A man claims he has been asked not to cook after 9pm because his neighbours can't deal with his smelly food. According to the furious home cook, his neighbour told him that she and her husband found his kitchen smells too annoying.
Taking to Reddit, he explained how he could understand how the smell could travel in a block of flats but that he's totally baffled as to why she feels entitled to try and dictate his eating schedule. This is particularly frustrating as he is currently working "multiple jobs", meaning he can't always eat any earlier, reports the Mirror.
Asking other advice, the Redditor, u/OpticalInfusion, explained that he's on a diet and will so will usually cook chicken with salt, pepper, or garlic with a side dish of zucchini or squash every night at around 8-11pm.
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He continued: "I eat two meals a day which I cook in my home. I also work multiple jobs. I understand that smelling the same thing every day can be repetitive, however, it seems thoroughly unreasonable to ask somebody to change their life schedule in their own home to accommodate your preference. She even suggested that I meal prep and only eat reheated food at night."
Although he knows full well that he is adhering to building regulations and is well within his rights to refuse such a request, he can't help but wonder whether he might be in the wrong somehow.
Fellow Reddit users were firmly on his side, with one person advising: "Smelling what other people are cooking is not unusual in apartment life. This doesn't give you the right to tell others not to cook."
Another commented: "It's wildly inappropriate to ask a neighbour to not cook after 9pm. Short of you jumping up and down, singing, and banging pots and pans while you're cooking, there's no reason you can't cook at any point during a 24-hour period."
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