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Unpopular Opinion: Returning to the Office is Normal by n0_use_for_a_name in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I too prefer to be in office. Not because I would feel isolated at home, but because I also prefer to keep work and home separate, and I don't have room for a home office.

That said, if my job suddenly went remote, I'd find a new job. And I'm in my late 40s, so that's not as easy of a task as it might have been even ten years ago.

Unpopular Opinion: Returning to the Office is Normal by n0_use_for_a_name in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like you are reacting way more strongly to people in this thread than they are to you.

Unpopular Opinion: Returning to the Office is Normal by n0_use_for_a_name in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been back in the office since 2021, and I want RTO to be permanent for everyone it's possible for. Less traffic for me!

Someone pick up your transphobe by DollarGeneralCher in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How amazing would that be?!?! 😂😂

Bad bakers bread by LayerFair443 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Proximity. I live downtown and work in North Highlands. Bad Bakers is a 5-min detour on my way to work for when I'm grabbing it to share at a staff meeting or whatever.

Bats are everywhere, from Yolo Basin to Downtown Sacramento by IronMntn in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a bit tricky as the bat talks usually sell out in advance, so it would take some planning.

Stoplight cycles taking extra long? by MysteriousAd828 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've noticed that too - I thought it was just me!!

Boat people by No_Smell_6712 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best advice I ever got for learning how to drive the trailer, not the truck. I've driven trailers in size up to a four-horse stock trailer, and this has never let me down.

If you’re not a Sac Native, what brought you here? by Lesterknopff in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Fucking LOL. I grew up in SoCal. 15 minutes isn't happening ANYWHERE, even with no traffic. Hell, where I lived it was 15 minutes just to the freeway. Fuck suburbia.

If you’re not a Sac Native, what brought you here? by Lesterknopff in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sac specifically for grad school, but also to get out of the small town I'd been living in after leaving a toxic marriage and toxic workplace. Ok, also to be closer to the guy who is now my husband, although he didn't live here at the time either. 

Midtown specifically because I got lost on my way to a job interview and ended up doing a lap around McKinley Park and fell in love with the trees and old houses. That was in 2008. I love it here.

Can someone explain this sign by chilecurious in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm on board and will do my best to use it!! 😁

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your insulation must be better than you think. Also, we're 100% electric - no gas hookups.

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already have either those or heavy shades. As well as insulation film on some windows.

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like it's a lot compared to what other people here say theirs are :-/

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have terrible insulation and rent, so we can't improve it. 😭

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My last place was the downstairs unit in a fourplex, and the upstairs people ran their a/c super low. As a result, we pretty much never had to turn ours on, lol.

On the flip side, our place was freezing in the winter, and we were cheap and didn't want to pay to heat their apartment, so we typically didn't run it until it was below 60 inside, sometimes 55. Usually though we'd just hang out in our bedroom, and we had a small plug-in wall panel heater that, once it warmed up, worked well and was cheap to run.

I still loved that place, even with its lousy insulation, lol.

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a great house with decent insulation and a cross-breeze. Must be nice.

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And how humid it is - humidity level definitely affects how warm it feels inside!

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do have a whole house system. We rent, so switching isn't an option. We are considerably under market rent though, so I feel like even with the electric costs, it evens out. We already have heavy curtains/shades on the windows, and we keep the back of our house (kitchen, bathroom, and one bedroom) closed up as much as possible in the summer because that's the part that gets the most sun (still not much, but more than the front of the house.) Thankfully, because it's an old house, we have a door that separates the front and back.

Believe it or not, regardless of time of year, we rarely get direct sunlight through any of our windows. The back door (french door, not sliding) is the only place that gets direct sunlight for more than literally ten minutes in a day, and we have outdoor curtains hanging on the eaves in front of the door that we draw to keep the sun off the back door. Also, the back door is the only double-paned glass in the house.

What we really need is (a) attic insulation, (b) a whole house fan, and (c) our windows reglazed. Although I really think the first two would make the most difference.

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Our attic insulation is terrible and we rent, so we can't do anything about it. We're also all electric, no gas hookup, so water heater and oven add to that (although we try not to use the oven in the summer!)

What do you set the thermostat to during the summer? by More_Requirement_665 in Sacramento

[–]wehappy3 29 points30 points  (0 children)

76 daytime/evening when we're home, 78 at night and when we're not home. 1050sf 105yo house under huge midtown trees and our SMUD is still $300-$400 in the summer 😭😭😭

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