Question about workers in the building/smoking (apartment, lease, management)

[DocMason21]

I've been living here for almost 2 years. About a year ago, we got 2 new workers (repair men) who are very busy men who seem harried.

I feel sorry for them as they work very hard for a stern property manager.

The problem is these guys are smoking in our basement while working or hanging out and it is seeping up into our hallways and our apartment.

The lease says no smoking in the hallways. This should apply to the workers, shouldn't it?

I've been ignoring it but I work from home and have been finding it worse and worse as the days pass. I have found it also encourages other smokers in the building to light up inside or hang out right in the hall and smoke.

It's bad enough that we didn't know we were moving into a building that has a storage unit below and a place they use as a workshop.

They have a workshop in another part of the property but lately hang out here. Guys from off the property also come to our building to eat lunch in the basement and smoke. We have to walk past the door where the smoking is coming from.

So what do you recommend? I don't want these guys hassled but it is not my job to ask them to stop smoking.

[CarlitosBala]

Originally Posted by DocMason21

So what do you recommend? I don't want these guys hassled but it is not my job to ask them to stop smoking.

Its not your job to ask them to stop smoking, but it is your duty if this bothers you.

Next time you see them, engage them in conversation like the human beings that they are, and kindly remind them that the building is non-smoking, and that their smoking is seeping into the hallways and the rest of the building. Remain calm and friendly.

If that doesn't work, contact the property manager.

[nightcrawler]

To me, smoking in a basement is a fire hazzard, that would worry me.

call management immdeiately, never mind their feelings, i rather them get annoyed than have the building go on fire.

smoke outside like everyone else has too.