House rules "minor" infraction?

[Marjorie264]

I ask my guests to turn the AC off when they go out. My guest is leaving it on while out at work, after being specifically asked not to. When I first noticed it was left on, I asked him about it and he said he didn't remember if he had left it on, which I now think was a lie. It is currently very hot, and I probably would have said ok if he had asked permission to leave it on, but he didn't. Should I mention it to him again? I don't want to antagonize him, and the heat wave is going to end in a day or two, so it should become a non-issue. 

[Tommy150]

I'm not going to hate you I agree. I'm the one who said it takes longer and more energy for ac (or heat) to recover when the whole apartment, house, unit whatever gets bloody hot again it just has to run longer to cool it back down...

[Susan653]

@Richard531 , I said in my post that I would NOT ask guests to turn off the AC (even though I personally don’t enjoy it being run all day when nobody’s using it). I don’t ask guests to turn off the AC or the lights when they’re not home. 

To quote myself:

“I let it slide because (a) I’m pretty sure most guests barely skim my house rules if they bother reading them at all; and (b) it’s not worth the anxiety that they’ll ding me in reviews if I say something during their stay.

Nest thermostat control is a nice suggestion, but not one that would work in my listing since the cooling is from non-smart window acs. I’m guessing this may also be the case for you? Energy waste (both cooling and heating in my case, and, of course, the leaving on of every single light in the apartment 24/7) sets my teeth on edge, but it’s not a hill on which I’m willing to die at the present time.”

So my guests do, in fact, get what they pay for; therefore, there’s no need to lecture me about not giving it to them.

[Bhumika]

Hi @Marjorie264, I was going through this thread and noticed that our Host members have offered very balanced and thoughtful advice from both guest and Host perspectives. 

How did you deal with this situation eventually? Did you reach out to the guest in this regard and share your thoughts with them about it?

[Marjorie264]

As I wrote to @Judith630, it’s a window AC. I have a note in the room to turn it off upon leaving and I also directly told this to the guest after it was left on. The next day it was left on again, but I let it slide because it was super hot. The third day we went upstairs and shut it off after he went to work. (Otherwise it would have been on for 12 hours in an empty room.) Nothing more has been said by either party.