One of the nice things about owning a home is having the freedom to do what you want. Sometimes though, that freedom tends to impinge on your neighbours.Here's an example we can discuss. It's just a random situation that I thought up just now. Imagine that your neighbour likes cigars. A lot. Like, a lot lot. Now imagine that your neighbour likes to smoke them on their front porch. At night. Now imagine that the smoke comes right into your window, which is only 10 or so feet away. You'd like to close your window, but all that will do is prevent the heat from escaping and letting in cool outside air. Cool, cigar-scented outside air. So thick and acrid, it makes you cough.
What do you do? Do you tell them? Do you risk ruining the relationship you have with them? Or do you just let things be. Do you hope that maybe it will resolve itself in some way? Do you put up subtle signs around your house indicating your low tolerance for smoke?
Discuss.
Notice: Any persons, situations, names or places in this story are not based on any real persons, situations, names or places and any resemblance is purely coincidental.
By the way, doing a Google search on 'smoking a cigar' with safe search off can get you more than you bargained for... I'm just sayin'.
1 comment:
Purchase the neighbor a box of cigars that you like. Maybe something that he has to go purchase in say,CUBA. Or set up a fan to gently waft away the freezes something the size of a swamp boat. We have a similar situation, viz-a-viz upstairs windows. Not a problem when the rental next door is unrented, but now? We get to HEAR and SMELL everything.
Third option, change bedrooms,got one located on the other side of the house.
Fourth option, send him some Chantix.
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