Something cheeky I did when I was younger and a lifetime ago. I had a housemate who was keen in selling the air conditioners in our apartment because the landlord, who also happened to be her boss was not paying her salary and the apartment was due to be demolished so she thought of making a fast buck from the sale. I had no say in it as I was subletting and my name was not on the contract.

What annoyed me was one day, I came home to find out that some of the things in my room were slightly moved. We have a key to our room and have it locked. Later in the evening, she casually told me that, when I was at work, she showed some interested buyers of the aircon in my room. All without batting an eyelid like it was some sort of entitlement. That’s when I put two and two together that she has a key to my room. That was not very nice for her to do but I kept quiet.

In the following days when my housemate was not around, I rummaged through a common cupboard and found a bunch of keys which led me to conclude that was how she gained access to my room, without my consent. I threw away the spare key into the rubbish chute. At this point, I’ll say that I was not even angry. I was pretty chill about it but I thought of teaching her some manners.

Few days later, she asked me about it and I pretended that I didn’t even know where was the extra key and get on with my day. She did showed one or two more buyers but had to ask me about it first or ask me to keep my bedroom door unlock before I leave for work. She did ended up selling the aircon when I moved. Not my problem then!