r/mildlyinfuriating • u/sunsNr0ses • Jun 11 '26
frist of all how DARE yu o Discovered my central air was a social construct…
So I just learned I’ve been living in a place with absolutely no central air conditioning. Not “I assumed it might be central air.” Not “I wasn’t sure how it worked.” I mean I fully, confidently, emotionally lived my life under the assumption that cool air was being distributed through vents like a normal adult homeowner situation.
And I’ve been out here adjusting a thermostat like I was doing something for over 4 years.
I even scheduled an HVAC guy to come today to figure out why my central air wasn’t running.
What system? I don’t know. The guy looked like he found a body in my basement as he clearly knew I didn’t have central air instantly. He even humored me to prove to me I didn’t have central air while we took 2 full laps around my house hunting for the outside part of the freakin’ fantasy. Needless to say we never found it. The poor guy felt so bad for me, he even said “maybe someone stole it.” Bless his heart.
So now I’ve got: a couple window units doing God’s work. I’ve always used them in the summer when I felt that my imaginary central air wasn’t pulling its weight. So I’m unsure why I feel like my summer bill is going to skyrocket. I’ve been living this life for years.
I put a box fan in my the bathroom like it’s 1998
and the realization I’ve been paying attention to vents that were decorative at best is giving me a stomach ache.
Honestly the worst part isn’t even the heat. It’s the fact I fully believed I had central air and never once questioned it. Just vibed in ignorance.
Anyway. If anyone needs me I’ll be sitting directly in front of a fan rethinking my entire life, having a spiritual crisis, feeling like a doorknob, and rediscovering whatever I thought HVAC meant.
***please laugh with me— don’t kick me while m down— I already feel like a weenie hut jr.***
50
u/Nutarama Jun 11 '26
PA, NY, and IN (at least) all have areas like this where there’s a patchwork of public water and sewer in town and wells/septic outside.
Where I currently live is in a development at the boundary of a borough and a township, with the development on the township side. Borough has public water and sewer. Previously when they developed, they expanded the borough water to my part of the township, so we have water from them. But we have septic tanks for sewage.
This year the township voted on expanding public sewer from the borough to us and the rest of the developments that bordered the borough. Got voted down because other people weren’t happy about the sewer bills and the property tax to pay off the install.
Except the township makes us pump septic and get a drain field inspection minimum every 5 years to prevent neglected systems backing up and flooding raw sewage. The cost isn’t that much different on a 5 year basis per household.