RETIRED DAD LIKES TO FART LOUDLY AT HDB CORRIDOR, SMOKE THEN THROW CIGG DOWN BLOCK

Family members that do embarrassing acts in public – how do you deal with it?

Hi all, just wanted to rant about my dad and gather some opinions on what can be done.

My dad is retired (50+) and stays at home all day, leaves the TV on along with 2 mobile phones to watch different things (at full volume).

It has become his routine ever since he retired and he does not exercise or do any household chores.

He smokes a lot as well and he’ll usually stand at the corridor to smoke. He throws the cigarette butt literally over the railing and onto the grass patch just below (we stay on a low floor).

Time to time he will let out a loud (i mean reaaaally loud) fart while he smokes outside. It is so damn embarrassing, because our neighbours are just next door and I am pretty sure they can hear it.

I don’t know how to stop him except accept the situation and pretend that none of it exists when I am WFO.

Do you have any embarrassing stories like mine? how do you deal with it?

Netizens’ comments

1. my door faces my neighbour’s door. sometimes my dad does his morning stretches shirtless and in his boxers with the door open totally nonchalant of the fact that the neighbours have one of those smart doorbells with the camera. he also likes watering his plants outside in the same attire.
2. My Dad always shouts when he drops something. He’s extremely clumsy so it happens frequently outside. The most common things he drops is his cutleries. Always got people stare. What to do. Just pretent nothing hapoend and move on.
3. I’m less worried about the embarrassment, and more worried about how inconsiderate your dad is.
   Then again, all smokers are inherently inconsiderate, so you’re probably used to that by now.
4. At least your retired dad is not like mine, spend the whole day everyday moving furniture around the whole f’ing house and hammering here and hammering there while I’m trying to WFH.