[satsuma]

i lived with my mother in law for a short time when i was between apartments. she would occasionally go around the house and unplug all of my devices in the early mornings before I got up. this was originally just the xbox connected to the living room tv, but if I had my laptop plugged in (work or personal) it would get unplugged too. i don't know if it was a petty "power move" (pardon the pun) or if she genuinely thought the standby mode appliances were bleeding her dry, but she's a senior electrical engineer so she should really know better.

i was considering confronting her and putting in a kill-a-watt and paying her directly the couple bucks a month my standby devices used in power, but i figured that wasn't worth it.