Can you call the police...

[rabidsamfan]

because your upstairs neighbor, who knows you're allergic to perfumes, has just used them again in your front hallway, so that you have to go through a flipping gas chamber to get home, and then open a window (when it's below freezing out) and turn on a fan in order to get your apartment aired out enough that you can sleep in it?

I mean, what law is he breaking? Other than the laws of common courtesy.

Bah, humbug!

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[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Break out the MOPP gear...

This is juvenile, I'll admit, but. Don't you wish you could bottle your farts and release that in his apartment?

Exceedingly discourteous of him.

And completely off topic, congrats on the MEFAs!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to lob a stink bomb up the staircase, but it wouldn't be fair to the guy on the fourth floor.

Ggggrrr.

And thanks. Congrats to you too!

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Heh. Isn't it funny that we're constrained by common courtesy and decency and that jerk isn't?

And I about fell off of my chair when I saw the MEFA results. Thanks!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's the kind of person who thinks I'm treading on his toes by not wanting the hallway to smell "good". And considers himself a martyr because he cleans the hall, even though my landlady has been trying to get the condo association to hire a once-a-month cleaning agency to come in and do it so that it doesn't devolve onto any one person. I've offered to sweep it now and then (and I'm usually the one who shovels the walk) but my landlady doesn't think I should have to when it's the condo association's responsibility. Mind you, the condo association consists of four people, and the jerk is one of them.

Heck, I wouldn't mind being able to use an air freshener now and then, but breathing is more important.

[frodobaggins252.livejournal.com]

I don't think you can call the police, but you can notify your landlord. You can explain the situation and ask if they can help.

[mariole.livejournal.com]

This is a good idea. If someone is a flathead nerd, they won't figure out how to be courteous on their own. Perhaps some signs should be posted, backed up by hidden water jets...

[frodobaggins252.livejournal.com]

I like the water jet idea :-D

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oooh, water jets...

Last time I wrote a note to this guy he got his nose out of joint and refused to talk to me any more. (That was back when I was doing the radiation thing and there were a bunch of cardboard boxes in the basement I hadn't managed to get out to the trash collection after the operation.)

As far as he's concerned, I'm the discourteous one because I left the note where I knew he'd see it (right on the front door) and didn't bother to fold it up.

[mariole.livejournal.com]

*points to my statement about "flathead nerd" above * turns on water jets*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Done that. Three times now...

Grrrr.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, the landlady knows. This is a recurring nightmare.

[gloryunderhill.livejournal.com]

Perhaps there's a pollution law? Littering? Disturbing the peace?

There was a woman who sat near me in cubicle world who would spray this awful rose-scented airfreshener every day around 2:00 pm then the rest of us would sneeze the rest of the afternoon. Several of us got really nasty headaches. We finally complained to HR and it stopped. You'd think she could have figured it out from all the sneezing and moaning, eh?

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

At this point I'm thinking more about harrassment. Darn hard to prove, though, since he's refused to talk to me since last May.

I'm amazed that HR did anything. I've been fighting the fight at work for years and mostly I just get told to live with it.

[sayhello.livejournal.com]

Why the hell is he using perfumes in *your* front hallway? Can't he use them in his own apartment? Upstairs on his own floor? This is not only discourteous, it makes no friggin' sense!

Hewene

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

It's a shared hallway. He's on the third floor, I'm on the first. I think this time it was the same carpet cleaner dusted into the stair carpet (so it persists for weeks) that we banged heads about last May.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Other than the laws of common courtesy.

Grrr...if that was arrest-worthy,there'd be more people in jail than out of it, alas. :-p

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wouldn't go for jail. The stocks, maybe...

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

The older I get, the more I hate perfume. There's a teacher at work who uses so much every day that I almost have to hold my breath when I'm near her.

Perfumes started as a way of covering up stink. Now they have become the stink.

Bah, humbug indeed! You have my fullest sympathy.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I deal with patrons who have doused themselves and I've gotten to the point where I stand off, apologize and explain that I'm allergic to their scent, and then go on helping them from a distance. You'd be amazed how many of them apologize back. Some get snarky, but they're usually the people I don't want to deal with anyway.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

What a pain!

With my whole one term of law school knowledge the only thing I can think of is maybe you can sue him for trespass. Hey, throwing trash into someone's yard is trespassing so someone spraying perfume to which they already know you're allergic could maybe count.

But, ummm, I really wouldn't take my word for it. Law students can be a little ... overly zealous, especially the new ones. =D

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking harrassment myself. This isn't the first time he's done it. Can't call it trespass. He has to use that hall to get to his own apartment.

[cpsings4him.livejournal.com]

Don't know about laws, but definitely crossing the lines of being a considerate person.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Really cuts down on my enthusiasm about going out the door to get to work, I'll tell you that. Maybe I can climb out the back window...

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

You might write him a little note (icy courtesy, I might suggest) that poisoning you on your own doorstep is not the nicest idea, especially when he/ she's aware of your asthma problem.

*fans you some fresh air*

And congrats to your MEFA-results - though it should have been much more awards! *smiles*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I wrote him a note the last time and he's refused to speak to me ever since.

Jerk.

I'm fairly pleased I got anything at the MEFAs at all, considering how little I gave back. Ah, well. I think they liked the Lembas essay best!

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

As I said before - you did much more last year, and the situation is rather different right now.

Jerk indeed.