First thought: Why not just unplug it?
Doesn't matter, we are here to help so we headed out. On our arrival we discovered that this 90 year old woman was apparently some kind of house sitter and that it was super hot in the house.
I put on gloves and headed straight to the stove where I found all four burners on High and a whistling tea kettle still sitting on one of the burners.
I moved the tea kettle and put it in the sink and then simply turned all the burners off. The lady exclaimed, "Well how come they just popped up for you?" I think she just turned them the wrong way to hot instead of off but they were the kind that you had to push down and turn so maybe she just wasn't pushing down. Who knows? In any case we shut off the stove and checked the hood and cabinets above to make sure nothing above had overheated. All was clear and the captain began getting information from the woman for the report. I walked out of the kitchen and underneath a ceiling register that just blasted me with hot air. I mean hot.
Now, I thought it was hot in the place because she had the stove cranked but that was nothing. I told the captain and we went and checked her thermostat. It was set to 90 degreees! Four stove burners on full and the thermostat set to 90. We showed it to her and set it back down to a reasonable temperature for her.
As we were wrapping up and set to leave we noticed the door from the laundry room to the outside was open. We asked if she wanted us to lock everything up for her before we left. She said no and that she would get it later. She had that door open because it was hot in the house.
She was a very nice lady and very appreciative, but these folks might want to reconsider who they have house sit for them in the future.
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