# \[Legal\] How to fight smelly accusations?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-how-to-fight-smelly-accusations/435448>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 29, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-how-to-fight-smelly-accusations/435448 "2008-01-29T13:58:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-how-to-fight-smelly-accusations/435448/21 "2008-01-30T16:06:38Z")

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Scam the scammer. Contact the local health department and report they had rats and cockroaches.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-how-to-fight-smelly-accusations/435448/22 "2008-01-30T19:43:48Z")

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Good luck! Frankly the hotel should have said something at the time but maybe it’s harder to do this with smoking. We had a hotel try to charge a fee for the dog we had in the hotel room with us. Fortunately, I was checking out in person and insisted they remove the charge, as we clearly had no dog with us. I think a housekeeper must have heard a dog barking in someone else’s room near ours and ratted out the wrong room.

I hope your friend is able to fight this successfully!

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**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-how-to-fight-smelly-accusations/435448/23 "2008-01-30T19:45:27Z")

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> Hi Mr Chong,
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> I was at the hotel and the door of your room was open
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> I saw it and smell it . That’s the evidence
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> Best regards

I don’t buy it. Is there anywhere you can go in Quebec that **doesn’t** smell like cigarette smoke?

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**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-how-to-fight-smelly-accusations/435448/24 "2008-01-30T20:40:01Z")

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[QUOTE=MrSquishy]  
I don’t buy it. Is there anywhere you can go in Quebec that **doesn’t** smell like cigarette smoke?  
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Sadly, these days yes.

–Daerlyn, permanently exiled to smoking out-of-doors

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