Stupid Bitch

[Pixilated]

Just found out one of my new friends at school used to live in one of these buildings ... until she was evicted for noise. (Yes, I did say, "Don't look to me for sympathy," LOL. I don't think she was; she's older and smarter now.) She said the walls are "paper thin" here but I disagree. There's a level of noise that nothing other than medieval-castle-type walls will keep out. In these buildings if people are disturbing their neighbours, it's because, like Pagan's neighbours, they're assholes who don't care.

Blas: you can't put anything on your walls? Not even pictures?? I'm sorry you're stuck with Stupid Bitch again. Hope you can get some rest.

[blas]

She left sometime earlier when I was trying to sleep. There was quiet for maybe 3 or 4 hours between 2 and 6 am, and then the noises started again.

I won't lie, I got up to make eggs and I shoved the drawer with the pots and pans shut. Not smart, stooping to levels is immature and doesn't help, but for some reason, it made me feel better to know they probably finally heard what it's like for me, just for once.

[PepperElf]

hope you do complain to the landlord/lady ... there's no reason you should suffer just because her mom wants to be "the man upstairs"


actually maybe she'd like that song as a gift....

my fav line is "As far as i can tell, he juggles bowling balls / but he's not good at it."

[Pixilated]

She left sometime earlier when I was trying to sleep. There was quiet for maybe 3 or 4 hours between 2 and 6 am, and then the noises started again.

I won't lie, I got up to make eggs and I shoved the drawer with the pots and pans shut. Not smart, stooping to levels is immature and doesn't help, but for some reason, it made me feel better to know they probably finally heard what it's like for me, just for once.

I hear ya! I've thought about cranking up some noise myself when he's trying to sleep, but I don't see how I could do that without disturbing the surrounding neighbours (below me, below him, etc.) and I don't want to do that. I've also thought of putting my cellphone alarm on the table next to the connecting wall (his bedroom is on the other side) and setting it for 4 a.m. -- and just letting it sing to itself for half an hour or so ...

I think he had a couple of kids there today and for a while they were running up and down the hallway (with his dog, I think). Haven't heard them in a while so don't know whether they're back in the apartment, outside, or have simply vanished into another dimension.

Needless to say the noise has not abated. It started at 10 a.m. and has been ongoing ever since.

[blas]

She wasn't back today.

Now, fingers crossed she doesn't show up anytime this week while I need to sleep for work and doesn't have an extended weekend stay, because it's my birthday this weekend.

I might just save complaining until the next time I pay my rent, because I always do it in person at the office. That way, no one can hear me that might give away that it was me. Though, she'd know it was either the people next to her or me.

I hate to make a pregnant girl stay at home alone with no one to help her, but dammit, her guests should have to obey the same damn rules as anyone else's.

If I had a guest who constantly slammed doors and moved stuff around loudly, you can bet I'd be talked to about it in no time.

[Pagan]

She wasn't back today.

Now, fingers crossed she doesn't show up anytime this week while I need to sleep for work and doesn't have an extended weekend stay, because it's my birthday this weekend.

Yay! And I'm crossing everything I can for ya!

I hate to make a pregnant girl stay at home alone with no one to help her, but dammit, her guests should have to obey the same damn rules as anyone else's.

If I had a guest who constantly slammed doors and moved stuff around loudly, you can bet I'd be talked to about it in no time.

You wouldn't get talked to though, because you wouldn't let your guests behave like that, you're a considerate person. I wouldn't feel too bad for leaving her with nobody to help, because she obviously is not a considerate person.

[Jetfire]

Happy BDay Blas. (My own is a day or two after yours apparently).

My new condos are pretty sound tight, which I'm thankful for. You only have at most 3 neighbours (one to the left, one to the right, and either one above or one below you), but the place was well built. As best I can figure, there's a double layer of gyprock on the connecting walls on each side, and a concrete floor separating the two levels.

That said, before Christmas, I was getting a little frustrated with one of my neighbours. They got a new puppy and I think they were keeping him in the bathroom, which is on the shared wall. The puppy was yipping most of the night. Still, it is a puppy, and I think they had just gotten him so I was willing to tolerate it; and since I got back from my parents for Christmas, I haven't heard a peep, so either the puppy's gotten used to them, or they were just housing him for a few days over the holidays.

[Pixilated]

Blas! Here's wishing you a joyous AND QUIET birthday!

Jetfire, if you're a condo dweller, maybe you can answer something I've wondered about: in a rental situation, if somebody is consistently disturbing the neighbours, management can eventually evict them (or the annoyed neighbour can move, LOL). What are the options if you move into a condo and suddenly Frat Boy/Girl moves in next door?

I'm just curious as my brother, I think, is gently edging me towards buying a condo when I'm done school and back in the workforce, but with my current PITA neighbour, that's a fairly major issue for me.

Since this is getting off-topic for this thread, maybe you could just PM me with the info, please 'n' thanks.

[Jetfire]

Staying off topic, but to be honest, I don't know what can be done. If they are constantly noisy, then I would probably call the police, and hopefully his other neighbours would also be calling the cops. Eventually that person would probably be arrested or fined into moving. (Same as if you have a neighbouring house that is constantly loud and noisy). You could probably also apply some pressure through your condo association as well, but it's not something I've looked into much. Your condo bylaws would probably have information on how you are expected to maintain your unit and such.

[Kogarashi]

And, regarding the condo situation, I would think that if the noisy neighbors are actually renting from someone else who owns the condo in question, then you can put pressure on the owner to do something about the noise issue.

[blas]

She wasn't around Thursday or Friday, thank heavens, and I had peace and quiet around here for my bday (not that I was really home most of the time yesterday though).

Of course, tonight, I get back from errands, the gym and getting some grub, go out for a smoke, and who pulls up and is taking multiple loads of bags into the apartment and slamming the door each trip?

Yeah, it's going to be a long, loud night. At least it wasn't last night.

[dalesys]

... and is taking multiple loads of bags into the apartment and slamming the door each trip?

... and the biggest bag of trash is?



Wearing clothes.

[Ben_Who]

Neighbors to my left have a dog that barks all day long. Not an exaggeration. Soon as middle-aged well-dressed woman closes the door of her car, it begins. It does not end until the car returns and delivers her to her driveway. So of course she never hears it. I think she's a little stumped as to what to do about it, actually.

The worst part is that all that barking wears this little yip yip dog out. It's obviously not doing it just to make noise; it's in considerable distress and no one's coming to stop it. By the time Mumsy gets home, the little guy is almost too tired to move. It's quieter now that it's winter and the windows are closed.

Neighbors on the other side...well, their apartment abuts ours, so we had front row seats to some very noisy and disturbing divorce proceedings. I wasn't there for some of it, but my roommate said that it sounded like someone fell down the stairs a couple of times. I was privy to some yelling, though, and I once came home to find the woman sitting on the steps crying and calling a cab at two AM, which looks bad in any light. Since she moved out, it's a lot quieter.

[blas]

I was napping after I made my last post, woke up to have a smoke, and they were back again.

They have been slamming doors nonstop ever since.

Seems like the daughter is becoming quite the door slammer as she gets larger and more into her pregnancy.

I wish she'd move away. Hell, if you need that much help, go back home with your mom instead of her coming here and bothering everyone.

The neighbors who originally complained to me and Caretaker about her, those lucky ducks went on vacation right afterwards, and they have barely been home ever since. But, they are retired and known for spending their weekends away from home.

They are lucky. Once work is done for the week for me, usually I get to drive home to the eyesore of seeing that stupid van and the earsore of those slamming doors nonstop. If I'm really lucky, she doesn't stay the entire duration of the weekend.

[blas]

Pray for me, guys.

She had her baby today. Not sure how many days until she's back. Probably tomorrow or Sunday.

The neighbors overheard that her mother will be staying there nearly permanently after the baby comes home.

So, the last few months I live here, I not only get to deal with a screaming baby all day, but the door slamming to go along with it.

Kill me now.

Oh well. The neighbors have said they are considering moving as well. They moved here specifically because they never put people with kids in this building. They'll learn when they lose two of their long term tenants.