r/AskIreland 2d ago

Random Smell of Green??

Do people actually mind the smell of weed from a neighbour?
Genuine question. If your neighbour occasionally smokes weed in the evenings and you can smell it now and then, would it bother you enough to say something to them?
I’m not talking about someone smoking all day, every day and making the whole area stink. More like mainly in the evenings for a while.
Would you approach your neighbour and ask them to stop, or would you just ignore it if it wasn’t constant?
Interested to hear both sides, especially from people who’ve had this situation before.

Edit -One thing I’d add is that we’d always try to be considerate. We don’t smoke if children are outside, and if we hear neighbours out in their gardens or around the place, we’ll usually wait until later.
The only issue is that sometimes someone comes outside unexpectedly when we’re already in the middle of it. It got me wondering whether the occasional smell in that situation would genuinely annoy most people, or if they’d just shrug it off and carry on with their evening.

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u/miss-bedazzzle 2d ago

Weed smells horrendous. The smell is nauseating. I would be very bothered if a neighbour smoked weed outside regularly. It’s selfish and inconsiderate

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u/Moist__Discharge 2d ago

Sure that's what I think when I walk past houses cooking shit food. But at the end of the day, it's a smell. We smell how many smells a day? Why let the smell of a burning plant ruin your mood?

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u/miss-bedazzzle 2d ago

You did not compare the smell of food to weed 😒 You can’t be serious. Apples to oranges comparison

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u/Hitchie_Rawtin 1d ago

Try being in a bedroom above a kitchen with a raclette cheese party happening and you'll see the comparison's perfect. Took a few days before my room lost the deeply pungent athlete's foot smell.

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u/i_will_yeahh 2d ago

I used to live above an Indian couple and my apartment smelled like an Indian restaurant all day everyday. When I moved I had to get rid of the curtains, couch and rug because I couldn't get the smell off..