Cigarette Smoke or Mold & Mildew?

We live in an apartment. It is not a particularly nice apartment, but it is not a dump. The people across from us smoke. And that’s fine - if they want to do something stupid even though they have 2 small kids then that is their own thing. However, it becomes my thing when I can’t leave my apartment without walking through a cloud of smoke. You see, apparently they are in on the little secret that smoking is stinky and clearly they do not want to do it inside of their apartment. So, they do it outside where we all get to enjoy it. I’m so glad, as I never would have found the time to give myself lung cancer.

We also have smokers that live beside us. Our front doors are pretty far apart so you would not think their nasty habit would have much of an effect on us. Ha! These people apparently like to smoke in their bathroom, which is just great since our bathrooms are basically connected by the little fan in the ceiling. When we shower, we usually turn on that little fan to prevent the mold & mildew buildup in the shower. Since these people moved in, turning on the fan seems to just suck the smoke into the apartment. That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense considering that the fan is supposed to be sucking air out. So, now we have to choose between cigarette smoke or mold & mildew. Of course, sometimes it does not matter. Sometimes you can just walk into the bathroom and be knocked over by the smell of cheap cigarette smoke. I love those moments. In fact, I just experienced one of them.

Renting an apartment might be a great choice financially, but it sure does suck sometimes.