Do You Have To Do That Now?

[Nashida]

Let's set the scene. It's 11:30 at night. You just settled into bed after a long day, and kick yourself for not going sooner (but that Photoshop work just HAD to get finished, didn't it?). It's still sticky out there, so you have trouble falling asleep as it is. You finally start to get comfy when..


WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEN!

You sit straight up. What in Godbeard's name was that? You listen to see if it happens again. It doesn't so you settle down again.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!

You curse and sputter as you get up and go to the window to see if you can't spot what's making you feel like you're sitting in a dentist's chair. What you see is not the world's largest dental drill, but your neighbor sawing planks of wood for the porch he's been working on all week.

Yes. Sawing. With a buzzsaw. At what is now midnight.

You debate calling the non-emergency line for the police station to have somebody come out and read the guy the riot act, but you don't hoping the guy realizes what he's doing isn't exactly the best idea at the moment and will stop.

He does...around 12:30 in the morning.



Next time you're not getting off so lucky, pal. If there's a next time. Because I sincerely hope you die in a fire. A buzzsaw fire.

[blas]

What an absolute ASSHOLE!

What reason could there possibly be to think that that's ok?

[Mikkel]

He might have been caught up in the work and didn't realize what time it was?
Last year my neighbour did the same, hammering and running power tools at midnight, but when I went and asked him to keep it down, he apologized and stopped until eight in the morning.
His explanation was the one above.

If he had gone on, the next thing would have been a phone call to the police.

[blas]

Well, see, I just don't buy that excuse.

Growing up (in my second home, the longest residence I've ever had, from age 4 to 16), we had a neighbor in the rental unit next door (the upstairs one, he seemed to have full control of the garage as well) that would be up all hours of the night every night, sometimes until nearly 4 am, blasting country music and his power tools. Now, the guy was a nickle shy of a dollar, a few fries short of a Happy Meal, so neither my parents or anyone who lived nearby really figured it was worth calling the cops over, but damn it was sure irritating!

[Nashida]

The only reason I could think it was okay to do such a thing is it was rather hot and humid yesterday, so it was probably a bit cooler at night for working on it.

Still doesn't excuse him. If I had to go to work today I would have to be up by 6:30. I work with little kids. You don't want a grouch working with little kids.

[Moirae]

You were wayyy more polite than I would have been.

[Misanthropical]

You are more patient that I am. I would have called the police non emergency number right away. I have insomnia, so when I start to fall asleep I get angry when woke up, so I have no problem calling the police non emergency number on inconsiderate assholes.

[Syriilord]

I would have just waited till there was a pause in his sawing and yelled across "Some of us are trying to SLEEP tonight". But then again, I get cranky when someone interrupts my sleep

[PepperElf]

He might have been caught up in the work and didn't realize what time it was?

Outside? After dark?

[MoonCat]

This would make my head blow up. I HATE inconsiderate people. And I don't buy that he didn't notice the time either. He just didn't think about the fact that other people might be disturbed by the noise he was making. There are way too many people like that in the world.

[Mytical]

I work third shift, my day is reverse of just about everybody, but I don't cut grass..saw things, or blast my loud music at night (even on nights I am off work). If I need something done, I stay up during the day! I know..heck of a concept right? Now of course some day people make all kinds of racket during the day, but one has to expect that. Unlike the man sawing wood in the OP, I UNDERSTAND that society has certain times that things are expected to occur. So I suck it up, and you know..be considerate of others?

Oh wait, forgot what site we are on, how foolish of me how many times have stories about the inconsiderate action of SC's and EW's have there been? We KNOW for a fact that some people have no consideration of others. Mr. Sawing wood man needs to be woken up a couple times..then maybe he will get the message.

[Becks]

I would've called the police and made a noise complaint.

I've had to do that so often lately that I have the number in my cell phone.

[PepperElf]

Mr. Sawing wood man needs to be woken up a couple times..then maybe he will get the message.

I'd be for that too... except for the fact that I think there are other neighbors in the area. Cos then they'd have TWO people making horrible noise at night.

[MoonCat]

I have fantasies of waiting until my neighbors are FINALLY quiet (could be 2 am, could be 3, even 4...)...and then playing a recording of bagpipes or yodeling under their windows.

[dalesys]

I have fantasies of waiting until my neighbors are FINALLY quiet (could be 2 am, could be 3, even 4...)...and then playing a recording of bagpipes or yodeling under their windows.

In my high school summer electronics class we made relaxation oscillatore driving a piezo-electric earphone that sounded like water dripping...

Justa loud enough to hear whilst dropping off to sleep...

Slide one of those under their bed... A nine volt battery will last about a month...