So it's Friday and I have off. I was in my kitchen around 1:00 pm trying to get lunch and watch something on Netflix which doesn't go high, volume-wise. On came their music which is against my dining room wall. Now, it's wasn't that loud because I've already complained to management about it. But it was loud enough that I couldn't hear my show and was being distracted thought-wise. I would've decided to go shower or do some stuff online in the bedroom but I was hungry. I needed to be in the kitchen right then. So I turned on my big fan against the wall like usual. It didn't work.
This is where I got sucky: I put on my favorite CD to sing to and started singing loudly in the kitchen/dining. I don't think it's a prob to put on music I like since it's in my living room and not against any of this neighbor's walls. In fact, I fear it'll bother the nice people below me since I can't get the bass to turn down (it's in my DVD player and TV--set how it's set). This went on for a bit and then they turned up the music. I decided I needed to do some paper shredding by the wall and they started banging on the walls. Honestly, they could very well have been putting in nails for pictures. They moved in recently and just put up a Christmas wreath, so maybe putting decorations up? I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. Anyway, I totally ignored it, swept my floor, and went to take a shower with my music still on.
I need to figure out how to handle this better when the music comes on. Again, not overly loud, just reverberating through the walls and this: http://www.customerssuck.com/board/s...d.php?t=118913 may or may not have been them. Whatever, it bothers me where it may not bother anyone else. I get that and that's why I usually just walk away. I leave the apt. or go in my bedroom. But if I actually need to be in the kitchen then it's a problem. That may be when I'm trying to get to work and it's taking my brain captive. (Anyone else have a problem with a driving beat doing that to their thought processes?) Mostly it happens on my days off when I don't need to be anywhere. I am looking at other apartments despite the fact that I really like this actual unit. It makes me sad.
ETA: Part of the reason I've stayed for 9 years was because my credit was bad and I was too broke to move or get another apt. Both of those things have changed but my lease says I can't move in winter, not until March or April. There's a new building down on the river that will have something available in February. The one-bedrooms are only $150 more than what I pay now. Other option: a 2-bedroom where the kitchen/living areas are on the outside of the building. Then I could take the bedroom in the middle of the apartment to create a buffer. I can find 2-bedrooms as cheap as the one I have now and a second room could be for sewing.
This is where I got sucky: I put on my favorite CD to sing to and started singing loudly in the kitchen/dining. I don't think it's a prob to put on music I like since it's in my living room and not against any of this neighbor's walls. In fact, I fear it'll bother the nice people below me since I can't get the bass to turn down (it's in my DVD player and TV--set how it's set). This went on for a bit and then they turned up the music. I decided I needed to do some paper shredding by the wall and they started banging on the walls. Honestly, they could very well have been putting in nails for pictures. They moved in recently and just put up a Christmas wreath, so maybe putting decorations up? I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. Anyway, I totally ignored it, swept my floor, and went to take a shower with my music still on.
I need to figure out how to handle this better when the music comes on. Again, not overly loud, just reverberating through the walls and this: http://www.customerssuck.com/board/s...d.php?t=118913 may or may not have been them. Whatever, it bothers me where it may not bother anyone else. I get that and that's why I usually just walk away. I leave the apt. or go in my bedroom. But if I actually need to be in the kitchen then it's a problem. That may be when I'm trying to get to work and it's taking my brain captive. (Anyone else have a problem with a driving beat doing that to their thought processes?) Mostly it happens on my days off when I don't need to be anywhere. I am looking at other apartments despite the fact that I really like this actual unit. It makes me sad.
ETA: Part of the reason I've stayed for 9 years was because my credit was bad and I was too broke to move or get another apt. Both of those things have changed but my lease says I can't move in winter, not until March or April. There's a new building down on the river that will have something available in February. The one-bedrooms are only $150 more than what I pay now. Other option: a 2-bedroom where the kitchen/living areas are on the outside of the building. Then I could take the bedroom in the middle of the apartment to create a buffer. I can find 2-bedrooms as cheap as the one I have now and a second room could be for sewing.
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