Yep, I've finally had enough. For those who don't know, I've been living in my flat/apartment for about 4 years and the lady below me has been in there for about 11-12 months. She has a dog that barks all the time, slams doors and has a really loud and obnoxious family that come and visit. At first she seemed nice and quiet, but over the past few months the noise has got worse and she no longer acknowledges me.
I called the police on Thursday night, as she had people round, they were drunk and making a racket. The noise started about 9-10pm and continued 'til nearly 1am. I get up for work at 6am and she knows this. Normally I would go and say something, but seeing as there was more than one person in and they were drinking I thought it would be a bad idea.
The police arrived literally 2mins after I got off the phone and they appeared to have sent a S.W.A.T. team! I'm not joking, I was expecting one cop, but two vans turned up with 5 officers! They made her guests leave and told her to keep the noise down. So now my neighbour has assumed that it was me who reported her and I have heard her bad-mouthing me to people right outside my own door! She has also very stupidly decided to make even more noise, so I am going to report her to the landlords tomorrow.
I had a neighbor like that once.
Called the cops a lot.
Didn't get real results until I called my landlady to complain about a very loud problem with their toilet.
She can't win this fight. Report her ass to the landlord! :teddyr:
what a pain
good for you Circus!
Twat. I have neighbors kind of like that, though they try to keep it down... when they have a beer blast for 50 starting at midnight. :bluesad: :hatred:
I've been to see the housing association this morning, just got back now. I basically told them everything from day one and how I didn't want to make a complaint, but I felt that I had no choice after the other nights events. They are going to get back to me at some point to follow it up and have given me some log sheets to record dates and times of noise.
Quote from: Cthulhu on June 19, 2011, 05:47:56 PM
She can't win this fight. Report her ass to the landlord! :teddyr:
Oh and you know how she's been trying to wind me up? Playing Billy Idol really loud! Ha! :bouncegiggle: I LIKE Billy Idol! I wasn't bothered at all, but it is just pathetic behaviour when you consider that this lady is pushing 50 years of age.
I had a-holes like this living behind me. We live in very close quarters and these people didn't seem to get that someone may be trying to sleep at say...2 AM in the morning. I was cool at first letting a lot slip but then it got to me timing them at 9:59 right before the noise ordinance kicked in. Anything after 10:00 PM got a police phone call.
Well eventually after several reports and many phone calls to the landlords they got their dumb @sses kicked out. After them, every a-hole that steps out of line after 10 PM becomes my target. Had some dumb c*nt drunkenly yelling at the top of her lungs last fall. I had her shut up right up.
Why don't you invite all of US to your place for a party. I'm sure we can be loud and obnoxious enough to drive her right out of the building forever!
Quote from: Circus Circus on June 20, 2011, 05:55:43 AM
I've been to see the housing association this morning, just got back now. I basically told them everything from day one and how I didn't want to make a complaint, but I felt that I had no choice after the other nights events. They are going to get back to me at some point to follow it up and have given me some log sheets to record dates and times of noise.
Quote from: Cthulhu on June 19, 2011, 05:47:56 PM
She can't win this fight. Report her ass to the landlord! :teddyr:
Oh and you know how she's been trying to wind me up? Playing Billy Idol really loud! Ha! :bouncegiggle: I LIKE Billy Idol! I wasn't bothered at all, but it is just pathetic behaviour when you consider that this lady is pushing 50 years of age.
What an idiot...I hope you'll get better neighbors soon!
This topic makes me glad I live in the country....for now.
2 words: Document Everything.
Glad most of my neighbours are retirees, with lots of space between us.
When we were in the city, I used to have to call the cops a few times. This was especially true after one of the houses behind us got rented out to students - a peril of living in a college town. Wednesday night and their backyard was packed, their house was packed, and it was spilling across their front yard into the street. Guys climbing onto the fence. I was ready to run out and clobber the first one who tried to hop over into our yard.
The one thing I hated about that neighbourhood was that it always took the cops forever to respond. Busy city force, and we were out in the suburbs with a relatively minor problem. We could tell when they finally arrived though, because the people out front were dispersing at the sight of the first cruiser. Word spread through the crowd and everybody started bailing. The tunes shut off, the lights shut off, and somebody yelled a general announcement out the back door that the cops were there. Instant peace and quiet.
I had less success with the idiot who was setting off fireworks late at night in his tiny, well-treed suburban backyard, close enough that smoke was coming into our bedroom. By the time a cop arrived, the fireworks were finished and we'd finally gotten to sleep. Next thing I know, I'm throwing on a bathrobe because the cop is knocking on my front door because he needed to clarify which neighbour had been bothering me, as there were no longer any fireworks going off an hour later. Seriously. I wanted to tell him that the only person currently interfering with my sleep was him, and ask if he would kindly give his head a shake, but it doesn't pay to argue with cops. I pointed out the house and he left.
One incident I can recall years back in my hometown:
The local homeowners, consisting mostly of excessively snobby retired folk, decided THEY didn't want locals cutting through THEIR street to get to a local show that was going on.
So, after a heated town council metting, they were told by the police that it was a public street and that as long as they were orderly, the kids could walk through.
And here's the kicker..the kids did as they asked, caused no trouble, and yet the homeowners deliberately stood in front of their houses and on the edges of their properties and began harassing the kids as they walked through.
Double standards are great ain't they?
Ultimately the kids were orderly and caused no trouble and I think that's what p**sed the old buzzards off. At least the kids kept their promises.
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on June 20, 2011, 03:05:57 PM
One incident I can recall years back in my hometown:
The local homeowners, consisting mostly of excessively snobby retired folk, decided THEY didn't want locals cutting through THEIR street to get to a local show that was going on.
So, after a heated town council metting, they were told by the police that it was a public street and that as long as they were orderly, the kids could walk through.
And here's the kicker..the kids did as they asked, caused no trouble, and yet the homeowners deliberately stood in front of their houses and on the edges of their properties and began harassing the kids as they walked through.
Double standards are great ain't they?
Ultimately the kids were orderly and caused no trouble and I think that's what p**sed the old buzzards off. At least the kids kept their promises.
I live in a tourist town and I have to say the worst people to deal with are the young and the old. Adults in their 40's and 50's cause few problems. Several years ago we had an older couple that was telling kids (kids that LIVE in this town) to get off the bike-path with their bikes. Seems the old folks decided it was only for walking. I approached them and set them straight, only to find that the man was retired military, apparently an officer, and a fairly high ranking one at that. Seems he forgot his authority didn't exist here, therefor he got cussed out. THEN he went on on the ever predictable 'disrespect' angle, which of course led to me pointing out that there is little more disrespectful than coming to someone else's town and making up rules on your own. What I always love is that these types always finish with the threat of going somewhere else for vacation in the future, which is just fine with me.
People who are in their 20's and early 30's and visit here don't seem to understand that not everyone here is on vacation.
Quote from: ghouck on June 20, 2011, 06:17:45 PM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on June 20, 2011, 03:05:57 PM
One incident I can recall years back in my hometown:
The local homeowners, consisting mostly of excessively snobby retired folk, decided THEY didn't want locals cutting through THEIR street to get to a local show that was going on.
So, after a heated town council metting, they were told by the police that it was a public street and that as long as they were orderly, the kids could walk through.
And here's the kicker..the kids did as they asked, caused no trouble, and yet the homeowners deliberately stood in front of their houses and on the edges of their properties and began harassing the kids as they walked through.
Double standards are great ain't they?
Ultimately the kids were orderly and caused no trouble and I think that's what p**sed the old buzzards off. At least the kids kept their promises.
I live in a tourist town and I have to say the worst people to deal with are the young and the old. Adults in their 40's and 50's cause few problems. Several years ago we had an older couple that was telling kids (kids that LIVE in this town) to get off the bike-path with their bikes. Seems the old folks decided it was only for walking. I approached them and set them straight, only to find that the man was retired military, apparently an officer, and a fairly high ranking one at that. Seems he forgot his authority didn't exist here, therefor he got cussed out. THEN he went on on the ever predictable 'disrespect' angle, which of course led to me pointing out that there is little more disrespectful than coming to someone else's town and making up rules on your own. What I always love is that these types always finish with the threat of going somewhere else for vacation in the future, which is just fine with me.
People who are in their 20's and early 30's and visit here don't seem to understand that not everyone here is on vacation.
Good point, ghouck. I've never subscribed to the notion of respecting elders unconditionally. Respect, in my opinion, is ALWAYS conditional. I hold a basic human respect born out of simple common decency for everybody I meet, young and old, and it's up to each individual to either earn my greater respect or lose it entirely. Oh, and I also don't share many of my fellow veterans' attitudes that I somehow deserve more respect because of my military service. If somebody appreciates my service, I'm delighted, but I didn't enlist for pats on the back, and I don't feel my service earned anybody's unconditional respect. Don't get me wrong, I DO respect my fellow veterans for their service, largely becase I have served and understand the sacrifice, but I didn't understand it before I served and I don't expect anybody else to.
Quote from: Flick James on June 21, 2011, 09:16:42 AM
Quote from: ghouck on June 20, 2011, 06:17:45 PM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on June 20, 2011, 03:05:57 PM
One incident I can recall years back in my hometown:
The local homeowners, consisting mostly of excessively snobby retired folk, decided THEY didn't want locals cutting through THEIR street to get to a local show that was going on.
So, after a heated town council metting, they were told by the police that it was a public street and that as long as they were orderly, the kids could walk through.
And here's the kicker..the kids did as they asked, caused no trouble, and yet the homeowners deliberately stood in front of their houses and on the edges of their properties and began harassing the kids as they walked through.
Double standards are great ain't they?
Ultimately the kids were orderly and caused no trouble and I think that's what p**sed the old buzzards off. At least the kids kept their promises.
I live in a tourist town and I have to say the worst people to deal with are the young and the old. Adults in their 40's and 50's cause few problems. Several years ago we had an older couple that was telling kids (kids that LIVE in this town) to get off the bike-path with their bikes. Seems the old folks decided it was only for walking. I approached them and set them straight, only to find that the man was retired military, apparently an officer, and a fairly high ranking one at that. Seems he forgot his authority didn't exist here, therefor he got cussed out. THEN he went on on the ever predictable 'disrespect' angle, which of course led to me pointing out that there is little more disrespectful than coming to someone else's town and making up rules on your own. What I always love is that these types always finish with the threat of going somewhere else for vacation in the future, which is just fine with me.
People who are in their 20's and early 30's and visit here don't seem to understand that not everyone here is on vacation.
Good point, ghouck. I've never subscribed to the notion of respecting elders unconditionally. Respect, in my opinion, is ALWAYS conditional. I hold a basic human respect born out of simple common decency for everybody I meet, young and old, and it's up to each individual to either earn my greater respect or lose it entirely. Oh, and I also don't share many of my fellow veterans' attitudes that I somehow deserve more respect because of my military service. If somebody appreciates my service, I'm delighted, but I didn't enlist for pats on the back, and I don't feel my service earned anybody's unconditional respect. Don't get me wrong, I DO respect my fellow veterans for their service, largely becase I have served and understand the sacrifice, but I didn't understand it before I served and I don't expect anybody else to.
Flick James - I agree. Simple as that. If I've never met somebody before, I treat them kindly and respectfully until they give me a reason to do otherwise.
Ghouck - At the 7-11 where I work, the worst customers are in general: kids, teens, young adults, and the elderly. The age range that tends to tick me off the least are 25-55 years old. Of course there are exceptions to all of this, but it works as a general rule.
Quote from: Sleepyskull on June 21, 2011, 09:46:12 AM
The age range that tends to tick me off the least are 25-55 years old. Of course there are exceptions to all of this, but it works as a general rule.
I fall in that age bracket, SS: I'll drop by your 7-11 someday. :wink:
QuoteThe age range that tends to tick me off the least are 25-55 years old. Of course there are exceptions to all of this, but it works as a general rule.
I suspect this is because people in that age range have to play by all the societal rules and norms in order to get anything done. If they don't, there are consequences. The young and the old seem to operate under an assumption that these rules don't apply to them. Perhaps when I get to be an old man something uncontrollable will happen to me to cause this phenomenon, but I'm going to do my best to avoid it.
That is a good point about adults in their 30s and 40s. I've seen it too. I think those are the years when people have settled down, but have not yet become intolerant of those who haven't. Also the years when people have the wisdom and experience not to challenge everyone and everything, but have not yet become inflexible and fearful of change.
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on June 20, 2011, 03:05:57 PM
One incident I can recall years back in my hometown:
The local homeowners, consisting mostly of excessively snobby retired folk, decided THEY didn't want locals cutting through THEIR street to get to a local show that was going on.
So, after a heated town council metting, they were told by the police that it was a public street and that as long as they were orderly, the kids could walk through.
And here's the kicker..the kids did as they asked, caused no trouble, and yet the homeowners deliberately stood in front of their houses and on the edges of their properties and began harassing the kids as they walked through.
Double standards are great ain't they?
Ultimately the kids were orderly and caused no trouble and I think that's what p**sed the old buzzards off. At least the kids kept their promises.
Cutting through a public street is fine so those kids (as long as they were orderly) shouldn't have been harassed.
However this story reminds me of another thing we had to deal with in my neighborhood. We had issues with morons cutting through my yard once. Punk @ss teens mostly. They'd literally walk by my window and look in. Then don't even get me started on the fact my kid's room was right along where they'd walk. Thus they'd wake up my napping children with their chatter.
Oh the hell I rained down upon them was epic. The minute someone set toe (screw "foot") on my property the cops were called. Now people avoid our yard like the plague.
I really like the rule in certain areas that allows you to shoot people legally on your property. Would I shoot to kill someone legally if I could who is tresspassing...call me a sadist but yes I most certainly would. Don't worry, I'd at least give them to the count of 5. Sadly in my area the legal thing to do is call the cops......and wait an hour for their arrival. You know, after the tresspassers are safely a mile or two away.
UPDATE: The demon b***h from hell has been badmouthing me to everyone in the post office this morning according to my ex's mother. Saying that I'm a terrible neighbour, a nasty person (spoke to this woman about 3-4 times and I was very polite) and that she's going to report me!
I'm so glad I struck first! What an idiot! She makes me so mad I want to go and stab her in the face!
Wow isn't she a smart mature person :lookingup:. Badmouthing someone in a post office.
Fortunately, people who obsessively badmouth someone else seldom have much credibility. They sound nuts, and listening to them gets tiresome. Especially if it's some obnoxious b***h who probably gets under everyone's skin.
I'm away at the weekend, so I'm going to leave things and when I get back if there's anything else I hear or that happens, then I'm phoning the cops again. They said they are more than happy to go and have words with her. I will not be spoken badly about in front of my own home to strangers and passers by. She's doing it every chance she gets.
Quote from: Circus Circus on June 21, 2011, 01:23:21 PM
I'm so glad I struck first! What an idiot! She makes me so mad I want to go and stab her in the face!
I know it's tempting, but please don't. She probably isn't going to be around for too long. The landlord will take care of her.
Besides, punching is less lethal. Just sayin'.