there is the issue of liability in case the ac falls on someone’s head due to improper installation and also the issue of potential damage to the window. i mean its mostly bullshit tbh and they could just take some responsibility and have one of the maintenance staff install it instead of asking us to do it but obviously they wont do that. and no, they don’t cover the electricity bill, that would be sweet though

also PS, this conversation made me reread the lease renewal and apparently they removed the language about not being able to put in an AC so that’s progress and I guess I can get an AC unit. we did have some people die in the neighborhood from the heat, so i guess they weighted the liability costs associated with that too…