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[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[John_Ryder]

Don't you like the smell of dung?

 

[chromhound]

Time to put shit all over their door

 

[AJUMP23]

If they are breaking the rules tell the landlord anonymously.

 

[Batiman]

I’d rather smell weed all day then someone cooking fish.

Ban fish cooking!

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

I feel your pain bud

Guy below me blasts music all day and the place reeks of it....it's a fucking awful smell I hate it.

But I also and I'm not sure why but I hate weed. Every time someone says they do it I immediately think "fucking stoner looser" but at the same time I know why people use it but I can't get that thought out of my head it's weird.

 

[Elder Legend]

Call the cops. The idiotic stoners are not worth time and most likely won't listen to you anyway or actually in fact will conduct some sort of violence or commit a crime.

 

[akimbo009]

Has anyone dealt with this and if so how was the issue resolved if at all? I wanna go knock on the door but also don’t want confrontation. But the shit is annoying and offensive.

Chill. Just become one.

 

[Bragr]

Weed is for peasants, annoying rude people.

The world is an addict-riddled whore house, and weed is just another behavior modifier to get people hooked and paying. Completely useless shit, remove it from society and nothing would change, it would only get better.

 

[ClosBSAS]

Best way to deal with weed...cook bacon. Shit gets rid of that smell

 

[SteadyEvo]

Best way to deal with weed...cook bacon. Shit gets rid of that smell

Funny cause I could smell it from the kitchen while cooking bacon

 

[Facism]

counter them by smoking a whole lot of ass.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

But I also and I'm not sure why but I hate weed. Every time someone says they do it I immediately think "fucking stoner looser" but at the same time I know why people use it but I can't get that thought out of my head it's weird.

I think it's the impact of years of government propaganda and the long-term effect of programming impressionable minds. "Fucking stoner loser" is still in kicking around in your head as an instinctual reaction even though you have evidence against it being the case. Sounds like the same thing is happening in Elder Legend's take:

Call the cops. The idiotic stoners are not worth time and most likely won't listen to you anyway or actually in fact will conduct some sort of violence or commit a crime.

I've known a lot of pot smokers in my time. Some of my best friends smoke pot regularly, and the only crimes I recall them committing were driving slightly over the speed limit and maybe jaywalking a few times--and that's while they were sober lol

 

[Bridges]

Don't call the police or the landlord, just knock on the door and/or leave a note. This is nothing a conversation couldn't fix, they probably have no idea it's bothering you.
If they still don't make a change then you can think about tattling, but there's no reason to avoid just talking with your neighbor.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Weed is for peasants, annoying rude people.

The world is an addict-riddled whore house, and weed is just another behavior modifier to get people hooked and paying. Completely useless shit, remove it from society and nothing would change, it would only get better.

You and I must have different metrics of "better" because pot smoking seems to bring a lot of people a lot of joy. Take it away, and there'd be less subjective happiness in the world. I wouldn't consider that "better".

 

[daveonezero]

I am not saying to do this, this worked for me though.
We girlfriend now wife and I lived in an apartment, there was a terrible tenant who would let their dog pee in the hallway, and they had police often for domestic abuse. They finally got evicted, which was a huge sigh of relief. In their place two college kids, who had friends over all the time, especially weekends. I'm talking like 15 people crammed into a 2 bedroom apartment
They would smoke weed, which I don't normally care about, but 15-20 people ripping it for hours would start to get very obnoxious I've had my party days so I get it. Include the noise on a Sunday night at 11 when we had to get up at 530 am on Monday to work was getting ridiculous
My first complaint to the landlord was the noise, that went on deaf ears, "yeah we'll look into it" a few weeks went by and there were more people jammed in there.
This time I brought up the noise and the amount of weed smoke in the common hallway and out apartment had a door in the master that led to a fir escape hallway, every apartment had this, so trying to sleep was also filled with the overwhelming smell of weed, and a scent I have no idea why makes me go into Hulk mode, patchouli, I fuckin hate it.
Landlord said well maybe they have a medicinal need, I look at her in the face, and said I know you don't fucking believe that line, right. She didn't say anything else
One particular Sunday, they left the apartment, they were up almost all of Saturday night, and on Sunday when they left, they left a yippy dog barking for hours, and I mean hours. So we were annoyed from that too.
They come home stumbling in the hallway Sunday evening, friends come over and the party begins, thump thump thump, yelling, weed so overwhelming it was going through our apartment.
I am an Irish hothead, I will fully admit to that.
I looked at my girlfriend in the eyes, she knew something was up. I got up opened our door insanely fast so it slammed the wall, and punded the fuck out of their door, fully prepared to get into it, the music died off, and a dude with a fuckin shag cut opens the door and goes "uh what's up?". That is when I fucking laid into them, looking and scanning across the room meeting as many eyes as I could. I mean really laid into them.
No one said anything back, not a word. I stepped into the door way and slammed their door closed and went back to my apartment. The music came back on at a fraction of what it was, and the weed smoke took a while to die down, BUT they started to go out onto their balcony to smoke, no more in the apartment.
So the moral of the story is, maybe don't be a hot head, but bring it up, and maybe they will understand where you're coming from and change up some habits, or they'll get worse and you'll have to deal or have to move
Bottom line, I would live in a car before I go back to an apartment in my life

Was the yelling necessary or you think maybe just talking to them and telling them to have some respect for the neighbors would go a long way?

 

[akimbo009]

Shits legal in most of America. What's going on in this thread.

 

[lachesis]

The smell reminds me of my grandmother's moxibustion. As much as I loved my grandmother (miss her very much, rest her soul) - never liked the smell.

 

[BadBurger]

Get one of those gigantic Yankee candles that burn for like eight hours. When they smoke just light it up for about twenty minutes. I've done this in the past, it should more than overpower the weed smell.

IF you're a NARC, check your lease. Many apartments put it in the lease they don't want people smoking weed within their apartments, and sometimes with x feet of a building. What will happen is the management office will probably put notices on every door with a warning as an attempt to get the people to stop first. It's the least confrontational way to go about it. If they're still smoking in their unit after however many days the warning is, report them again.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

I wonder how many people who are “offended” by weed like to partake in a couple alcoholic drinks.

Because it’s really no different except for alcohol being more dangerous to yourself and others.

The smell and courtesy in an apartment is another thing, but beyond that, there is nothing wrong with indulging in weed.

Mostly harmless and it affects people differently.

 

[daveonezero]

I wonder how many people who are “offended” by weed like to partake in a couple alcoholic drinks.

Because it’s really no different except for alcohol being more dangerous to yourself and others.

The smell and courtesy in an apartment is another thing, but beyond that, there is nothing wrong with indulging in weed.

Mostly harmless and it affects people differently.

The problem is if I drink next to someone it really isn’t a bother unless I spill it or am a rude drunk.

With smoke you can’t contain it. In an apartment it would be nice if they went outside or used some sort of air filter. That’s what I used to do. Carbon hepa and blow into that and it won’t go anywhere else.

If you blow it In the intake it really won’t be a bother in another room of a building.

 

[JonSnowball]

Weed is for peasants, annoying rude people.

The world is an addict-riddled whore house, and weed is just another behavior modifier to get people hooked and paying. Completely useless shit, remove it from society and nothing would change, it would only get better.

Relax. There's no need to be stressed. Walk on in and relax, smoke some weed and just chill. Or at the very least jerk off, you clearly need to.

 

[gamingforum1]

Absolutely love the smell lol. Cigarette smokers though can FUCK OFF!

 

[Vestal]

Absolutely love the smell lol. Cigarette smokers though can FUCK OFF!

Its an acquired taste. If you enjoy smoking it you eventually come to appreciate the smell. However for non weed smokers, it's a very poignant smell that still carries a stigma.

OH and yup on cig smell..

 

[YukiOnna]

That and cigarette smell is horrendous so I feel you.
Doesn't help the bastard across was police raided twice so I'm afraid to say anything.

 

[BadBurger]

I wonder how many people who are “offended” by weed like to partake in a couple alcoholic drinks.

Because it’s really no different except for alcohol being more dangerous to yourself and others.

The smell and courtesy in an apartment is another thing, but beyond that, there is nothing wrong with indulging in weed.

Mostly harmless and it affects people differently.

As an avid smoker and eater of edibles myself, the smell of weed goes through walls and cracks in ways that no other odor I have ever experienced does - even fried catfish. So I was considerate when I was an apartment dweller. I'd only smoke on my balcony, which was on the top floor and corner of the building where the wind was always strong so no one ever complained (I even asked my neighbor to make sure they couldn't smell it - they were cool like that).

So I get it. I think it's a bit bitch made to report them, but whatever, the OP is paying their rent to live how they want so more power to them. I also don't think direct confrontation is a good idea because too many people who live in apartments get super, super aggressive when someone points out that they're irritating their neighbors. Too many people can't be adults about things and instead double down.

 

[dr_octagon]

Is this the "Mary Jo Anna" folks talk about?

 

[GeekyDad]

Has anyone dealt with this and if so how was the issue resolved if at all? I wanna go knock on the door but also don’t want confrontation. But the shit is annoying and offensive.

Two things:

1. Fast food
2. Manipulation

 

[bad guy]

Ask mummy if she can confront (talk to) those big scary adults for you. ;]

Come on, at least try the friendly anonymous note on the door about the smell.

But I somehow have the feeling that it's not so much the smell and more about prejudice because you still haven't clearly stated what exactly is offensive and annoying and don't want to get to know "those kind of people".

 

[bad guy]

Weed is for peasants, annoying rude people.

The world is an addict-riddled whore house, and weed is just another behavior modifier to get people hooked and paying. Completely useless shit, remove it from society and nothing would change, it would only get better.

For real, same goes for video games. Those smelly gamers need to get a life and do sth useful for society.

 

[AV]

Did OP ever say where he's from? "call the cops!" is resoundingly useless advice if he's from anywhere where it's legal.

I've always smoked where I live but been conscious of the smell, never once been confronted about it but I would gladly try and work with someone who asked politely. Ask them if they wouldn't mind lighting an incense stick or putting a towel under the door or something. Hopefully you get somebody nice.

 

[GymWolf]

I usually ask who their drug dealer is and how much do they pay for a gram.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I feel ya.

Weed smokers are the worst. Gross looking and smelling people. They stink up the entire place!

Fcking junkies
This shit should be banned

 

[Soltype]

Yeah I'm getting tired of that smell, never used to bother me but now I smell it everywhere even while I'm driving. How weak are you that you can't wait to get home to get high.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

The problem is if I drink next to someone it really isn’t a bother unless I spill it or am a rude drunk.

With smoke you can’t contain it. In an apartment it would be nice if they went outside or used some sort of air filter. That’s what I used to do. Carbon hepa and blow into that and it won’t go anywhere else.

If you blow it In the intake it really won’t be a bother in another room of a building.

Well I made note of the smell and apartment smoking being an issue in itself but there seems to be pushback on just weed use in general here.

But I’d say that generally speaking, drunk people are much more obnoxious to be around then stoned people. Breath, attitude, etc

 

[TintoConCasera]

I smoke big fat joints at my apartment, and if someone came in asking me to stop doing so I would kindly ask them to let me be.

It's your problem OP, not theirs. Burn some candles (incense works great), put some towels on the door so the smell doesn't came into your place or just move to a different place.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Don't be a narc OP. Just smoke more weed than them.

Weed? lol

Homie, my neighbors on both sides of me cook meth. They work for the cartels, so confrontation will lead to physical violence. The advice I'd give you is to pick your battles.

I hope they at least give you a friends and family discount.

I am not saying to do this, this worked for me though.
We girlfriend now wife and I lived in an apartment, there was a terrible tenant who would let their dog pee in the hallway, and they had police often for domestic abuse. They finally got evicted, which was a huge sigh of relief. In their place two college kids, who had friends over all the time, especially weekends. I'm talking like 15 people crammed into a 2 bedroom apartment
They would smoke weed, which I don't normally care about, but 15-20 people ripping it for hours would start to get very obnoxious I've had my party days so I get it. Include the noise on a Sunday night at 11 when we had to get up at 530 am on Monday to work was getting ridiculous
My first complaint to the landlord was the noise, that went on deaf ears, "yeah we'll look into it" a few weeks went by and there were more people jammed in there.
This time I brought up the noise and the amount of weed smoke in the common hallway and out apartment had a door in the master that led to a fir escape hallway, every apartment had this, so trying to sleep was also filled with the overwhelming smell of weed, and a scent I have no idea why makes me go into Hulk mode, patchouli, I fuckin hate it.
Landlord said well maybe they have a medicinal need, I look at her in the face, and said I know you don't fucking believe that line, right. She didn't say anything else
One particular Sunday, they left the apartment, they were up almost all of Saturday night, and on Sunday when they left, they left a yippy dog barking for hours, and I mean hours. So we were annoyed from that too.
They come home stumbling in the hallway Sunday evening, friends come over and the party begins, thump thump thump, yelling, weed so overwhelming it was going through our apartment.
I am an Irish hothead, I will fully admit to that.
I looked at my girlfriend in the eyes, she knew something was up. I got up opened our door insanely fast so it slammed the wall, and punded the fuck out of their door, fully prepared to get into it, the music died off, and a dude with a fuckin shag cut opens the door and goes "uh what's up?". That is when I fucking laid into them, looking and scanning across the room meeting as many eyes as I could. I mean really laid into them.
No one said anything back, not a word. I stepped into the door way and slammed their door closed and went back to my apartment. The music came back on at a fraction of what it was, and the weed smoke took a while to die down, BUT they started to go out onto their balcony to smoke, no more in the apartment.
So the moral of the story is, maybe don't be a hot head, but bring it up, and maybe they will understand where you're coming from and change up some habits, or they'll get worse and you'll have to deal or have to move
Bottom line, I would live in a car before I go back to an apartment in my life

If you did this where I live, you would quickly find a gun pointing at you. You need to talk to people before that temper gets out of control and you wind up in a hospital.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

They live in the same building as you. They're your neighbors. Go knock, introduce yourself, learn their names, and then mention your discomfort. I smoke a ton. If one of my neighbors ever came to me to complain about the smell, I'd try to find a way to help. Opening a window, putting a towel on the floor to seal the front door, whatever I can, while still enjoying myself. They're smokers anyway, so if you catch them while they're baked, it should be a fairly chill conversation.

It's good to know your neighbors, especially if they're friendly.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

OP expecting sympathy from GAF regarding this issue.

GAF:

Posting this on a video game forum is hilarious , looking for a real grown up solution to literally the most unimportant issue on the planet right now. Motherfuckers getting bombed out of their houses in Ukraine by the Russian army.

Creating a new thread for this shit

 

[Deleted member 1159]

My neighbor loves her herb. Another neighbor calls it the ganja house. She mentioned once that her sister could smell her from the street when she pulled up and asked if we smelled it too, apologetically. I was like yeeeeeah once in a while…but it’s usually later at night when the kids aren’t in the yard so who gives a shit?

If we shared a building or something I might tell her to stick to edibles like I do

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Was the yelling necessary or you think maybe just talking to them and telling them to have some respect for the neighbors would go a long way?

I fully admit I waited on the situation until I exploded. Which is why i said don't do this. I know I should have addressed it as it came up, instead of bottling up a pressure cooker

 

[Toots]

Has anyone dealt with this and if so how was the issue resolved if at all? I wanna go knock on the door but also don’t want confrontation. But the shit is annoying and offensive.

I'm dealing with it everyday.
It's easy for me cause i chose the right side of the argument, the weed smoking side baybee.

More seriously, my girl doesn't smoke and i do, when we are at my place i smoke indoor in the living room which has huge windows so the smoke doesn't linger much, when we are at her place i smoke on the balcony because she's a cruel woman
If its a neighbour and the smell is in the common areas just tell him to be more careful. He might not even be aware of that but disposed to change if you point it out.

I fully admit I waited on the situation until I exploded. Which is why i said don't do this. I know I should have addressed it as it came up, instead of bottling up a pressure cooker

You stepped up as the father they were lacking. Sometimes a father yell, and often it produce results ! Weed smoker often aren't aware of the inconvenience the create for others, so you laying on them was not the post 80s cool and understanding father but the stern no-bullshit pre 80s one. I'm sure you helped them a lot more than you think.

 

[gundalf]

Whats the problem?
The smell is annoying but is there anything else?
I would just let it be.

I'm having the same issue as OP and the problem is that if you are a non (tabac and weed) smoker, that the awful intensity of that stench is something you never get used to. It's just disgusting.
Since I have the mindset of not living forever in that apartment and maybe moving one day to my own house, I dealt with it by just let it be.
But yeah, it's just awful.

More seriously, my girl doesn't smoke and i do, when we are at my place i smoke indoor in the living room which has huge windows so the smoke doesn't linger much, when we are at her place i smoke on the balcony because she's a cruel woman

Oh my man, it very much lingers and the smell is already backed into the furnitures fabrics. Your girl is not cruel but loves you very much and has lots of patience.

 

[SteadyEvo]

Well… I let the issue fester so long I exploded. We talked, or I talked and they listened. Haven’t smelled it since. If I do I’ll get a police report. I have allergies and kids. It’s only business.

 

[SteadyEvo]

I smoke big fat joints at my apartment, and if someone came in asking me to stop doing so I would kindly ask them to let me be.

It's your problem OP, not theirs. Burn some candles (incense works great), put some towels on the door so the smell doesn't came into your place or just move to a different place.

It’s a police problem cause this isn’t a legal state. But yeah, if it were legal then I’m fucked

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Well… I let the issue fester so long I exploded. We talked, or I talked and they listened. Haven’t smelled it since. If I do I’ll get a police report. I have allergies and kids. It’s only business.

Fair play man, It was only in jest all these silly responses. I f you have kids and stuff it's fair enough you don't want them smelling that all the time. Hopefully the guys will make some effort to tone it down and be a bit more respectful.

Vape carts etc. are a better stealth option.

 

[TintoConCasera]

It’s a police problem cause this isn’t a legal state. But yeah, if it were legal then I’m fucked

Lucky you then! If you have the law on your side then I guess they have no choice but to try and be more subtle.

Is consuming weed illegal even if you do it at your place? Here in Spain it's illegal to carry or consume on the street/public places, but at your place you can do whatever you want.

 

[Batiman]

Man this thread convinced me a lot of people still don’t get out of the house. Their only opinion on weed is from watching cheech and Chong or ridiculous stoner movies.

 

[badblue]

Fcking junkies
This shit should be banned

Junkies for smoking weed?

I'll be sure to tell my Doctor next time I get my medical cannabis prescription filled out. Maybe he can get me on something less harmful like highly addictive opiates to treat my pain.

 

[poodaddy]

Report them to the police. Get them evicted.

What fuckin world do you live in bro?