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[–] [email protected] 186 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Then there's my fucking cunt of a housemate who lkves on the floor above me that's the loudest mother fucker on the face of the earth and fucking stomps around until 1am every night and opens and slams close every fucking draw and door in his room, and re arrnafes his furniture every night, then gets up at 6.30 in the morning so he can stomp around some more, hack up his lungs as loudly as humanly possible and slam every door in the fucking house before leaving for work exactly when my alarm goes off, specifically so I can't have a single good night sleep ever.

Sorry I may have some pent up anger.

[–] [email protected] 135 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry I may have some pent up anger.

Nothing a good night of sleep can't solve!

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You must live below the people in the apartment next to me.

Why are people like this. Really. I want a serious, well thought out answer from people who act like this. I would be fucking appalled if I found out people had been losing sleep because of me. Or they weren't able to concentrate when working from home, or had to get a bluetooth converter for their tv to connect headphones because otherwise they can't even enjoy tv with all the stomping, banging, furniture moving, and door slamming. I would feel so fucking guilty and especially embarrassed for coming off as such an entitled piece of shit. I literally cannot comprehend that there are people who know they're disturbing others, in their own homes, day and night, and they either don't give a shit, or they get mad at the person they're torturing for asking them nicely to keep it down. Or both. And yes I have brought it up with my landlord countless times. They could give a fuck. The next step is to contact the city and have them come in with a decibel meter or something. In my state, landlords must ensure "peaceful enjoyment" for tenants. But I'd have to prove it's over a certain level, then deal with filing a complaint and/or civil court or whatever, so nothing ever changes.

This is one situation where I think an eye for an eye is perfectly reasonable, because after living through over a year of daily constant noise, I think my next door neighbors aren't deserving of a single moment of peace from now on.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Everyone seems to have a story like this, which makes me think that we might actually be just as loud as the people we complain about without realizing it. Think about it. It's not like we can actually hear what we sound like from the floor below while we are "softly walking around" upstairs.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got told we were like this once. Mle and my wife would literally tiptoe around after, carefully close doors, live in a constant state of worry, and still the next morning the guy below would say "you're literally shaking paintings off the walls!" My wife was physically afraid to run into him after a bit.

At the time I thought the apartment must have paper thin walls that apparently I couldn't hear through, but now I think he was just an ass. Living off self righteous anger.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Go with your gut. His ceiling probably creaked when you walked, and that was it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

YMMV. You have situations like the one you describe, and you have situations like mine. There's a unit down the hall that keeps everyone on the damn floor awake. There's a nice dude who lives there and raises his grandkids, and there's also the kid's father. The kids and the grandfather are great. They're respectful, kind, and very friendly.

The kid's father has this "fun" habit of sleeping with complete randos. You do you, yadda yadda. I try to mind my own business.

He makes it EVERYONE'S business. Every single time he gets dumped, he throws an enormous hissy fit. Screaming incoherently, banging on every door in the hallway, stomping about, etc. He doesn't work, yet he throws a hissy fit when he has to watch his own kids because the grandfather has to work. It doesn't matter if it's 2am or 2pm, there's a decent chance that that guy is pissed at something. It wasn't uncommon to see him crying by the front doors.

It's a great personal reminder to never start doing hard drugs. I only know that the guy does hard drugs because of the grandfather was venting to me about it. I can't even begin to tell you how many times the cops have been called on him by other people.

Fuuuck I wish it was cheaper to move.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the two of you need to sit down for a little talk 😂

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In my experience people who are this utterly devoid of consideration are not only unable to change, they will get angry at you for suggesting they've done something wrong.

I wish OP the best of luck.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I can't really describe it but this guy lives in his own little world. He's a friendly bloke but just does not give the slightest shit about anything that doesn't affect him personally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

When does he sleep? It is theoretically possible for this to affect him personally.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah. The only solution here is to move.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I knew what this was going to be even before clicking :)

"Their ceiling is our stage"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I feel like I know this guy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Its time to get a dirt cheap van, convert it out, and pay yourself the 'rent'

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You know the single greatest thing I starting doing in 2023?

Sleeping with my noise cancelling AirPods. Not listening to anything, just using their inherent abilities.

I sleep like a fucking rock now!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do the same thing except I can't stand silence so I play thunderstorms in the background so I hear the thunderstorm through the headphones instead of silence

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do the same thing except I can't stand silence so I play ASOIAF theory livestreams. Thank you Alt Schwift X and Glidus, now I sleep much better and I also understand that Tywin Lannister is secretly the Dusky Woman (and Tyrek Lannister is a horse).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I do that in the morning sometimes but it doesn't help when he stomps around and slams doors I shakes the fucking house like zues himself is having a temper tantrum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I could have written this. I feel your pain.