Vegan Runner Requests Neighbors to Close Their Windows When Cooking Meat; Receives Backlash on Twitter

A “vegan runner” has asked neighbors to close their windows when cooking meat because the smells were “overpowering and offensive.” The rant was posted to a Twitter account called @bestofnextdoor, which describes itself as “quality neighborhood drama.”

The request said, “Several nights a week I'm out running around dinnertime and when people have their windows open I can smell what they are cooking. I've noticed a sharp uptick recently in smells of folks cooking meat and it can be quite overpowering.”

“Quite honestly the odor is offensive and I'm hoping our community can have some empathy for its #plantbased neighbors by closing their windows if they are cooking meat and only putting vegetables on their bbq,” the runner added.

The post has received backlash on Twitter.

One Twitter user said, “You know what else smells terrible? Runners. Have some respect, exercise indoors with all the windows locked.”

“As a carnivore bbq chef, it’s always hard for me this time of year when the weather starts warming up and vegan runners start running by my windows,” another user said.

On the other hand, some people defended the vegan runner: “Try being vegan in Texas. My redneck neighbors over the back fence are hunters, and have two smokers in their backyard. The whole neighborhood is smoky for weeks on end, and my dogs smell like bacon whenever they come in from the backyard.”

“I live in Texas and I eat meat, & I completely sympathize with you – that smoky smell permeates everything. I really hope you and your neighbors are friends & they are worth the inconvenience. Also, you could breed dogs. Bacon lovers would pay a fortune for ‘bacon-scented' pets,” said another user in response to the previous supporter.