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
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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 downstairs neighbours screamed at me for making so much noise that I woke their children up and made them cry. The noise was the sound of a loose floorboard shifting as I crept to my bathroom, and again on my way back to bed. They've sworn to get me evicted. 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
Today, I got a noise complaint about "loud stomping" in my apartment disturbing the tenant below. I guess I'm supposed to tell my sweet children that they are no longer allowed to play in their own home. 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, I'm spending $1,400 on rent each month to hear my upstairs neighbor walk from one end of their apartment to the other, and then back again. This occurs pretty much all day and all night. Yesterday I woke up at 3:30 a.m. from the banging of steps. My other neighbor played his music so loud, I felt it through the wall. FML
Today, after having to call in a noise complaint about my downstairs neighbors talking loud past midnight, the managers fixed the problem. Now all I can hear is two little girls who like to throw a basketball at the building for hours. FML
Today, I realized how nice it was that, after moving into my ground-floor apartment, I no longer have to worry about being too loud walking on the floor at night. Today, I found out that my upstairs neighbors do not have any qualms about shouting or stomping their feet loudly at night, either. FML
Today, I met my new upstairs neighbors and their 4 kids all under the age of 6. I met them due to all the thudding coming from upstairs. FML
Today, and for months, my upstairs neighbor has been stomping on their floors, hard enough to shake our walls. We thought it was their child, but found out it’s the mother. She took up running, and due to the pandemic, she does it in the living room. She's already been told to stop. Repeatedly. I work 12-hour nights. FML
Today, my batshit crazy downstairs neighbor threatened me with "legal action" for making too much noise. According to her, it’s "illegal" for people in upstairs apartments to use vacuum cleaners, therefore I must sweep my carpets to avoid disturbing her and her imaginary guests. FML
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Top comments
netflixislove 32
Ahh classic hypocrites... Maybe you should move
jerome72 14
File a complaint yourself OP or record them making a lot of noise. If you have evidence like that theres no way you wont be taken seriously.
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Comments (57)
netflixislove 32
Ahh classic hypocrites... Maybe you should move
Retaheki 27
It's why I live on the 2nd floor. People above me thankfully don't stomp, and nobody lives below so I can be stonefooted.
Mitchellbassists 29
Ugh, neighbors stink. I hope you, OP don't get in trouble.
slingerslasher 24
Neighbors are the worst. Luckily I live in a cryogenic chamber in the middle of Utah and only come out once every four days to check FML. Wifi sucks tho
jasonswife423 18
Sink to their level, file complaints against them...
slingerslasher 24
OP can't sink to their level if he/she already lives below them. :P But actually, nothing wrong with complaining if complaints are warranted!
jerome72 14
File a complaint yourself OP or record them making a lot of noise. If you have evidence like that theres no way you wont be taken seriously.
ComoEsJuan 24
Dude, when you move out of that apartment, you will be so happy. I just got out of mine. Neighbors ******* blow.
eyebrowzzz 21
Complain to them everytime they make noise
photographer49 22
#7 if OP complains to them I don't think they are going to care. Might just give them excuse to complain about "harrassment." Since they enjoy complaining about bullshit
_kyleG_ 34
Counter their claim with a claim of your own, but wait a night and record their noisiness for evidence.
HellaFucked 8
FYL, op, I feel you. Ah, the apartment life.
abNormal62 23
If it's a regular occurrence that you can set your watch by, invite the building superintendent superintendent up for a coffee or a beer let them experience it firsthand
Cassandra2015 21
with banging on the ceiling, you gave them a reason to file a complaint . what you should have done was went up to their apartment and voiced your concern with them. the situation might have been rectified that way, and without anyone getting complaints
Jinxsie 27
That or OP could've filed a complaint from the start.