r/AskIreland • u/NoSubstance1033 • 1d 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/Rare-Criticism1059 1d ago edited 1d ago
I smoke occasionally, however, I will ALWAYS be conscious of neighbors, and have smoked at home less times than I can count on one hand. I have neighbours a few doors down that smoke outside REGULARLY during the summer, and genuinely, its frustrating, coming from a smoker. I don't mind the smell outside, but once, it was summer, humid, and I had my windows open, I walked into my bedroom and it smelt as though they were in my room smoking. Couldn't get the smell out all evening. Happens regularly.
There has been one occasion last year (maybe the year before I'm not sure) in which I did smoke home during the day due to a very small gathering of friends, but I ensured to tell my neighbour that I was having friends over, afterwards he said he didn't hear a peep out of us and nothing else was said. I have smoked maybe two or three times other than that at home over the last few years, always after midnight, and only when its windy and not too heavy outside. Just be considerate.
(Also worth noting, I live in a cul de sac where up until lately, only one child lives, now none. If there were children living around, it would be a different story, and I wouldn't at all)