Monday, May 23, 2016

How to Be a Good Neighbor

1. Don't play electric guitar at 1:30 in the morning with your loser friends who are also playing electric guitar. This actually happened last night, to the point that I charged out of my apartment in my pajamas and asked them to keep it down. They responded by playing even LOUDER, which made me really wish that I could reenact that shower scene from Psycho.

2. Don't let your friends double-park their cars so that they're blocking your neighbors' cars. When I confronted my neighbors about doing this, they said, "We have guests. You have a driver's license; you figure it out." I responded by getting into my car and threatening to mow down their cars like I was at a monster truck rally, until they finally moved them.


3. Don't leave your trash on other people's patios. My neighbors keep doing this to me, so I picked up their trash and dropped it back on their patios, though I really wanted to use it to spell out the words "MOVE AWAY".


4. Lower your voice when you're outside with your friends. I've woken up at 2 A.M. multiple times, which is why I Googled "how to make people think their homes are haunted".


5. Don't park in your neighbors' spaces. I have told my loser neighbors not once, not twice, but TEN TIMES this past year to stay out of my space. If I let them park there, it's like I'm paying for their parking, which I'm not willing to do.


6. Don't leave your cigarette butts all over the parking lot. I want to use the cigarettes to spell out the words "YOUR HOME PLANET WANTS YOU BACK" in their parking spaces.


Do I sound a little high-strung right now? Maybe it's because I don't like being woken up at 1:30 in the morning by the sound of electric guitar and bad singing.


I think my neighbors' arrogant and inconsiderate behavior is partly due to the fact that the majority of them do not have jobs, so they don't understand that people who do work don't get to sleep until noon and stay up all night. Many of them are from different countries, and their governments and wealthy families provide free tuition and monthly stipends (of thousands of dollars). One of them has wrecked his car not once but twice and is now driving around a brand new $40,000 car (which he promptly dented in the third week). I've even seen maids going into their apartments, because God forbid they should learn to clean up for themselves.


Am I a little jealous? Maybe. I'm working two jobs just so I can pay my rent and debts and buy groceries, while they lounge around all day. They also have no respect for women, which would explain why they've been so nasty and disrespectful towards me. I finally went to my landlord today and told them that I would call the police (I found the local police number and put it on my phone) if those jerks played music that late again. For once, my landlord backed me up and said that I had every right to do so.


The only reason I don't just move is because I'm on a one-year lease; I'm within walking distance of campus; the rent is cheap; the apartment (aside from my loser neighbors) is nicer than any that I've ever lived in; I can't afford another move right now.


What about you? Have you ever had inconsiderate or rude neighbors? How did you deal with them?


By the way, sorry I've been MIA lately. My computer is broken, so I apologize if I can't get back to everyone right away. I have to use the computers at school until mine is fixed.

14 comments:

  1. I've had trouble with inconsiderate neighbors in the past, wherever I moved. I'm fortunate that my neighbor moved a couple of months ago, but I'm dreading who'll move in. I've always just ignored them.

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    1. Hi Chrys,
      Hopefully the new neighbors will be nicer and more considerate than the old ones.
      I try to ignore these guys, but I did yell at them when they blocked my car so that I couldn't get out. They actually expected me to wait until their guests left, which I refused to do.

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  2. Start keeping a log of the things they do. I did this, and eventually the landlord had to admit that he was about to lose me, a good tenant, to tenants the rest of the complex couldn't stand. He refused to renew their lease.

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    1. Hi Charly,
      That's a good idea. I think I will do that, especially because their behavior has been totally selfish and inconsiderate all year. And I thought my neighbors in Chicago were bad.
      BTW, sorry it took me so long to get back to you; my computer's been broken all week and I finally got it fixed today.

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  3. I hate having my sleep interrupted.....

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    1. Hi Sandra,
      I know, right? When my sleep is interrupted, I react the same way that a sleeping bear would.

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    2. Hi Sandra,
      BTW, sorry it took me so long to get back to you. My computer was broken.

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  4. I get super cranky when my sleep is interrupted. We had to call the cops on our downstairs neighbors once for playing music really loud late at night. It hasn't happened since, so I think they got the message...

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    1. Hi Sarah,
      I might ask you more about that later; they haven't played the electric guitar since that night, but I'm afraid they might do it again this weekend. If they do, I'm definitely calling the cops.

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    2. Hi Sarah,
      BTW, sorry about my late response; I've been having computer problems all week.

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  5. Ah, that sucks! Definitely call the police next time, and I kind of hope it's sooner rather than later - aside from the fact you need to sleep!

    I'm curious though - how DO you make your neighbours think their house is haunted?

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    1. Hi Annalisa,
      I saw online that you're supposed to play clips of weird sounds, like people screaming or crying at night; the walls are pretty thin here, so maybe...
      At this point, I feel like ghosts would be better neighbors than my human ones (although due to their demonic personalities, I doubt they actually are human.) And sorry about my late reply; my computer's been broken all week.

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  6. I like Charly's idea. I have had bad neighbors--that's why we moved to the mother-in-law apartment set up. It worked out much better.

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    1. Hi Crystal,
      I kind of wish I could move. But it's likely that I will move next year, so I figure that I'll try to put up with it for one more year at least. And sorry about my late reply; I've been having computer problems.

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