Today, like every year, my next-door neighbors started setting off their fireworks at exactly midnight. Also, like every year, the sensitive car alarm belonging to another neighbor has gone off with every firework. It's been almost six hours of nonstop alarms and explosions. FML
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Today, I had finally gotten my dogs to quiet down and my baby to fall asleep. Not thirty seconds later, my neighbor's car alarm went off. They aren't home for the weekend, and the damn alarm has now been blaring for three hours. FML
Today, I learned that my new neighbour's car alarm goes off every time a car drives by blasting loud bass. So far, it's gone off 6 times in the last hour. I can't wait until he's done moving in here, where he and his car will stay for the next year. FML
Today, after two hours, I finally got my very cranky, sick baby to fall asleep. Five minutes later, a neighbor started shooting off fireworks. FML
Today, my neighbors left for their nine month excursion, and armed their security system. One of the features is a loud series of three beeps every three seconds, 24 hours a day. I can hear it, clear as a bell, throughout my entire house. FML
Today, the fire alarm keeps going off at my apartment. Not only is the noise ear-piercingly loud enough to wake the entire neighbourhood, there's also a big flashing red light in case the deafening sound isn't enough. This is my day off. It's going on all day. FML
Today, I'm dead on my feet. My flatmate's alarm went off for 20 minutes at 5 a.m., which I heard and he didn't. A car alarm went off outside my window for half an hour at 7 a.m. My building fire alarm went off twice, at 8 and 8:10 a.m. Just let me sleep. FML
Today, just like every other day, I was woken up 2 hours earlier than I needed to be, by the alarm belonging to my upstairs neighbors. They won't wake up until their real alarm goes off: me, pounding the walls and yelling in frustration. FML
Today, the neighbors' kid got a new airhorn. FML
Today, I was so tired, I passed out at work in the middle of a call. All because my neighbor's car alarm kept going off every 3 minutes all through the morning. It was still going when I left for work. If you see a news story in a few days about a whole neighborhood beating a guy to death, that's probably us. 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
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mylonius 19
File a noise complaint with local law enforcement.
Tripartita 45
"Bottle rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that the prick was still there; O! say does that car alarm's sound have huge waves O'er the land of the free, ruining the sleep that you crave?"
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Comments (56)
rebeccac12 18
you say it started at midnight and has gone on for six hours? I'm surprised no one else has called the police, especially since some people still have to go to work. all that noise would make it impossible to sleep.
interesting33 37
How does noise set off a fire alarm?
MamaChey 24
Dear "Interesting33". OP said CAR ALARM, not fire alarm. However, had the neighbors been dumb enough to set the fireworks off indoors, they definitely would've set off the smoke alarm.
Michael978 16
#28, so you just wanna correct a simple mistake or you wanna answer his question? Smoke alarm or car alarm, neither should go off from noise
usnwife 18
Depending on the fireworks and how close to the car, they could have enough force to cause vibrations that would set it off... It'd have to be a really sensitive alarm but it could happen I guess
TabooSushi 24
Oh I love living in a state where unlicensed fireworks are illegal. We still have a few people who smuggle them in and set them off, but they're much tamer and generally don't start up until the evening.
melissawarren 7
But wait...this was posted at 2:46am
Bearsmomma 30
depends on OP's timezone? says 546 on my screen
sunyaph 23
Our neighbor's mustang car alarm always go off because some people will hit the brakes on their motorcycle ? when they pass by.
kirkaygri 18
Aftermarket car alarms are finicky and suck. So many odd things can set them off. My mother had one that a lawnmower would set off. It was annoying in the summer. Plus, they're super easy to bypass and steal whatever in the car.
Casual_Cthulhu 12
It's not like you didn't see this coming
MamaChey 24
..#21. I'm totally missing your point when you said that OP should've seen it coming. Please elaborate...
mariri9206 32
I'm guessing 21 thinks they should have seen it coming because the FML said that OP's neighbors do this every year which, again I'm guessing, means 21 thinks they should have expected it, instead of being, like, surprised by it, and could have probably had ample time to prepare for it. Granted, OP shouldn't have to prepare for it because OP's neighbors should have common courtesy and follow local noise ordinances but it seems they really don't care about that.
RosaMaravillosa 10
you knew beforehand, and could've talked with your neighbours to relocate either the car or the fireworks. you also could've gone somewhere else. ydi
MamaChey 24
Okay, RosaMaravillosa (#22). Are you flipping kidding me with your YDI comment? OP did NOTHING to deserve this. Either your statement was a joke, trying to get a rise outta people like me (if so, you got me!), or you have your head in the clouds. People who set off fireworks and car alarms at 2 a.m. know exactly what they are doing. They simply don't give a ****; Talking to this person will do nothing. Additionally, if I were the owner of the car, I'd tell you to go screw yourself and talk to d-bags setting off the fireworks. I SERIOUSLY hope that you weren't being serious.
jayblue 12
YDI, cuz its the 4th of July, LOL
Catdragon 40
invest in a good pair of earplugs, you can't stop that since it is a holiday
kylen11 4
stop being a whiny bitch.