The weather has been getting hotter, so I’ve been using the air conditioner in my room whenever I’m there. This has probably driven up the electricity bill. My landlord, who lives in the same house, told me they’d need to raise my rent to cover the increased costs. I agreed to the new price without much fuss.

What’s been bothering me, though, is that the air conditioner sometimes shuts off on its own. At first, I thought it was some kind of automatic setting, so I didn’t pay much attention—it would usually start working again the next day.

However, yesterday it happened again, and I started to suspect that someone might be turning it off on purpose. This suspicion arose because there’s always someone home whenever the air conditioner stops working. To confirm my theory, I checked the fuse box, and sure enough, the switch for the air conditioner in my room had been turned off.

Is it possible that someone really turned that off on purpose just to stop me from using the air con, and if yes, what should I do to deal with this unfriendly approach?