Well, there's more to that. The LAW in Quebec requires that everything be in both languages. I faced that when I was writing some software up there years ago. Comments in the code had to be in both languages.


Signs are of limited use when someone isn't interested in complying. Consider which sign is likely to be more effective at the entrance to a school:

Yup, and HOA's have lots of power to begin foreclosure on you for breaking the bylaws.

I really should have more appreciation for the level of freedom in the part of the world in which I live.

The problem is it was pot which others would have a right to complain about because it's not allowed. The issue is whether he should be charged a cleaning fee. Likely there was pot smell still in the room when he left for what ever reason, drift or transfer from clothing. There have been a few good cases made in his defense though. He wasn't smoking What he was allowed Where he was allowed.

On the point of signage, the photo below is kerb-side at London Gatwick (South Terminal) - our most regularly-used airport. I'll leave it to you to guess what most people in that vaguely signed No Smoking area are doing ... as they do all the time, and with no enforcement by the Airport.

The intention is to avoid smoke affecting people using that yellow-edged archway into the multi-storey car park and Hilton entrance.

I'm a nonsmoker. But when I'm in Vegas, I have no idea what "non-smoking room" means.

There must be more to this story.

Why can't you enjoy fireworks with marijuana smoke but you can with tobacco smoke? That statement makes no sense and makes it seem like you're being big brother just to be annoying.

By the way, marijuana is medically legal in Hawaii and recreationally decriminalized. The Sheraton Waikiki has no prohibition on smoking on their balconies, so those guests weren't doing anything wrong. Even the police couldn't have done anything. If you don't like the fact that marijuana is legal/decriminalized, don't visit that state if it bothers you so much.

But stop calling security or the front desk on guests who are doing nothing wrong, just doing something you don't like, in their room.

You believe everything you see on TV? Or does you TV have smell-o-vision?

Plenty of stories on how cops get their "sniffer dogs" to sit or perform the indicative action without any smell detection. Yet you believe the cops (humans) have the dogs' sense of smell? Wowsa.

Is that the case in CA? If so, that's insane. The state that I live in, that is absolutely false. The only entity that could perform a foreclosure is a financial institution that still owns an equity stake in the property. An HOA is not a party to a foreclosure in any way, shape, or form.

Why are Americans so aggressive/confrontationalon the Internet?

Right. There are no clear penalties for the OP's action (unlike for smoking in the rooms). If the OP didn't sign anything agreeing to a particular penalty for marijuana use and if the law does not grant a right to the hotel, I don't see why a chargeback isn't in order. Let the hotel come after you with proof that you violated its explicit policy and proof of damages caused by the violation.

You can't get shot for having a go at someone on the internet.

Ah, that explains the screaming and shouting I see on US TV ... they�re actually ... Canadians? ... on weed?

Don�t get me wrong, we�re off to VA on Tuesday to spend two weeks meeting up with a bunch of friends of all persuasions, many of them drunk ... but few smokers!

They invented it!