to wonder why I am the only one in the family who has evolved the ability to turn lights off when I leave a room?

[3bunnies]

Same here!

I'm only partially evolved.

oh and before anyone leaps to their defence - this isn't a going from kitchen into sitting room knowing that you have to go back in 2 mins - this is coming downstairs to eat and watch a film, or the record I think was dh leaving after we were off on the school run and leaving no fewer than 8 lights on! I spend the first 5 mins of every day turning lights off, taps off, unplugging mobile chargers etc.

Me too ! And it's got worse since we got an energy meter . Now I go round , turn something off , go back to the meter to see how much it's dropped , turn something else off , go back to the meter ... Etc etc . I've used so much more of my own energy since I've had it . Addictive little bugger.

I feel your pain! I am the Eco warrior in my house too. DH is worst offender. He can't close doors or cupboards either!!!

I feel your pain, my house is lit up like a Christmas tree!

The worst thing is that I am sure in many years to come my children will be telling their children how their grandparents generation destroyed the earth! It's not me leaving the bloody lights on!!!!

On a similar note, I am the only one in my house that can change a loo roll! This is because it is too complicated for dh and the dds. Bless them

I'm the only one that can turn lights off, shut & open curtains & change loo rolls. My oh left the loft light on all day once & I only realised when it got dark & I could see it in the gap round the loft hatch.

YANBU I am also alone in this house. I can walk round and switch seven lights off at a time, all with nobody nearby! DH works in the power industry though so reckons he's keeping himself in a job!

Eric - oh yes, I forget loo rolls. Nobody else can out the empty one in the bin and a new one actually on the loo roll holder. No they leave both on the floor, grrrrr.

Running a little experiment on loo rolls here. Due to the layout of the house the recycling bags are about 2m from the loo so not a huge distance. Kitchen bin even closer and dh doesn't tend to discriminate between the two anyway. Bathroom bin next to loo. Currently up to 5 empty loo rolls and still no one else has moved them.

I do these experiments from time to time too. The result is always that I get fed up and move or mention thing before anyone else notices, even when they are piles of junk in really inconvenient places!

Oh yes I know it will be me who moves it eventually. Just wondering how long it will be.

Same in this house, DH leaves every single light on. AND this is the guy who is getting increasingly angry at energy costs and winges if I dare knock the thermostat up past 18!

I'm the only one who can see errant blobs of toothpaste in the sink, and thus the only one who can wipe them up. It's a super power, really.

It's curtains here. i am the only person who can open them.

Not only am I the only one who can turn the lights off, I'm the only one who can stack and unstack the dishwasher and turn it on and off. OTOH, since I started ignoring any clothes for washing other than my own and dh's, the dc have suddenly learnt the amazing skill of working the washing machine.

I am the only one who turns lights off too! I thought it was just me!

Me too, and I'm the only one who can close the lid on the toilet and put new loo rolls out too... It's REALLY annoying!

I can pin point a precise time of evolution of my DC. My first visit to their own place I was asked why I needed the kitchen light on. Answer is that there's no window in the kitchen and it's dark.
Response was 'it's my electric bill you know'
Couldn't resist an acid 'really? we've always got our leccy for free'

Seriously this from one of the world's biggest offenders.

I also tried to solve the replacing toilet roll issue by buying a toilet roll holder that's basically a post out of the wall with two arms and no end stoppers.
The idea being that it couldn't be more simple to use and that no one need ever be caught short without. Even this isn't a failsafe solution.

I also tried to solve the replacing toilet roll issue by buying a toilet roll holder that's basically a post out of the wall with two arms and no end stoppers.
The idea being that it couldn't be more simple to use and that no one need ever be caught short without. Even this isn't a failsafe solution.

We have one of these and it is DD2's (10) job to change the first on that runs out immediately. It's the only job she's expected to do without being reminded and she fails every time. We still end up with me walking in, finding both empty, replenishing and then moaning (unless she's around in wich case I make her do it there and then).

I'm thinking of having my own secret loo roll hidden in the bathroom and seeing how long it takes for someone to realise they need to change them.

This was a post on MN ages ago and I smiled when I read it.
When I'm a little old lady
Then I'll live with my children
and bring them great joy.
To repay all I've had
from each girl and boy
I shall draw on the walls
and scuff up the floor;
Run in and out
without closing the door.
I'll hide frogs in the pantry,
socks under my bed.
Whenever they scold me,
I'll hang my head.
I'll run and I'll romp,
always fritter away
The time to be spent
doing chores every day.
I'll pester my children
when they are on the phone.
as long as they're busy
I won't leave them alone.
Hide candy in closets,
rocks in a drawer,
And never pick up my clothes
from the floor.
Dash off to the movies
and not wash a dish.
I'll plead for allowance
whenever I wish.
I'll stuff up the plumbing
and deluge the floor.
As soon as they've mopped it,
I'll flood it some more.
When they correct me,
I'll lie down and cry,
Kicking and screaming,
not a tear in my eye.
I'll take all their pencils
and flashlights, and then
When they buy new ones,
I'll take them again.
I'll spill glasses of milk
to complete every meal,
Eat my banana and
just drop the peel.
Put toys on the table,
spill jam on the floor,
I'll break lots of dishes
as though I were four.
What fun I shall have,
what joy it will be to
Live with my children....
the way they lived with me!

Every morning my DD (15) comes downstairs for us to leave to get her to school and EVERY SINGLE TIME she leaves her bedroom light and the hall/stairs/landing lights on. And EVERY SINGLE TIME i send her back to switch them all off. You would have thought she would have twigged what to do by now

DS1 (14) is exactly the same little. Every light on, his TV on, curtains drawn. Grates my carrot. Bloody lazy teens.