Random Sucky Neighbor Thoughts

[Food Lady]

I'll just post the email I sent to managment:

I am thinking you want to check the units around mine for damage to the
walls or front door frames. This is not the first time this has
happened--I've been woken out of a dead sleep before--but this is the
first time to this degree. There was one really hard bang on the
building, then another, then another. This did not sound/feel like
banging doors. I have had to put up with a ton of that over the years
so I would know the difference. It sounded like someone was ramming
something into the wall or dropping something on the roof. I am not
exaggerating. The walls and my closet door were shaking as if someone
was hitting the building with a battering ram. I didn't know whether
to call the police or go outside. I was honestly in a panic because I
didn't know if something was wrong with the building or what. Of
course, I was half asleep. I can understand if someone falls out of
bed or something like that but this was three distinct times in
succession, maybe a minute or so apart? I could not tell where it was
coming from. It was the most alarming thing that's happened in this
building and I have no idea what it was. I don't know how you would
even investigate this.

Update: 3 days later it just happened again, at 1:20 am. Emailed the manager again and I will every time so it's documented. Someone is ticked about me being up late, I suspect. It's probably the same people who make noise late at night. We shall see.

[Food Lady]

That's it. It's only quiet around here when I'm not trying to sleep. When Mom moves here I think I'll rent from her despite the longer drive. I need to live in a house.

[Food Lady]

I was down for a nap in and out for a couple of hours and nothing. Then at TEN O CLOCK that's when you start shouting in the bathroom??!? First, why are all your discussions in there. Second, why do you have to shout? I can't even imagine if I'd been down for the night.

ETA: So this was last night, a weeknight when people had to work the next day. It's now Friday night and of course it's so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

[Food Lady]

Why does it sound like you are MOVING FURNITURE at TWO THIRTY NINE AM?

[Mental_Mouse]

That stinks. Foot injuries really take you out because walking is such a basic thing. And I don't think most people really think about their feet until there's a problem. I've never owned a dog but I will steer clear of beagles in the future.

Yeah -- the injuries from walking Grace weren't very severe or long-term (basically plantar fascitis), but last year I hurt my Achilles tendon on a vacation, and it's amazing how distances around town just expanded while I was hobbling around with a cane.

[jedimaster91]

I've never owned a dog but I will steer clear of beagles in the future.

I have beagles and they're great dogs, but you do have to be prepared for some things. They bark. A lot. Especially when they catch a scent. It's what they were bred for, so you can't really hold it against them. They have a really good sense of smell and will get into your garbage, cabinets, whatever they think they can get into to find what they want. And you have to have a good fenced in yard or never let them off leash because they'll follow that cute little nose and never look back. On the flip side, they're not picky eaters at all. While they're not as eager to please their humans as a lab might be, they will work for food. And they don't really care what that food is (or if it's even edible in the first place). They're great family dogs; sturdy enough for young kids, generally pretty easy-going and friendly, small enough you can manhandle them if necessary.

Tl;dr do your breed research. All dogs are good doggos when given the proper care and training.

[Food Lady]

That stinks. Foot injuries really take you out because walking is such a basic thing. And I don't think most people really think about their feet until there's a problem. I've never owned a dog but I will steer clear of beagles in the future.

[Mental_Mouse]

For a couple of years I had a Harrier mix, of which the vet said “harrier, tall beagle, same difference.” She was dragging me out for walks so often that I wound up getting foot injuries....

[Pixelated]

I had to remind myself that the dogs were not responsible, it was the owners. Remind myself over and over. The first couple of years I lived in CA, there was a neighbor with two small yappers. That they left in their back yard overnight. All night. Every night. And they WOULD NOT SHUT UP.

I got sick of it and started calling the cops. After about the fourth time they showed up (they didn't always come) the owners got the message.


My wife also called the cops on a beagle that was left outside all day every day. Beagles are hunting dogs, and can make one hell of a racket when they are unhappy. The poor thing was miserable. All day, every day. And my wife worked from home, so...

A young couple I knew years ago decided they wanted a beagle. I don't think they had done any research on the breed. They would take the dog for a walk in a nearby very large park and the dog would often get away (don't know if they -- stupidly -- let it off the leash or if it just yanked the leash out of their hands) and they would chase it for an hour or two before it finally decided it had had enough.

So, apparently, the walks got shorter and shorter and further and further apart. So what resulted was an extremely high-energy dog locked up in a house (or possibly condo; can't remember now) for much of the time.

At some point, in his acute boredom, the dog ate a small throw rug.

Emergency surgery, intensive follow-up care, and a massive vet bill followed.

I heard about this third-hand so am not sure of what ultimately transpired: did they keep the dog? Did they gain some badly-needed knowledge of what a beagle requires in terms of exercise and training? Or did they find it a better home?

Personally, I'd hope the latter.

[Nunavut Pants]

I would never actually hurt an animal but my thoughts towards and about that dog were very VERY unpleasant ...

I had to remind myself that the dogs were not responsible, it was the owners. Remind myself over and over. The first couple of years I lived in CA, there was a neighbor with two small yappers. That they left in their back yard overnight. All night. Every night. And they WOULD NOT SHUT UP.

I got sick of it and started calling the cops. After about the fourth time they showed up (they didn't always come) the owners got the message.


My wife also called the cops on a beagle that was left outside all day every day. Beagles are hunting dogs, and can make one hell of a racket when they are unhappy. The poor thing was miserable. All day, every day. And my wife worked from home, so...

[YamiNoHime]

May Karma run over her Dogma

[Pixelated]

Was waiting for the elevator today, on my way to work, when I heard the neighbour across the hall opening her door.

This is the woman who is the prime suspect regarding the "Stinks!!" note left on my door (for several reasons).

"Somebody's going to wooooork," she said in that singsong voice that people normally used on a three-year-old.

Unfortunately she also wanted to use the elevator.

So we're riding down, and I'm responding to her comments as briefly as possible, when a young-ish man gets on. He's got a small armload of stuff, including a pillow. He explains that somebody was getting rid of some stuff and he's taking it to people whom he knows are in need of it.

Obnoxious Bitch: "Oh, I never donate. I think the more you donate the more they expect. That's my philosophy!" And she looked at us with that smug smile that says, "Of course you agree with me, right?"

Neither of us said anything.

Choke on it, lady.

[Food Lady]

I see we're starting up with the earth-shattering bass every night at 10:45 again. I'm not going down without a fight. You are NOT going to rob me of sleep. My body already does that. It will not be added to. I will call the authorities every single night if I have to and tell them you tend to sit with the engine on in the parking lot for half an hour, leave for 20 minutes, and come back and do the same. I'm putting a bug in their ear so they watch you. I think you're up to no good.

[Dreamstalker]

It's 9:30 at night, the back courtyard smells like pork rinds and someone's enthusiastically using a circular saw. (hoping the two are unrelated but you never know around here...)

Yes, there are renovations going on but we were promised by management that there would be no work on weekends and never after 5PM. The brain trusts that they hired have so far caused two power outages, one leak, left the back security door wide open twice (once resulting in an electrician having his tools stolen) and are currently propping it open using a nail in the basement wall tied to the doorknob, which is why we think it breaks so often.

[Pixelated]

"Hello?
Door-To-Door Taxidermy?
I have a job for you..."

Might be a good thing that I never thought of that ...