Today, it's been three days since I started working 12-hour night shifts. My neighbors have now decided to renovate their house. They're focusing on the rooms sharing my wall. FML
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Today, and for the 4 months preceding it, my neighbors had been remodeling their house, which meant jackhammer noises every morning. The one day they take a break, my other neighbor decides to start a remodeling project. It'll only be two more months of this. FML
Today, my new neighbours moved in. I've neither seen nor spoken to them yet; all I know is that they enjoy hammering at the walls for hours on end and repeatedly setting off the fire alarm. All this in the small hours of the morning. I got two hours of sleep. FML
Today, it's the third day I've been at home recuperating from ear surgery. My surgery was on the same day my neighbor started renovating. There's been hours of jack-hammering every day I've been home. FML
Today, like every other day since I moved into this apartment a year ago, the construction crew started their noisy work at 5:30 in the morning. When I moved in I was promised it was a quiet neighborhood; only offices. What have they been building in the meantime? Three nightclubs. FML
Today, and for the past two weeks, the people living directly above me have decided to add rearranging their furniture to their daily routines. Not only that but apparently, 6 a.m. is the most optimal time for them. FML
Today, after months of peace and quiet since January, a new family moved into the apartment below me ten minutes before I was about to go to sleep. They've been here for 30 minutes and already they're stomping and banging doors all over the place. FML
Today, like every day since the new neighbors moved into the townhouse next door, their newborn won’t stop crying. The room the two toddlers and newborn are in apparently shares a wall with my bedroom, so I hear crying while I work remote, study remote, and try to sleep. FML
Today, my new neighbours moved in. I had always thought my bedroom wall was soundproof, because my old neighbours never complained about my loud night terrors. Turns out they were just stone deaf. The new ones can hear everything. FML
Today, just like every workday for the last 6 months, the construction workers in my building made loud noises in the morning and woke me up almost 2 hours before I would otherwise have to get up. This will continue for one more year. I'm not a morning person, and I live in a protected historical building. FML
Today, it's the second week into my new neighbors' routine. He works nights, she works days. He likes to blast out Slayer and Napalm Death all day, she likes to drunkenly sing out of tune to Adele all night. I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown. FML
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Top comments
slothlover63 12
Guess you'll have to sleep on the sofa. Sorry op
cutycat136 28
Book yourself a hotel room for a day or two so you can at least get a little sleep.
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Comments (88)
slothlover63 12
Guess you'll have to sleep on the sofa. Sorry op
The_Avatar 22
I dont know why you got voted down for this?! Its reasonable advice
IamHercules 24
Or OP could wear some ear plugs.
0h_Boy 26
Maybe you should do some renovating of your own?
chewyca99 14
To their house?
Jason89 16
you're a genius #41!!!! they meant OP should do it to his own
cutycat136 28
Book yourself a hotel room for a day or two so you can at least get a little sleep.
teentee401 37
If he's working 12 year shifts he might not be able to afford it.
JohnTheDonJuan 11
12 hour shifts buddy, not years. Learn to read. Or use common sense, nobody works 12 year shifts.
chewyca99 14
What if he is an elf? 12 years is nothing for them.
brand125 17
37 - i dont know where that statment comes from, nurses make good money and where im from they do 12 hour shifts.. (not to mention the ton of other jobs i cant think of on the spot)
Enslaved 38
Maybe OP has a lot of bills and that's why they're working those long night hours. Would suck working so hard just to spending that money to pay for a hotel.
Vegetarian27 24
What country are you from that nurses make good money? Nurses are way underpaid just about everywhere.
brand125 17
76 - canada. and compared to minimun wage its good money, i would love to make over DOUBLE what i am now. so yes thats good money.
teentee401 37
I can read just fine. I was typing fast and not paying attention. Haven't you ever made a mistake?
countryb_cth 38
@85 the difference of typing years and typing hours is a huge difference in letters and wording. Even if you were typing to fast that's one hell of a mistake.
teentee401 37
It was a stupid mistake. Still doesn't mean I can't read. Everyone has said/typed something that makes no sense by mistake. It happens.
ulaaang 14
you have cat to be kitten ! lolol sorry OP
feven 32
Usually puns relate to the FML. Unless I'm missing something here...
Sandsh8rk 36
Wrong FML, look below this one for the right one.
5secondsofvvifi 21
..how do you even comment on the wrong FML without realizing?
Livin_Like_Larry 29
If you talk to them about your situation, they will probably be understanding and try to be more quite
needagoodlaugh 34
You can't really control the level of noise from renovations.
Pancakes017 19
Maybe you should start accidentally leaving your alarm on for those 12 hour shifts.
russfml 31
I work 12 hr night shifts myself, it sucks for noise. You have to realize shift workers are a minority to day time workers and have to deal with it. It can be hard especially on weekends hearing concerts and festivals going on in town. Earplugs and sleep shades make a huge difference
Livin_Like_Larry 29
If you talk to them about your situation they'll probably be understanding and try to keep it down. Worst case, you rent a motel room for a couple of nights:/
brand125 17
how can they keep it down, they need to renovate no matter what, it cant be helped..
countryb_cth 38
Recommenting and changing the wording is not going to help with you getting down voted. You can't turn the volume down on renovations and if op asked that's pretty damn selfish. Other people need stuff done too, not just him.
FemskyD 26
Poor you :( stay at friends for a bit?
denaeb123 24
ear plugs will become your friend
ihartmytdi 23
Shift work is rough, I can't imagine doing 12 hours on almost zero sleep. Try to relocate your bed to a quieter part of the house?