BATON ROUGE, LA – With temperatures reaching 50 degrees Saturday morning, Baton Rouge father Greg Landry assembled his family near the hallway thermostat to review the household’s winter chain of command.
“This is not a democracy,” Landry began. “It’s a three-bedroom house with an Entergy bill higher than the price of crawfish in January.”
The briefing covered approved temperature settings, unauthorized button contact, and the distinction between being cold and having failed to put on socks.
Landry confirmed that requests for heat must first exhaust all available blankets, sweatshirts, and opportunities to “get up and do something.”
His wife’s suggestion that they turn it on “just to take the chill out of the air” was classified as an attempt to establish a dangerous precedent.
The children were reminded that the thermostat’s touchscreen capability did not constitute permission to touch the screen.
Landry concluded by demonstrating how to stand near the thermostat without adjusting it.
Minutes later, he activated both heated seats in his truck.
“That’s different,” he explained. “I’m the only one in here who understands what things cost.”
