Today, I've suffered 3 months of my neighbor blasting his music so loud, it shakes my apartment floor. None of my noise complaints are ever followed up, but the moment I give him a piece of my mind, he calls the cops, and they threaten me with jail time over a few curse words. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my neighbor yelled “Fuck you!” at me through his window. My crime? Closing my front door “too loud.” This man lets his children beat on the walls and slam doors but apparently I’m the problem. FML
Today, my neighbor got a ridiculous surround sound system that sounds like Jurassic fucking Park come to life. My walls are literally shaking. I tried asking nicely for them to turn it down. They told me to fuck off, and that if I call the cops with a noise complaint, well… they know where I live. FML
Today, I called the cops on my elderly neighbor for blaring loud war music yet again. They chatted and laughed with him on his lawn for a good half hour. As they left, he slapped the female officer's ass, only for her to just giggle about it. After they drove off, he fired up his music again. FML
Today, I found out my upstairs neighbors filed a noise complaint against me for banging on the ceiling every night. They conveniently left out the part where they constantly stomp, shout, and do stuff that sounds like they're dropping bricks to the floor every night. FML
Today, I finally had some alone time to relax and watch a movie. As soon as I pressed play, my neighbor started blasting their music so loud I could feel the bass in my chest. I tried calling the landlord, but they didn't answer. I ended up watching the movie with subtitles while listening to my neighbor's music. FML
Today, I finally got tired of my neighbors constantly blaring their obnoxious rap music all hours of the day and night. Trying to be funny, I put Baby Shark on a loop and turned my speakers all the way up. They called the cops on me. FML
Today, we have an asshole neighbor who owns a loud muscle car. Another neighbor called the cops on him for constantly revving the engine and breaking the noise ordinance. He now purposefully drives by their house at odd hours of the night to blare his horn and wake everybody up. I live across the road from them. FML
Today, I have to wear earplugs in my own apartment because my neighbor won't turn down his music. My landlord doesn't believe me because "people with disabilities can't be rude." FML
Today, a man next door has been coughing constantly for past 3 months and I can hear him despite closing my windows. During the day there's construction noise and at night this asshole. I asked him many times to close his windows but he won't. Now I play coughing on a speaker at the same time he starts, just to piss him off. FML
Today, my neighbors in the apartment above me yet again had a loud fight, well past midnight while I was trying to sleep. I stood on my bed and pounded on the ceiling to shut them up. And now I'll have to explain the two fist-shaped holes in the ceiling to my landlord. FML
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freddygasman 18
time to record your environment and then file a noise complaint. if they don't follow up inform them that they'll be hearing from your lawyer
jayemerald17 25
That sucks OP, maybe you should blast your own music and wait until the cops show up. then Turn your radio off and catch your neighbors in the act. or make them cookies and ask to them to turn it down nicely
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jayemerald17 25
That sucks OP, maybe you should blast your own music and wait until the cops show up. then Turn your radio off and catch your neighbors in the act. or make them cookies and ask to them to turn it down nicely
PopBlox 14
Lol, make them cookies
diyos 15
Why not cookies laced with laxative?
TMO2142 25
thats a pretty shitty move
neawalkerthebear 15
Sorry Op! Maybe it's time to head down to the station and give them a piece of your mind. You deserve to have a peaceful living environment
pandalover69 26
Yeah go yell at some cops, that always ends well.
GhostFox 34
They didn't say to yell at them. Believe it or not, you don't have to yell to "give them a piece of your mind." You can express your opinion on how someone is not only failing to do their job but being biased while doing so, and how they are giving their department a bad reputation without raising your voice or using derogatory language. If OP isn't capable of that, they can get the precinct's non emergency number and file their complaint over the phone.
freddygasman 18
time to record your environment and then file a noise complaint. if they don't follow up inform them that they'll be hearing from your lawyer
tigerisabelle 31
Some say get the cops involved. I say give him some grade school friendship: play loud EDM with multiple bass drops every night. And invest in some earplugs.
sturschaedel 27
Good basic idea, but 1up that: 1)Buy the best active noise cancelling headphones you can find. 2)Buy the best (=loudest) stereo-set you can afford. 3)Blast classical music on full volume, I recommend Haendl, Bach and Strauss for starters, then graduate to Schoenberg. (Nobody can complain about classical music without sounding like a stupid, uncultered imbecile, no matter how much they don't like it.)
dominguez89 6
Wow
darkangel7410 17
I'd file a complaint with the PD through the city. And if not i'd complain to the landlord. Take this situation by the balls. You can come out on top.
dominguez89 6
Where do you live? Def not in the USA. Cops cannot do that
sparkledoge 29
I know how that feels man, some neighbors teach you patience better than shaolin training.
MrsDruidess 23
you need to simply call the cops yourself. They will take care of it, dont face off with them yourself, you'll just get in more trouble. Find out if your city has noise laws outside of just your apartment building. Meanwhile keep filing complaints with the landlord. If nothing changes, take either the neighbor or the landlord or both to court. sounds harsh but better than what they are already putting you through.
hoosierholla 17
It seems as if OP has called the cops multiple times to file a noise complaint, but they never followed through. Part of this FML is that the cops never once came when he called, but they came the moment OP's neighbor called about him (if that makes any sense).
freddygasman 18
it says he filed a complaint many times, but doesn't say it was with the police. it may have been the landlord or an onsite manager.
ssnow_fml 20
You should just called the cops to begin with.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
Seems like they would have had to have tried that all ready in order for their to have been multiple noise complaints that weren't followed through on. The FML is basically "When I call the cops they never show up but as soon as my neighbor calls them about me they are right there."