My roommate recently started cooking pork in a crockpot every couple weeks. Even though they put it under a running vent, after a few hours, our whole apartment smells like pork. I keep my door closed but the smell gets in anyway.
Something about the way crockpot food smell floods the air and just…lingers…makes me gag to a point where I can’t stand it. They sometimes cook vegetables in it and it’s just as bad.
Last week, I hit a breaking point and asked them to stop using it. They said they’re doing everything they can think of to keep it contained, but that it’s not reasonable to ask them to stop cooking.
AITA and should just learn to deal with it?
YTA. This is a personal problem. It would be different if it were one food but you’re complaining about a specific appliance. Buy a fan or air purifier for your room.
Doesn’t basically all food smells linger?
YTA—they are cooking. Open a window and get a fan. Nothing unusual here
YTA. It’s once every few weeks. Open a window, use an air purifier. If you live with other ppl you’re going to sometimes have to smell them cooking things.
YTA cooking food releases aroma.
YTA, sorry.
The smell of a *crockpot* lingers? How?!
If your roommate cooked pork & veg on the stovetop, you’d be fine? A nice curry or stew simmering on the stove for hours and you’d be fine? A fish fry-up?
The crockpot smells *so* much less than the stovetop that I’m skeptical that this post isn’t just an ad for insta pot or some shite.
I’m gonna go with YTA. Cooking releases an aroma in the air. I’d get an air purifier.
Open the window or get your own place.
YTA
YTA. You are being a big baby.
yta- welcome to roommate living! you share the space and both have equal access to use it in a normal fashion.
cooking with a crock pot isn’t abnormal at all
If you can’t stand a roommate cooking in a crockpot every couple weeks in a community space, then yes YTA.
Grow up.
YTA food smells when it’s cooking. It will linger for a bit. Open a window and turn on a fan for little while. Burn a candle for a little while. Do you not cook?
YTA. Sounds like you’ve got some sort of issue 😂 cooking makes smells. In the oven, stove, microwave. What do you want them to do? Not eat?
YTA. Asking a person not to cook the way they want in a shared kitchen space Is not reasonable. Especially if you are all paying the rent. Get used to it or live alone.