Originally Posted by
darthbimmer
I appreciate the steps you take to minimize the impact of your smoking on others, dcpatti, but most smokers are not so courteous. I can think of several practical problems:
- What if you open and close the balcony door a lot while the smoke lingers? That could bring smoke and smoke smell into the room.
- What if you can't tell if a neighbor's balcony door is open, because a privacy divider blocks the view or because it's the balcony above yours? I've frequently had to shut my balcony door instead of enjoying fresh air because a neighbor outside is smoking and their smoke is wafting into my room.
- What if a neighbor opens their door or goes out onto their balcony while you're smoking? Would you crush out your cigarettes in courtesy or would you keep smoking on the basis of "I was here first"?
a lot of what ifs?!
I appreciate the problem may arise when others are not so thoughtful.
with the tens of thousands of tons of pollutants thrown out by car exhausts, the minute smoke from one puff of one cigarette that any neighbor might get when they first step out onto the balcony is pretty insignificant.
we're really not that stupid (aside from smoking in the first place
)... we can actually hear if someone is on the balcony next door... either by them turng the pages of a newspaper, or because of some other sound. and I'm not sure how many times we would repeatedly open and close the door during the course of a single cigarette... that's just ridiculous... and no one 'crushes' a cigarette... we put them out
I would be as equally concerned about a neighbor on a balcony smoking as I would be about a neighbor eating peanuts on their balcony... never know when peanut dust could get carried into my room!!