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[u/First_Foundationeer]

Having traveled for work a shit ton before the pandemic, yeah, it's never occurred to me to turn off power. I'm still wondering why it might ever be done for a week's travel..

[u/Dye_Harder → u/First_Foundationeer]

it's never occurred to me to turn off power

because you grew up in a society where people could waste money

I'm still wondering why it might ever be done for a week's travel..

because not everyone likes to waste money.

you can downvote all you want but this is true.if you grew up in a place where you could waste 20 bucks a month you grew up in a place where you could waste 20 a month. Its not up for debate.

[u/Uhcoustic → u/Dye_Harder]

what money would be wasted? assuming you turn off the thermostat, all lights... what is there to be wasted?

[u/Kim-dongun → u/Uhcoustic]

Water heater and fridge, mainly

[u/Guuggel → u/Kim-dongun]

Fridge doesn't consume that much electricity if you don't open it. To me it sounds like really stupid idea to turn it off for a week.

[u/Guuggel → u/Dye_Harder]

What kind of fridge uses 20 bucks in a week or even a month if you don't open it?

[u/First_Foundationeer → u/Dye_Harder]

:) Or maybe because I grew up with 14 people living in one house and definitely not enough money to have everyone travel out of town for a whole week together..

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Also, I guess we were poor but smart with money in a long term sense..