May as well have talked to a wall

[Night Fury]

... TWO WHOLE DAYS after I mention to the housemates "we need to cut down on our energy usage"

One of them has smurfing left the radio on after going upstairs.

I may as well have spoken to the wall as I'd have gotten more of a response.

[milliegoesbeep]

I know how that feels. I moved back home for my mother's benefit and she'll leave lamps on, radio and TV on. You name it.

It irritates the crud out of me.

[Psychotic]

I used to talk to walls, it was great fun. Then one time a wall talked back to me. I... I don't talk to walls anymore.

[Faris]

Talking to walls won't do any good because they don't have ears. That's why nothing is going to change for you m'dear.

[Jiro]

Leave rotting food under their beds.

[Peegee]

This is why when it comes to interpersonal relationships I appeal to utilitarianism.

Set the entire house on fire. You'll find that the problem sorts itself out very quickly.

[Araciel]

When living with others, the only solution is to live in an 'all inclusive' rental situation.

[Goldenboko]

I know that feel. But it's meh, gotta live with people you love or they'll be people you hate pretty fast.

[~*~Celes~*~]

Talking to my family really isn't much better. When my mom first got her dog and she was having trouble getting her to go outside instead of in the house, i offered what I thought was a decent solution at the time, and she agreed that it was a good idea....then turned around and always had an excuse why she couldn't do it. And continued to complain about her dog going in the house. -_-

[Jiro]

you should throw the radio outside and then set the waster on fire. fire solves everything. except pipes. you need a plumber to fix pipes.

[Tigmafuzz]

Shorty.

[rubah]

Put a watt usage calculator on your items then charge them for the difference

[Iceglow]

Simply increase their share of the energy bill then when they ask about it be all "Well, you can't switch things off you're going to have to pay more"

[Shorty]

Shorty.

I pretend like you're a wall when you talk to me.

[Sephex]

My favorite scene in Final Fantasy VIII is when Squall tells Quistits to go talk to a wall because he fails to realize that he is making a perfect humorous commentary on his character.