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[Seoulio]

I hate these stupid ajushis that just walk down the street, or stand in prime spots on the street just puffing away, I can deal with most things in Korea, but this one pisses me off to no end.

I always had the mentality if you wanna smoke do it in your own home, but here in Korea this can be a catch 22. One haraboji smokes in his paratment below us, and the ventilation sucks so bad our apartment smells of smoke, and we have a newborn baby.

But of course the landlords can't do anything about that as "there's no rule against it", but every harmoni will bitch me out when I take my dog out of the apartment for a piss on the dirt, and try to have me kicked out of my apartment if the dog barks because apparently noise ( not smoke poisoning is something they will do something about.

Course if they are concerned about noise perhaps they could do something about the screaming children who bound up the stairs anytime between 7 am and 11 pm

BUt alas, this rant started off as a smokers rant.

Here in Korea they should have smokers buildings. Fail that you should have to pay for ventialltion upgrades in your neighbours apartments if you smoke in your apartment.

I am sick of other peoples selfish addiction helping to kill me and harm my child.

I am sick of the smokers who think that I am the one with the issue if me and others like me when we don't want you smoking around us, in public places.

And i hate that some smoking morons will just chuck their butts on the street when they are done with them


Anyway rant over, I am sure to get responses from both parties I am sure

[tiger fancini]

This topic has recently been covered, fairly sensibly, here.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=180478

[Seoulio]

ah, yeah i didnt look,

alll well if no one responds thats cool.

as for how it would work, i don't know, but you could make a building in every area and basically demand smokers to move in there.

if they smoke in a non smokers apartment they are evicted

Of course its NEVER going to happen, its idealism, but it would be nice

[.38 Special]

You're a city boy, aren't you?

[Steelrails]

5 million companies around the world are involved in throwing toxic fumes and pollutants and greenhouse gases into my atmosphere.

Meh.

Your kid will be exposed to 500 worse substances than tobacco smoke by the time they are 12. Welcome to our industrial-preservative-technological age.

I'm sick of getting background radiation from people's TVs and Cell Phones. I demand that all people who watch TV and talk on Cell Phones move somewhere else.

That's just silly isn't it?

If you want a healthy, non contaminated lifestyle go live with the Amish or go to some hippie commune.

[eamo]

It's a little bit silly to complain about being exposed to cigarette smoke now and then when millions of cars, trucks and buses are constantly pumping out noxious fumes constantly.

Modern life is rubbish. Get used to it. Or live in Alaska.

[curiousaboutkorea]

Some buttheads are always smoking in the hall outside my apartment. Sometimes they try to blow it out the window. There's a no smoking sign on the window and everywhere else. I assume they don't smoke in their apartments because their wives probably don't let them. Still, it stinks up my apartment which is right next to the window; it seeps under the door.

The other ngiht I smelled smoke and heard some butthead talking loudly out in the hall at like 11:30 pm. I open my door to see him across the hall talking through the door of my neighbor's apartment holding a burning cigarette. I get his attention and point to his cigarette and point to the sign. He ignores me. I give him an "an-day-yo!". He still ignores me. I continue to stare at him from my door. A minute later he finishes and I continue to bother him. "wae?!" "an-day-yo!". The butthead continues to ignore me as he walks away.

It's annoying.

[jmuns]

why dont you move. and kids running up stairs from 7am-11pm, please. what do you have 'quiet hours' in your hallways? maybe you shouldnt have had a kid in korea if you dont like smokers. they were here long before your newborn.

[Fox]

[Captain Corea]

[machinoman]

[Seoulio]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[NYC_Gal]

I agree. It's gross. I had neighbors that liked to smoke in the hallway near a window across from my door, leaving their butts in a paper cup, and I duct taped their cigarette butts to their door. These were also the pig neighbors that would leave their garbage out in mart bags for days on end. I had a few Korean friends write letters in different handwriting (as well as writing one by myself, which was pretty obviously written by a foreigner, as I print like a schoolchild ) asking them to remove their rubbish. After a few days, they wrote back that they wouldn't remove the rubbish until the notes were removed. The idiots didn't realize that their door was right next to the elevators, so the neighbors saw that people were angry. The next day, there were 3 new letters that weren't from my friends or myself. The garbage was gone that night, and the neighbors moved out at the end of the month.

But I'm rambling... It's a nasty habit that benefits nobody but the tobacco companies. The pollution is bad enough. Having some idiot smoking near you is a violation. Why should you have to fix your vents? They should plug theirs up! They'd get more bang for their buck, recycling the smoke!

As for the sound, that sucks. I'd recommend taking up tap dancing and playing very loud music with the bass cranked up, speakers face down.

[Seoulio]