New Neighbour Smokes! What can I do??

[laska]

So my new apartment neighbour (directly under me) smokes cigarettes all day on his patio. The smoke comes DIRECTLY up to my patio area. I love my patio (I spend hours out there everyday reading, drinking coffee, etc) but I basically can't even sit out there at all anymore.

Is it totally unreasonable to ask him to smoke less or to smoke inside? I know that sounds weird, but I'm going to be forced to stay inside all summer because of his addiction!

[ebbomega]

Places where people smoke inside smell like shite. I think you'll have to just bear it.

[C_squared]

Yeah, not much you can do about it. The worst thing you can do is complaint lots directly to him. He lives below you right? A noise complaint from you weighs heavier so I'd keep cool or you could really piss him off. My neighbor smokes too. I feel your pain. Stank ass smokers.

[Grapes]

Instead of complaining how about asking? Maybe he's got another area on his property where he can light up?

Just ask, worse that happens is he says "no dice" and then you're in the same place you are now.

[SEAN!]

shoot him, or if ou dont have the money, chop em wth a machete there like 15 bones and you can get em at any hardware tore, i suggest poco building supplies, hollah at the paint gir, shes my sister

damn, the y and l buttons on my laptop are fucked

[tiedye]

Shompton, have you slept yet?


Anyways, as for your dilemma... why not just light up a strong-scented candle whenever he lights up? If it's on a table beside you, it should do the trick.

[stephen_c]

$5 army surplus

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by SEAN!

shoot him, or if ou dont have the money, chop em wth a machete there like 15 bones and you can get em at any hardware tore,

Like the shirt I saw last night:

"GTA made me do it"

[laska]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Instead of complaining how about asking? Maybe he's got another area on his property where he can light up?

Just ask, worse that happens is he says "no dice" and then you're in the same place you are now.

I'm enjoying the furtive, passive-aggressive scowls in the lobby, with the odd "cough" thrown in for good measure. But I will try your suggestion.

[cubed]

Life's rough, buy a helmet.

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by laska

I'm enjoying the furtive, passive-aggressive scowls in the lobby, with the odd "cough" thrown in for good measure. But I will try your suggestion.

Truthfully I'm a big fan of those as well.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Truthfully I'm a big fan of those as well.

sometimes i think being passive aggressive is good too, bt everytime i atempt it im usually just straight up aggressive.

[cubed]

^That's because your dial is stuck on 11 seanu.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by laska

I'm enjoying the furtive, passive-aggressive scowls in the lobby, with the odd "cough" thrown in for good measure. But I will try your suggestion.

"Tell ya, the worst kind of non-smoker is the kind where you're smoking, they just walk up to you and go *clearing of throat/coughing*. I always say, 'Shit, you're lucky you don't smoke! That's a hell of a cough you got there dude. I smoke all day and don't cough like that. . .' That's kinda cruel, man, going up to a smoker and coughing at him, shit. You go up to crippled people dancin' too, ya fucks?"
- Bill Hicks

[gnosis]

Get some flimsy sandwich bags from the dollar store.

Fill 'em up w/ flour.

Everytime polluter-guy lights up, pelt him w/ them.

And, drizzle vinegar onto his balcony, as well...

Frosty
(just suggesting...)

[-evil-duerr-]

when ya can't beat em , join em.

[galaxie]

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/tobacco/communities.html

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by galaxie

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/tobacco/communities.html

"Common areas of apartment buildings, condominiums and dormitories will be smoke-free."

Your patio is not a common area, nor does a group of patios constitute one. They're still part of your private property.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by cubed

^That's because your dial is stuck on 11 seanu.

hmmm, thats a reasonable explaination

I never noticed smoked until these bans came into place. Ill admit I no longer like it when people smoke in side or have the nerve to hold their cigarette in front of your face. But really... unless someone's bbq is on fire I have no idea how enough smoke from a single cigarette is able to get right into your face after traveling outside through gusty winds unless your holding your head over the railing right above them.

If its bugging you that much, maybe ask your neighbor to smoke on one side and you can sit on the other.

[Grapes]

^ hey look, it's my suggestion from 15 posts ago!

[ebbomega]

NO! Silly idea! Keep doing obtuse passive-aggressive retaliation until the tension builds and builds and finally one person's cat is painted pink and the other person's kitchen is being flooded by the other's backed up toilet! That kind of thing fixes this stuff in situation comedies all the time!

[C_squared]

Hey fyi smokers don't like being told where not to smoke. This new city bi-law has raised a lot of eyebrows. Look at smokers, they're being segregated. No joke. It's a constant bombardment of anti-smoking propaganda to the point of alienating the wheezy, stank masses. So telling this guy to take his smoke and stand on the other side of his balcony sounds pretty ludicrous. Hey, they should just divide the building into two sections: Smokers wing and Non-smokers wing and make the smokers pay a higher rate because of the damage nicotine causes to walls and rugs. Yep, still not a good idea.

[miss.myra]

I think it's a bit hyperbolic to state that you have to stay inside all summer because someone occasionally enjoys a cigarette on their balcony and I think the first step towards a solution might involve you looking at things from a realistic perspective. When someone is outside smoking, the average cigarette lasts what? 10 minutes at the very most? What is stopping you from stepping inside for 10 minutes if it bothers you _THAT_ much to grab a glass of water, make a snack, tell fnk you think you're better than everyone in Victoria, play your ocarnia, etc? I find it hard to believe that this dude is outside chainsmoking for hours and hours on end. Life is hard, and it can be unfair because instead of getting people to do what we want, we have to compromise.

I mean, you live in James Bay right? Why not enjoy hours of your time in Beacon Hill park or around the gorgeous city you live in if it's that bothersome? Be warned though, people *might* smoke outdoors in the city too...

[rawb]

NOW I KNOW WHAT A SOLARIUM IS FOR, ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS A BULLSHIT ROOM l