Just last week the following sign popped up at the base of the stairwell in my building.
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I read it and went, hmm, sounds like whomever this new crazy neighbor is - they were not made for apt living. Especially not an apt largely full of kids in college.
A few days later, someone tore the note down. :lol:
This morning said note was back up with an additional note.
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I wonder how long these new notes will last - and whether or not this individual will break their lease.
It seems a bit odd to be complaining about things like a bathroom fan and "walking wrong" in high heels. (How does one walk wrong in high heels?)
I give her (I'm guessing by the tone that it's a woman) about a month before she's looking for a new place. Most likely on the top floor of a three-floor walk-up.
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 10:17:15 AM
I'm guessing by the tone that it's a woman
The handwriting looks like a woman to me as well.
If she needs this sort of quiet to sleep maybe she shouldn't live in NYC.
You should put up an advertisement for one of those white noise fans, garbon. :D As a neighborly gesture.
Why doesn't she just get some noise-reducing headphones?
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 10:32:05 AM
You should put up an advertisement for one of those white noise fans, garbon. :D As a neighborly gesture.
:D
The one point I will give her/him is that there is a girl who likes to sing opera every once in a while when she enters the building. That's about the only thing that is a bit beyond the pale - but then again, that's apartment living.
Quote from: garbon on November 19, 2012, 10:38:20 AM
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 10:32:05 AM
You should put up an advertisement for one of those white noise fans, garbon. :D As a neighborly gesture.
:D
The one point I will give her/him is that there is a girl who likes to sing opera every once in a while when she enters the building. That's about the only thing that is a bit beyond the pale - but then again, that's apartment living.
I would think that "apartment living" is NOT singing opera on the stairs, and singing opera on the stairs of an apartment is called "being an asshole"
True and neighbors will yell at said person but that kind of stuff happens.
Quote from: Tamas on November 19, 2012, 10:46:11 AM
Quote from: garbon on November 19, 2012, 10:38:20 AM
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 10:32:05 AM
You should put up an advertisement for one of those white noise fans, garbon. :D As a neighborly gesture.
:D
The one point I will give her/him is that there is a girl who likes to sing opera every once in a while when she enters the building. That's about the only thing that is a bit beyond the pale - but then again, that's apartment living.
I would think that "apartment living" is NOT singing opera on the stairs, and singing opera on the stairs of an apartment is called "being an asshole"
Meh. It it's at 3 in the morning, yeah, but at, say, 5 in the afternoon, nah.
But at least if someone is doing that at 3 in the morning, it's a legit complaint. Some of the stuff in that note is bizarre. Like the bathroom exhaust fans bit. The bathroom exhaust fans lead to other people's apartment? I'd be more concerned about the smell than the sound, but that's like a design flaw, not a problem with the other tenants' behaviour.
Stop walking wrong in high heels garbon.
Quote from: Razgovory on November 19, 2012, 11:03:21 AM
Stop walking wrong in high heels garbon.
I'm still scratching my head over that. How does one walk "wrong" in high heels?? :blink:
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 11:11:14 AM
I'm still scratching my head over that. How does one walk "wrong" in high heels?? :blink:
Maybe people keep falling over :P
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 11:11:14 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 19, 2012, 11:03:21 AM
Stop walking wrong in high heels garbon.
I'm still scratching my head over that. How does one walk "wrong" in high heels?? :blink:
They are on your feet touching the ground instead of in your hands not making any noise.
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 11:11:14 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 19, 2012, 11:03:21 AM
Stop walking wrong in high heels garbon.
I'm still scratching my head over that. How does one walk "wrong" in high heels?? :blink:
Well, I've seen girls walking around in manners were it looks like the heels are going to snap - but yeah I don't know what that has to do with noise volume.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 19, 2012, 11:13:24 AM
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 11:11:14 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 19, 2012, 11:03:21 AM
Stop walking wrong in high heels garbon.
I'm still scratching my head over that. How does one walk "wrong" in high heels?? :blink:
They are on your feet touching the ground instead of in your hands not making any noise.
I could see that being a possibility but then that's not really true.
Quote from: Valmy on November 19, 2012, 10:27:23 AM
If she needs this sort of quiet to sleep maybe she shouldn't live in NYC.
This. I keep hoping that I don't end up having to choose between not having a job and living in NYC.
Don't be such a pussy. Besides you wouldn't have to - you could commute in from Jersey. :P
:hmm:
Life must suck as a poor. More than one family in the same building? TEH HORROR :(
Quote from: Caliga on November 19, 2012, 08:40:07 PM
:hmm:
Life must suck as a poor. More than one family in the same building? TEH HORROR :(
Lincoln isn't that far back in your past. ;)
Goddamn, after dealing with some of the moron neighbors I've had, high heels in the hallway and bathroom fans certainly beats calling the cops every two weeks for Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot Night right after payday.
I realized I could be on that list. My boots could be described as...elevated.
Also this is the Village. Of course the gripes are going to be rather minor all things considered. :D
Quote from: garbon on November 19, 2012, 10:53:26 PM
I realized I could be on that list. My boots could be described as...elevated.
Also this is the Village. Of course the gripes are going to be rather minor all things considered. :D
But do you walk in them wrong?
No, my mother raised me right! ^_^
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 10:17:15 AM
It seems a bit odd to be complaining about things like a bathroom fan and "walking wrong" in high heels. (How does one walk wrong in high heels?)
I give her (I'm guessing by the tone that it's a woman) about a month before she's looking for a new place. Most likely on the top floor of a three-floor walk-up.
bathroom fan can be really annoying. in my first apt, that wasn't a problem. But the one I had in Quebec city last year, fucking annoying for the times I was there. The tenant below me often woke up earlier, and I could hear the freaking fan all morning. Wich is a problem when you barely sleep at night.
Quote from: Maximus on November 19, 2012, 07:23:13 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 19, 2012, 10:27:23 AM
If she needs this sort of quiet to sleep maybe she shouldn't live in NYC.
This. I keep hoping that I don't end up having to choose between not having a job and living in NYC.
I read today that carpenters in New Yor now make 100$/hour.
I just can't imagine how much it costs living there to warrant this kind of wage. Heck, I've seen Montreal's house, in a place where no one wants to live, a house that looked like it had recently been hit by a fire accident and it was selling for 250k$.
Now, a house in NY? It must be selling at 1M$ for 20' x 24'.
Someone had already torn both signs down when I went out tonight. :(
Speaking of high heels - am I the only one who gets annoyed by shitty poor people who wear elevated shoes with hard heels, that make a loud noise when you walk? Sure, if you are Sarah Jessica Parker going to the Oscar night, by all means wear high heels, but if you are some stupid soccer mom in Tesco-bought clothes, then buy some flat shoes and stop making so much noise, you stupid bitch.
Quote from: garbon on November 19, 2012, 10:53:26 PM
I realized I could be on that list. My boots could be described as...elevated.
Also this is the Village. Of course the gripes are going to be rather minor all things considered. :D
AAre they like Pee Wee Herman's boots from Pee Wee's Big Adventure?
Quote from: Martinus on November 20, 2012, 02:14:27 AM
Speaking of high heels - am I the only one who gets annoyed by shitty poor people who wear elevated shoes with hard heels, that make a loud noise when you walk? Sure, if you are Sarah Jessica Parker going to the Oscar night, by all means wear high heels, but if you are some stupid soccer mom in Tesco-bought clothes, then buy some flat shoes and stop making so much noise, you stupid bitch.
Yes.
Quote from: Martinus on November 20, 2012, 02:14:27 AM
Speaking of high heels - am I the only stupid bitch.
Sorry, zoned out for a while there. But no, you're far from unique I'm afraid.
Quote from: garbon on November 19, 2012, 08:59:10 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 19, 2012, 08:40:07 PM
:hmm:
Life must suck as a poor. More than one family in the same building? TEH HORROR :(
Lincoln isn't that far back in your past. ;)
Cal used to live in Nebraska?
;)
I think he was trying to make a joke about Abraham Lincoln. :hmm:
On a related note, at one point Lincoln's lived only a few miles away from here, where at one point his dad (Lincoln's grandfather) was killed by Native Americans. :)
Quote from: merithyn on November 19, 2012, 10:17:15 AM
How does one walk wrong in high heels?
Have a wooden floor. Wear high heels. Walk all over the house non-stop from 1 AM to 4 AM.
All your neighbors will hear are very loud "THUNK THUNK THUNK" noises.
It can be infuriating. In my old apartment my retarded upper floor neighbour was just like that.
And it can make people mad. I remember back in my parents house, a woman moved in below us that had been driven nuts by that kind of noise. She was already half insane - within two weeks of moving in, she complained to my mother that she was making too much noise by walking on high heels on the wooden floor. Unfortunately for her, we had carpets.
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Goddamn, after dealing with some of the moron neighbors I've had, high heels in the hallway and bathroom fans certainly beats calling the cops every two weeks for Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot Night right after payday.
You're lucky. Portuguese people like to order new bathrooms and kitchens all the time, which imply very heavy hammering and destroying of walls for over a month. Since nobody cares about the law, the Engineers that oversee the work INSIST that their workers continue working on holidays and weekends, ALL DAY LONG from 7 AM to 21 PM.
And when one apartment ends getting its 'new' marble bathrooms, another full of envy starts the same work.
Needless to say, those times see me calling the cops on weekends rather frequently. I often hear them arguing with the wall-crushers on Sunday morning, with the workers asking "WHY CANT WE BREAK MANY WALLZ ON SUNDAYZ MORNING? HOUSE PAID!".
Quote from: Caliga on November 20, 2012, 08:08:14 AM
I think he was trying to make a joke about Abraham Lincoln. :hmm:
On a related note, at one point Lincoln's lived only a few miles away from here, where at one point his dad (Lincoln's grandfather) was killed by Native Americans. :)
I got it, hence the winking smilie.
Quote from: Martinus on November 20, 2012, 02:14:27 AM
Speaking of high heels - am I the only one who gets annoyed by shitty poor people who wear elevated shoes with hard heels, that make a loud noise when you walk? Sure, if you are Sarah Jessica Parker going to the Oscar night, by all means wear high heels, but if you are some stupid soccer mom in Tesco-bought clothes, then buy some flat shoes and stop making so much noise, you stupid bitch.
Garbon's apartment building is in the Village. I sincerely doubt there are any Soccer Moms in his building, let alone wearing clothes from Tesco.
Once again, you fail at American demographics.
It is a bit hard to be legitimately poor in this neighborhood too.
Oh I noticed in the light of morning that though the signs were ripped down - a small piece with the word "crazy" is still up. Unclear if that was by accident or design. :lol:
You should've posted Boss Cat meme pictures in response.
The only notes in our stairwell, put up by the building administrator, are to not smoke there. It's routinely ignored as cigarette stumps on the steps attest. :mad:
Quote from: Syt on November 20, 2012, 10:54:31 AM
The only notes in our stairwell, put up by the building administrator, are to not smoke there. It's routinely ignored as cigarette stumps on the steps attest. :mad:
Christ. That would have Max blowing up buildings. :ph34r:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 20, 2012, 10:46:36 AM
You should've posted Boss Cat meme pictures in response.
I do kinda want to put up a sign now!