Asking Eric: Do I complain about one apartment’s revolting odor and risk being labeled a ‘Karen?’

Asking Eric: How do I address a neighbor’s revolting apartment odor?

Dear Eric: I live in a fairly upscale apartment building of a few hundred units located in a fairly upscale part of a city. It’s quite a nice, new building and I enjoy living there.

Asking Eric: ‘Revolting’ smell from neighbor’s apartment, but I don’t want to be labeled a ‘Karen’

Dear Eric: I live in a fairly upscale apartment building of a few hundred units located in a fairly upscale part of a city. It’s quite a nice, new building and I enjoy living there.

Asking Eric: The smell coming from my neighbor’s apartment is revolting

I’m a bit older, in my early 50s. In an era in which anybody like me who complains gets labeled as an entitled “Karen,” I hate to report it ...

Asking Eric: How do I fix this neighbor problem without coming off as a Karen?

Eric Thomas: I'm afraid the building management will just scoff at me and do nothing.

Asking Eric: Do I complain about one apartment’s revolting odor and risk being labeled a ‘Karen?’

Dear Eric: I live in a fairly upscale apartment building of a few hundred units located in a fairly upscale part of a city. It’s quite a nice, new building and I enjoy living there.