Landlord Fergus Wilson defends 'no coloured people' ban over curry

Sky News ^ | March 29, 2017

[minnesota_bound]

Several years ago a new couple moved in as manager of the apartment. Courthouse layout. They liked to cook once a week I think it was cabbage and/or cauliflower.
All I know and the rest of the neighbors knew was it was very stinky. My place was half over theirs..... It would linger.

Lucky someone must have mentioned this problem as they stopped cooking this a few months later. Yuck!

[heartwood]

The evilest food odors I ever smelled through a shared wall: my Irish landlady like to make broccoli or asparagus soup, which in her opinion, was best simmered for several hours. She was a chain smoker, and I was pregnant. Nearly thirty years later, I will not eat broccoli or asparagus soup.

I’ve worked with a strong curry Indian, and I’ve worked with a Jain. They are strict vegetarians and eat no strong spices or below-ground vegetables - no onions or garlic, turmeric or ginger.

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"Fergus"?

Not so long ago he would have had trouble renting in England.

Something about the smell of corned beef and cabbage (or haggis and stovies).

[Thibodeaux]

the smell costs should be paid by the Paki smell deposit collected before the tenant moves in

[originalbuckeye]

I sympathize with this landlord. When we moved to California, a few decades ago, we had to rent as the cost of a home was already very expensive. We were in our apartment for 15 moths as we saved a down payment. An Indian family moved in somewhere adjacent to our apartment. I had trouble getting the curry smell out of my nose 2-3 times/week. It was REALLY UNPLEASANT. I do eat some light curry dishes, but the overwhelming smell was absurd, when they were cooking.

[LydiaLong]

the smell costs should be paid by the Paki smell deposit collected before the tenant moves in
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Superb idea. Just charge a hefty deposit against any unreasonable cooking smells. Problem solved. Charge it to everyone, so you won’t be discriminating.