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Oh yeah, the thermostats in offices totally shouldn't work - that would be maddening as everyone fought over temperature. I'd just rather have nothing at all t

Oh yeah, the thermostats in offices totally shouldn't work - that would be maddening as everyone fought over temperature. I'd just rather have nothing at all than something which both pretends to do something while also making it very clear - via the temperature display - that it does nothing. At least at a crosswalk or in an elevator, I can pretend that what I'm doing has an effect.

droithomme 8y ago
> I'd just rather have nothing at all... Well in an office there is a thermostat somewhere. But if people know where it is they will try to get access to it and then get involved in power struggles over controlling it. The dummy thermostats aren't really placebo thermostats but rather are decoy thermostats. Their purpose is to distract people from finding the real thermostat.
narag 8y ago
Oh yeah, the thermostats in offices totally shouldn't work - that would be maddening as everyone fought over temperature. In a former job, people just opened the windows when they didn't like the temperature. So we had cold in winter, heat in summer and I guess a pretty high energy bill. But no wars, people opened their window. Oh and I was just a contractor so no chance to complain.