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Post by Crouton on May 31, 2014 22:52:43 GMT -6
Anyone here have any tales of annoying neighbours they want to share?
I live in an apartment complex and it's good most of the time, but a lot of people aren't sympathetic about living close to others at all. The noise is awful. The people above me have hardwood floors, which I think is insane for a apartment complex. Carpet absorbs noise, hardwood floors are SO loud when you live under someone. They are constantly banging and crashing around, and seem to have kids constantly running around all hours of the night. They also rennovate and use hammers, power drills etc. And if that isn't enough sometimes they use the power drills as late as 1:30 in the morning so that it sounds like it's coming from our own apartment. It's enough to wake my roomate and I both up from a deep sleep.
I also have problem with the neighbours smoking inside, and constantly filling up the hallway and our apartment with the awful smell of cigarette smoke. And then there's the couple with the little dog that they let pee on the carpet in the hallway instead of taking it downstairs to go outside....
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Post by Firiath on Jun 1, 2014 10:44:36 GMT -6
For years I've been having neighbours who must be elephants judging from the noise they make when walking (trampling) up the stairs in the hallway. Elephants wearing high heels. And some of them really enjoy talking loudly in the hallway, neither minding their echos nor the time of day (night). I also used to have neighbours who would mistake my doorbell for the light switch. Both switches look the same and one is directly above the other, and my apartment door is the first everyone reaches when they go upstairs. I learned quickly that every time I heard the doorbell in combination with trampling I wouldn't have to answer the door. Which saved me some time to freak out, especially when this happened at night.
And I'd totally freak out if I had neighbours who polluted the house with cigarette smoke and dog piss. O__o
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Post by Crouton on Jun 1, 2014 18:34:47 GMT -6
Oh man that doorbell thing sounds really annoying. And I know what you mean about the elephants. I often wonder if the people who live above us are actually a family of circus performers or professional stuntmen who spend every night practising extreme routines.
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Post by Midnattblod on Jun 2, 2014 21:27:13 GMT -6
For years I've been having neighbours who must be elephants judging from the noise they make when walking (trampling) up the stairs in the hallway. Elephants wearing high heels. And some of them really enjoy talking loudly in the hallway, neither minding their echos nor the time of day (night). I also used to have neighbours who would mistake my doorbell for the light switch. Both switches look the same and one is directly above the other, and my apartment door is the first everyone reaches when they go upstairs. I learned quickly that every time I heard the doorbell in combination with trampling I wouldn't have to answer the door. Which saved me some time to freak out, especially when this happened at night. And I'd totally freak out if I had neighbours who polluted the house with cigarette smoke and dog piss. O__o doesn't the light switch have a light on it when it's dark? I have a lot of stories but I can't formulate any right now except one of my neighbors had a dog that they never had on a leash and it would use our yard as it's bathroom which made mowing the lawn more of a hassle then it normally was.
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Post by Liv the Librarian on Jun 3, 2014 19:51:56 GMT -6
Ugh. My downstairs neighbor plays really loud, shitty music all day. I hear it loud and clear, but mostly just base. It's so awful, just *thump thump thump thump* ALL DAY LONG. It drives me insane, especially since I really value my silence and hardly ever have my own music playing.
Some days, I take my computer speakers, turn them upside down on my floor, turn on something really base heavy like death metal or psychobilly, turn the base all the way up, and let it go for like 10-30 minutes. She usually stops when I do that.
She's also just really pompous. Like, if she asks how you are and you said "I'm good" or "I'm alright", she will reply with "I'm WELL" and put a lot of emphasis on "well", like she's better than you because she can use proper grammar... like seriously you are that stuck up your own butt that you can't even talk to other people like a normal human being? So condescending.
My neighbors directly across from her scream at each other all day. The neighbor directly across from me is really nice but always screams on her phone at someone.
SIGH. I just can't wait to be back home and away from this.
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Post by TAZ on Jun 4, 2014 20:31:35 GMT -6
well, my neighbourhood is serene in comparison i guess. about once a month the family down the street get drunk, they can't handle it and they scream and cry, and the young couple across the road bought their first house and are renovating on weekends, and then theres the airport behind us, but all in all it's a lovely place
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Post by Firiath on Jun 5, 2014 12:54:18 GMT -6
doesn't the light switch have a light on it when it's dark? Not in this house, unfortunately well, my neighbourhood is serene in comparison i guess. about once a month the family down the street get drunk, they can't handle it and they scream and cry, That sounds like fun, actually. Only if it doesn't happen more often than that, though!
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Post by Midnattblod on Jun 5, 2014 14:27:04 GMT -6
hmm cause I know my Oma's and Aunts apartments do.
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Post by SellennaeAlara on Jun 6, 2014 23:23:11 GMT -6
We where recently in a temporary apartment and I can honestly say I know I was not the best neighbor. They never complained up stairs though;t hey had these like three kids that would run around like crazy, stop, bang; make the floor shake. I could come home from my over night shift; repeatedly be woken up before they where in school.
So when i watched action movies and or played music; I was not co concerned about the volume; most of all since half the time I could not hear the movie dialog over their insentient stamped.
The dad was nice though; talked with my brother a lot; gave him cig's, if he was grilling he would send some down when they had extra and we did the same.
But dear lord I am surprised they did not come threw the ceiling!
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Post by Crouton on Jun 7, 2014 18:33:54 GMT -6
I feel like it should be a general world-wide rule that apartments shouldn't be allowed to have floorboards. It makes everything SO much noisier, ugh.
I was kept awake until 1am the other day by my neighbours who go out on their balcony at night and smoke/talk really loudly. They don't understand how close their balcony is to so many peoples bedrooms. They were so loud that even with my window shut and EARPLUGS in I could still hear what they were saying. They were talking about cheating on some girl. They were such sleazy dudes with SUCH loud voices.
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Post by SellennaeAlara on Jun 7, 2014 18:36:58 GMT -6
Ever called the cops on them for being to noisy? Apparently that is a thing someone can do if it is loud enough to disturb the peace.
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Post by Crouton on Jun 7, 2014 18:41:14 GMT -6
We have security in my building, and we are supposed to go through them, but I can never find them damn security guards. I also can't be bothered getting dressed and going looking for them half the time because I always live in hope that they will stop soon and that I can get some sleep.
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Post by SellennaeAlara on Jun 7, 2014 18:43:05 GMT -6
*hugs you* That just really sucks. Maybe next time you should get up and just start going 'bbbbeeeeeeeepppppppppp' as they talk o.o like really loud.
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Post by Crouton on Jun 7, 2014 18:46:43 GMT -6
I actually opened my window and started yelling out to them last time, but they either ignored me or couldn't hear me over their freaking loud booming voices. At one point one of them looked me directly in the eye and still ignored me, but they went inside quickly after that. They are all men, and have that type of deep, booming voice that some men have that just travels and vibrates through everything, it's so annoying. I swear you could still hear it through like 5 solid cement walls. I feel sorry for anyone who ever has to live with them.
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Post by SellennaeAlara on Jun 7, 2014 19:07:03 GMT -6
My father has a voice like that; I often do a hand motion to be like 'to loud, softer' it drives him nuts because to him he is just talking.
I do it my self sometimes; i have his volume control; but I had a mother that raised me to be aware of it and friends who will go "to loud girl' =P
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