Per my landlord's request, I wrote a letter to our next-door neighbor explaining why it is wrong to play the drums at 3:00 in the morning — including specific pieces of evidence that support the theory that being a drummer is, in fact, no longer cool after the age of 19 (unless you're really, really good at it*). Seriously, the drums? In an apartment? In a city with several people living in close proximity? This guy is mad, mad and really bad!
Sadly, no matter where I live it's always next to someone crazy, rude and/or loud. Let's hope this issue will be resolved soon, and quietly.
* OK, I stole that line from one of my roommates
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Oh, I feel you. I traded in the guy who snuck his manpanties in the washing machine with my clothes for the one who was so completely snotty and stuck up that it was sickening. Then we bought a house and now we have neighbors that make manties guy and super snot face look like princes among men. Short of living on an island, I don't know how you avoid it. And even then, chances are the guy one island over is a real jerk.
Posted by Allie | June 13, 2008 2:32 PM
Posted on June 13, 2008 14:32
Allie: I try not to let it get to me, but it's hard. As for incidents involving manpanties: I had a next door neighbor (or a friend of that neighbor) break into my apartment (it was easy, my boyfriend at the time never locked the dang door) and leave his manpanties on my living room floor, along with a Christmas stocking. The police had a hard time keeping a straight face on that one.
Posted by kir (admin) | June 13, 2008 3:31 PM
Posted on June 13, 2008 15:31
Why did you have to write the letter? Shouldn't the landlord be the bully in this case?
Posted by Kristabella | June 16, 2008 1:10 PM
Posted on June 16, 2008 13:10
Kristabella: yeah, that's what i thought. But he's in NY until the end of the month and for some reason that makes him incapable of "landlording" remotely -- on the other hand, I actually like the idea of a paper trail, which I kept somewhat anonymous and the landlord has been carbon copied.
Posted by kir (admin) | June 16, 2008 2:20 PM
Posted on June 16, 2008 14:20