People are strange

People are strange (when you’re a stranger). We have neighbours that think nothing of polluting our lives with stereo and TV noise. They aren’t bad people but they think because they have the equipment they should use it loud and really, they don’t care that they are causing a disturbance. We have another neighbour who likes his parties and invites weird women who sound like donkeys and loud and obnoxious men who play poker all night long and shout at each other. Unfortunately, they like to do all this with the windows wide open. I think they think they are being urban and edgy but really they’re being pricks. Anyway, these neighbours (2nd lot) decided to have a big party on Saturday and it went on all night. We were so exhausted that although we could hear the noise through earplugs, miraculously we fell asleep and stayed asleep. Apparently though, the other neighbours (1st lot) were kept awake all night. Now, this is where I would have thought you would have called or knocked on the door. But no, they said absolutely nothing to the offending neighbour but have said they will call the council next time or the police and might put a note through the door… wtf?!

Apart from the irony of this from the people that have woken us up/kept us awake on more occasions than we can remember, why call the council? Why not go round there and talk face to face. I plan to pop round one night this week and say basically, this has to stop because the next time I will call noise abatement. But you at least let people know that they are out of order and you won’t stand for it anymore (and this will be the third time I’ve talked to him about keeping the noise down, which I think is fair warning).

Ironically neighbours one and two actually have much in common…