Comments on: Take a moment and look up the word RUDE.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:55:52 +0000

I’m a five foot, 120 pound female and I still personally confront people about things. Nine times out of ten, they do what I ask. Sometimes they don’t, but no-one’s ever tried to assault me.

By: shannon

shannon — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:55:24 +0000

How else were they supposed to respond to an unsigned note?

By: Aquaria

Aquaria — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:12:31 +0000

I got a note very much like this once. It made no sense, because I worked night shift, not day shift, and was STILL AT WORK at the hour they said my alarm was disturbing them.

So I left a note of my own on my door that said, “Hi! The next time that alarm goes off, call the cops at XXX-OOOO. I’m sure they will come to investigate the noise, and find out you’re full of shit. Thanks!”

Funny, no more complaints!

By: seth

seth — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:39:18 +0000

I love you for using the term weaksauce. Love.

By: tvelociraptor

tvelociraptor — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:24:33 +0000

No. Purposely inconsiderate neighbours do not warrant passive aggressive notes, they warrant REVENGE.

By: InYourSleep

InYourSleep — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:43:37 +0000

What kind of crafts?

By: Jessie

Jessie — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:41:13 +0000

I once took the high road and went to ask our downstairs neighbor about his rudeness. The rudeness was that he was keeping his four cats’ litter box right next to the shared heater, which was also right near the vent into our apartment. my roommates and i were sitting in our living room crafting when all of the sudden we were choked by the smell of animal feces….when i asked him nicely why that might be, he told me, with a totally straight face, that his automatic litter box cleaner was broken and i’d just have to wait until it got fixed to not smell his animals’ poop.

so, the upside of face-to-face: it’s a good way to learn that your neighbor is a weird disgusting crazypants. It saved us from feeling bad for not inviting them (“the cat-pissers,” as they came to be known) to have a beer (or anything, ever) with us.

By: Loma

Loma — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:22:11 +0000

That reply was FANTASTIC.
I’d love to shake that guy’s hand.

By: FeRD

FeRD — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:36:08 +0000

But, on the other side of that coin, shouldn’t YOU know that apartment-complexes are poorly built, and you’re going to end up hearing everything?

(For one thing, I’d considered, when reading the first note: If the notewriter is being woken up by a “radio or television” at 5:30am every day, that could very well be the person’s alarm clock! Should they not use an alarm, and just sleep in ’til a more convenient time for the notewriter? I’m sure they can change jobs, if necessary, to make that happen. :-/)

By: Risha

Risha — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:15:42 +0000

Nah, I count those separately – throw in Batmans, Fantastic Fours, and Kamandi-Last-Boy-On-Earths, and that’s another 5000.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:58:41 +0000

apartment living is tough. I live in a condo (converted) apartment and I decided to install soundproofing. I did some research and settled on a product called Acoustiblok. The sales person saved me a lot of work because I originally thought I would have to gut the walls But the suggested using furring strips over the existing drywall, adding the Acoustiblok and another layer of drywall.

I am much happier. Noise from others doesn’t come inside my place and I feel comfortable when I watch movies or blast my music.

check them out if you want to solve your problem…acoustiblok.com

By: Ih8spices

Ih8spices — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:51:14 +0000

Uhm, it’s common sense. They should know that apartment complexes are poorly built and you can hear EVERYTHING.

As a victim of obnoxious bass, I support the passive aggressive note.

By: neilends

neilends — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:44:32 +0000

Yeah, that would’ve been pretty lame. Even lamer than my line, I must say.

But seriously, I wasn’t trying to defend the funniness of my note. I did think it might ultimately be offensive to the drunk, but in going back and forth about that with my girlfriend, I decided that she was really cute so she must be right and I must be wrong.

By: FeRD

FeRD — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:39:29 +0000

Hmmm. Well, maybe it'd have worked better if you'd tried actually writing a funny note. ...This isn't some dig about your sense of humor, I'm totally serious. You made the mistake of only looking at things from your point of view. Read the note you wrote, again, from the recipient's perspective. It's a lot different. Suddenly, here's the joke: A complete stranger is accusing you of being a drunk. (Driver!) Hiiiiiiiiiii-laaaarious, right? You can't write something like that to someone you don't know! I mean, for one thing, you might be correct about him being a drunk... and somehow I doubt getting called on it seems as "funny" to him, coming from some neighbor he doesn't know. And if he's not a drunk, I'm sure being thought one by his neighbors is the sort of thing that gives him the giggles every time. Maybe, in a note to a friend, that's OK... because your friend has reason to take it in the spirit you intended. But in this context, your note was completely inappropriate and unfunny — it's no wonder the guy was pissed! If you'd gone with something like,

Dear Neighbor, 10 point bonus for keeping the car between the lines! Good luck getting a high score!

...the note might still be more lame than funny, but at least it'd be obvious that it isn't meant to be taken too seriously.