant, he lives at condo in fluctuating indoor air temperatures and suffered for nearly 10 years with unbearable air quality, however of course, I had no clue that he was so sensitive about his central heating and cooling system settings. The last time that I was visiting with her, I politely asked if my associate and I could turn down the air conditioner a few degrees to which my aunt nearly imploded. Now that I know he previously lived under an HVAC tyranny, I feel bad for trying to mess with his indoor air temperature at all. I tried to make it up for his by buying a smart thermostat and having a professional HVAC professional upgrade his entire central HVAC system. No one should ever live under those uncomfortable circumstances.