One of my neighbours is smoking weed a couple of times a week, mostly at around 10 to 10:30 p.m. The problem is how pungent it is.
It’s still summer, and my bedroom window is open to let in the cool air. I have no moral issue with the smoking. It is legal after all, and not a big deal anymore.
It’s just that I don’t want the smell in my house. I wish this person would smoke somewhere a little further away from my bedroom window. I would bet they have no idea it’s waking me up and that the scent lingers for so long, and they’d be mortified if they knew.
I just don’t know who it is! Because of an irregular configuration of houses in my neighbourhood, it could be a person in one of six homes. I am on good terms with all of them and I don’t want to offend anyone. The idea of parading around the neighbourhood in my pyjamas in the dark to try to figure out who it is — and if I could, how would I deal with it? — well, there has to be a better way.
I would love to hear your ideas. Your advice is always kind and common sense. I love a good mystery! If you are on good terms with all these neighbours then you have nothing to fear.
Try this: Seek them each out in a casual, friendly way during the day and share with them your “story.” That is, how you haven’t been sleeping because the smell of pot keeps waking you up in the night. You could make a joke of it, like, “I don’t mind, I just wish I had been invited,” or “I wish I knew so I could close my windows.