Right. And they buy their weed with all the cash they save from not drinking coffee.
Clearly, the OP does object to the smell, and is entirely within his rights to do so. However, Quartz raised concerns about the drug-test issue, so I was just pointing out that VCO3 need not worry about that.
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This sounds farcical, but when a bag of weed is $10 and a cup of joe is $4.25 and climbing, it’s getting less and less funny… 
They must be being punished or something. **VC03 ** is a “card carrying member of NORML” (which is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law for those who might not know) but get’s annoyed that his neighbors are getting down with Mary Jane and might drop a dime on them? Not going to happen. Never in a million years.
Then it comes out that his neighbors are black. Surprise, surprise.
Dude, at least be honest as to why you’re not happy that they’re living there and not try to sugarcoat it with some silly weed story.
So? Michael Moore is a card-carrying member of the NRA.
Which is an organization that supports an activity that is legal and that engaging in responsibly won’t end up with you having a criminal record.
My annoyance is that they’re not discreet in any way, and that it stinks. I have no problem with people smoking up, but at least make a DECENT EFFORT to keep it on the DL and not be blowing hits into cops’ faces.
Sorry, I must have missed this part of the earlier story where your neighbors were actively shotgunning blunts into the faces of cops.
New VC03 thread: “Why do black people always make everything smell bad?”
I’m all for the note. “If I can smell it, so can the cops. Cut that shit out.” If that doesn’t cut it, talk to the landlord. If he takes it to the police, well, it’s out of your hands, but it is the landlord’s responsibility to settle issues of neighborhood smells.
And Bill O’Riley is an indepdendent.
Which has fuckall to do with the point I was making.
“Get stoned when in my own apartment because of the sheer volume of pot smoke filling the hallways?”
I’m sorry, but this is such obvious hyperbole I can’t help but think he’s blowing the whole thing out of proportion. If you think it’s SO bad, just knock on their door and ask them to chill out. Oh wait, I forgot, “OHNOES BLACK THUGS!”
I think the can of air freshener would be a good first step.
I am not into narc activities, usually if one takes chances over and over they get caught sooner than later.
It’s about consideration for others.
Welfare recipients cannot afford pot or anything else of that nature, BTW. Though they do have time on their hands to deal it. Being black has nothing to do with it, not that I think that is where you were going.
You know, I don’t have a problem with weed. If it were legal, I’d smoke some on the weekends instead of having a whiskey to relax. That being said, these guys aren’t being either very neighborly or very smart. If you are doing something illegal it is in your best interests to do so discretely.
I would drop a note in their mail box, make sure it is typed, and suggest that they maybe use an alternate method that doesn’t smell so bad.
That being said, the test for me is if you can smell it in your apartment. If you can’t, you might want to live and let live. The drawback to apartment living is that you have to deal with other people’s smells and noise. It might be that someone is cooking up some tripe soup. All things being equal, I would rather smell weed than tripe soup. Or someone is playing guitar late at night.
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“Get stoned when in my own apartment because of the sheer volume of pot smoke filling the hallways?”
I think you will find this was not the OP, but someone else hyperbolically blowing the OP out of proportion.
Which is what? That people can join groups that they clearly don’t actually support?
Ayup.
Since you’ve obviously so frightened of the Big Black Thugs, I’d recommend an anonymous note.
The more logical suggestion would be getting to know your neighbors & making a suggestion about discreet behavior. Sounds like a pretty small building.
But I realize that “logic” does not apply in certain contexts.
Sorry, you’re right. I need to pay attention to the names on the posts. :smack: Cartooniverse’s first person wording confused me.
There are a number of options open to the OP:
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Slip a note under the door and tell them you have no problem with them getting high, but the smell is annoying. Ask them to put something around the door (weather stripping?) to help keep it on their side of the door.
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Call the landlord or the cops. The OP says it’s not his intention to get them busted, but that would probably be the end result.
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Hold your breath when you run up the stairs.
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Ignore it because no one is guaranteed an odor-free hallway in apartment living. If it isn’t the stinky pot, it’ll be the incense or the curry or the something that is going to annoy you. It’s the price you pay for sharing a space with others. Remember, it’s not the illegality he’s concerned with; it’s the smell.
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Ask 'em for a toke.
I would vote against a face-to-face confrontation with any law-breaking neighbors about their law-breaking habits unless you know for a fact they are in imminent danger of being caught and are warning them. Leaving a note is a good idea. Maybe mention that you overheard some neighbors talking about calling the cops if they don’t cut it out. Whatever your note says, though, be prepared to say it to their faces if they happen to open the door at just the right time.
Whatever you do, please, try every alternative, but do not be a freaking narc. I understand it’s annoying, but if it came down to it, I’d rather move than send someone to jail for something so trivial.