I have this upstairs neighbor who smokes and throws his cigarrette butts that are still lit into the bushes in fornt of my window. He also stands at the railing hauchs luggies all day sppitting them into the planter as well. How do I ask him to stop?
2006-08-08 16:58:20 · 12 answers · asked by Easter Bunny 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I had that problem (with the cigarettes, at least). I got a pair of gloves and started hucking the butts back up on their doorstep when the upstairs neighbor wasn't looking. It wasn't quite as bad after that.
2006-08-08 17:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by spunk113 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him up an empty coffee can with sand in it and tell him to please put butts in the can and to please spit into it also instead of the bushes. And let him know (in a lite, happy kind of way) that this is not good. Try to make him happy about not doing it anymore.... It's like telling someone at the bar that they have had too much to drink and you buying him coffee or a soda is a good wonderful thing........ It's not easy but you can get good at it ...AND, it CAN be done..
If he needs further explanation....tell him that it is all going on the plants next to your windows and it just, 'ain't a site you wanna see'.
If he is one of these people that don't understand anything but his 'type' of world.....then you have to speak in a way that he would understand. Something that he is familiar with. BUT, not something that would want him to come on downstairs and hang out.
I've always heard that you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
So bite your tongue and try it nicely at first, if that doesn't work start thinking of ways that he would get the hint. ....
If ya want.....then complain to the manager...
Maybe when you do this subtle but effective confrontation you could also explain that the bushes may get on fire....but his spit is in no way gonna put it out.
Sometimes humor is a good way for people to understand things....
I HATE CIGARETTE BUTTS!!!! With a freakin' passion.
And the louggees just don't cut it either!!!!!!!
YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway....
I really hope that this works...
Good luck!
2006-08-08 17:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by oodlesoanimals 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try, but most likely you will end up just starting a petty little war. Save real hard and buy a single family house. So much better than apartment life.
2006-08-08 17:04:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
order newspaper delivery, and ask the paper boy to make sure to deliver it to the "second floor".
or you could set umbrellas in all your planters, opened, to protect them.
honestly, though, tell the manager of the building. or landlord or whatever. your neighbor is gross. you gonna wait until he is peeing on your property?
2006-08-08 17:15:54 · answer #4 · answered by sharrron 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gift of a bucket/ spittoon and an ashtray should give them the hint fill it up with his butts
2006-08-08 17:05:21 · answer #5 · answered by gtotalpackage 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st ask him nicely
2nd and if that dont work put a sign real big so everyone may see
3rd if that dont work buy a broom for outside and pick it up and then put it in front of his door.
oh yeah he'll learn
2006-08-08 17:14:33 · answer #6 · answered by working mom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Collect all his cigarette buts and return them to him and tell him to stop doing it. If he continues, dump bags of rubbish in front of his door frequently.
2006-08-08 21:19:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Report him to the landlord. If he is the landlord, move.
2006-08-08 17:46:16 · answer #8 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
upfront and staright ! im sure he would listen to u .
2006-08-08 17:14:20 · answer #9 · answered by chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man that is gross. I'd move.
2006-08-08 17:48:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋