Friendly Neighborly Relations

[MoonCat]

So when next the rent is due, hold off for a day. When he turns up asking for it, give him an earful about the neighbors along with the check.

[bhskittykatt]

So Hubs had been ringing their doorbell when it gets loud. They don't answer, but the music goes down.

Today I could hear the music in the bedroom (which is opposite side of the apartment from the shared wall). So I decided to try Hubby's strategy. Just my luck, they answered the door. The dad wasn't in, but the mother and her teenage son were, and both called me a "fucking bitch" for daring to ask them to turn the music down. The son whined about how "it's every fucking day with you people!". I pointed out that it was every day with their music, too.

They did turn the music down, though.

They're probably grumpy because Hubs called the cops on them yesterday. No adults were home, just the two younger girls (the 4-5 year old one, and I guess there's an 11-12 year old one as well...it's only a 2 bedroom apartment so they really have them packed in there it seems).

My landlord has vanished, so I haven't been able to tell him what's up with the new neighbors. (He will always be around until you need him for something or rent is due, and then it seems he disappears, and I don't have an updated phone number for him either.)

[stitchwitch]

no and it was just the two of us getting a little loud shall we say during a later in the night romantic interlude with the window partially open.

Sounds like they were prudes who felt that sex should be done quietly in the dark.

[Racket_Man]

Were you?

no and it was just the two of us getting a little loud shall we say during a later in the night romantic interlude with the window partially open.

[greensinestro]

I had a neighbor like that, too. She wouldn't just crank up the rap music either. She would also get on her phone and get into literal screaming matches with whomever she was on with. My guess was it was a boyfriend, but who knows?

One morning, she cranked up her stereo at 4am, booming loud, while she was vacuuming. By 430am, I'd had enough and called the police. Later that morning, I went to the landlord, and discovered Miss Inconsiderate had been to the leasing office earlier, crying that someone would do that to her, never mind she'd started the commotion. It was priceless to hear that, and she did not do it again.

However, too bad to say she still had a temper and still had loud conversations with whoever she was talking to. Man, did I celebrate when she moved out.

[Estil]

If my upbringing is any indication, that little girl is not going to have a fun childhood.

[stitchwitch]

Not as bad as my Ex and I getting the cops called on usseveral times for (the "complaintants" 2 floors above us words not mine) "having a VERY LOUD ORGY PARTY" in our apartment.

Were you?

[Racket_Man]

Not as bad as my Ex and I getting the cops called on usseveral times for (the "complaintants" 2 floors above us words not mine) "having a VERY LOUD ORGY PARTY" in our apartment.

[pzychobitch]

Reminds me of one neighbor I had. She would play her rap music with the volume at 11.

good lord, i love rap music, but not enough to want to annoy the fuck out of anyone. yeah, i play it at a decent volume. if i want it LOUD, i have the brain cells required to grab a pair of earbuds and put them in.

[Jay 2K Winger]

She wasn't a reverse racist just a plain ol racist.

Agreed. There's no such thing as "reverse racism", since the reverse of racism is acceptance. She's just plain racist.

Very much agreed. If someone of a minority accuses someone of a majority of being racist because they are of that majority, then the person of the minority is the one who is being racist.

[MadMike]

So, my suggestion? Don't wait until "quiet hours" - next time he cranks it up enough to annoy you in your own home, call the police. Again. And again, if needed. After a few visits, he may wake up.

You would think so, wouldn't you? I had an upstairs neighbor that blasted his stereo at all hours of the night. He was actually a nice guy for the most part, but somewhat clueless when it came to noise. I'd knock on his door, and if he answered it, he would turn it down, but then he'd gradually turn it back up. I called the police on him so many times, I still remember their number, even though I moved out of the city over 20 years ago. It was so bad, that even his own wife would get tired of it and break his speakers. And then he'd run out and get a brand new set.

One night we were hanging out, and he told me he knew I was the one who had called the police, and he understood why, and apologized for the noise. I was relieved, and figured that he had finally gotten the message. But he still kept doing it. Some people...

[XCashier]

She wasn't a reverse racist just a plain ol racist.

Agreed. There's no such thing as "reverse racism", since the reverse of racism is acceptance. She's just plain racist.

[Aethian]

In other words, a reverse-racist bitch.

She wasn't a reverse racist just a plain ol racist.

[Captain Trips]

What the fuck?! Who DOES that? It'd be like me putting in a movie on A/B repeat for six hours while I went to work. Makes no goddamn sense.

Who? Someone who feels I owe her because my ancestors enslaved hers. (Point: in the 1800's, my ancestors were poor peasants in Eastern Europe. Just because I look white doesn't mean my great-grandparents were Southern Plantation owners.) She actually DID say "because I'm black and you're white." In other words, a reverse-racist bitch.

I'll bet she "plays the race card" whenever she has the chance. She's that kind of "person." Fortunately, this was all 25 years ago (and made me decide to never share walls with a neighbor again, if I can help it.)

[OfficeSlug]

Reminds me of one neighbor I had. She would play her rap music with the volume at 11. One time she turned it up full and left for the fucking day. 7 hours, no one home to listen to it, but at full volume..

I had neighbors like that when I lived in Orlando (FL). Except they were in the NEXT building across the yard. And I heard every damn note & bass line & vocals through the walls, windows. For HOURS. Yes, across the yard.

I don't know how the 7 other apartments in that one building dealt with it.