Edit: serious post, im not trying to argue about smoking this or smoking that i’m just wondering what is socially accepted and if anything can be realistically done about it. How do you handle this? It’s the only break from the heat we get, but when I open the windows at night, for about 10 minutes every hour we get heavy secondhand smoke wafting in from our neighbors (it’s 1:30am and I’m smelling it!) I have no idea who it is, could be multiple neighbors, and obviously people can smoke freely of their own accord, but it makes me feel nauseous every night smelling it, and so I have to close the windows and brave the heat. For a country so obsessed with consideration of other people on Sundays and quiet hours after 10pm, why is the awful smell considered someone’s freedom? I’d rather hear my neighbors be noisy on a Sunday than breathe this smoke every night. I just moved here this year so I’m not entirely sure what is worth mentioning to the landlord vs not and if I’m just expected to suck it up (literally). I can’t help but wonder if this is just something considered normal and none of the neighbors are bothered by it like I am. My fiancé is Swiss and even he is getting increasingly annoyed by just how strong it is and how we are forced to close our windows because of it. Is this a common problem, just accepted, or is it worth mentioning at all? submitted by /u/peasant_mouse
Originally posted by u/peasant_mouse on r/Switzerland