Originally Posted by hbush

Yep, and let's not forget that this is the root cause for necessity to make any additional adjustments. Well, sometimes AC does work as intended, only these intentions are bad for hotel guests.

I would agree that making irreversible modifications or inflicting permanent physical damage is "over the line". Taking off the cover and placing it back before checkout hardly qualifies for such damage Moving to another room wouldn't help if / when all these thermostats are intentionally programmed in a bad way for guests or are simply of bad design.