What would you do?

staceyv · 05-24-2005, 04:38 PM

These people that live upstairs are really, really loud. The woman wears clogs all day and they have hard wood floors. I can hear her walking and stomping and shuffling around all day and it drives me crazy!!!

I work late nights- I need to take a nap before work. I can't fall asleep because her stomping around keeps me awake.

I don't know what to do, because I can't afford to move and I can't expect her to stop walking around during the day, but It's getting to the point where I'm blasting music and turning the t.v. on at the highest volume, just because I'm so sick of listening to her thumping and clomping around.

I hope they like System of a Down...hehehe.

beavis · 05-24-2005, 05:06 PM

take up trap shooting. practice in your living room. aim high and good things will happen.

BigV · 05-24-2005, 05:07 PM

Well, one idea that comes to me is to walk up to her apartment, knock and talk to her. Explain what you explained in your post, and do so in a sweet, rational manner. Give her the benefit of the doubt.

Honey over vinegar, y'know?

wolf · 05-24-2005, 06:08 PM

Does the RI require that second floor renters carpet their apts?

be-bop · 05-24-2005, 06:39 PM

buy her a nice pair of slippers

Perry Winkle · 05-24-2005, 06:44 PM

cut off her feet

staceyv · 05-24-2005, 06:51 PM

I like the idea of buying her slippers. Do you think she'd get the hint?

I've already (many times) thought of cutting off her feet. Then I'd have to listen to the idiots in jail all night- lose-lose situation.

I will look into the carpet thing- that would be such a HUGE blessing. Are there really laws like that??!

I'm afraid of what would come out of my mouth if I actually went and talked to her. I'm so pissed at this point, that even my hugest efforts to be sweet would be obviously fake, and she'd probably clomp around even louder, since there's no law against walking aroung like bigfoot with clogs on in the middle of the day...

I can't even feel peaceful in my own home. It's a source of stress just to try to sit home and relax. I can't read a book, watch t.v., nap, etc. I feel like crying.

lookout123 · 05-24-2005, 07:09 PM

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idiots in jail all night- lose-lose situation.

but then you would have three squares a day, a somewhat clean toilet, and wouldn't work for tips.... lose-lose-win?

staceyv · 05-24-2005, 07:12 PM

I wouldn't be able to eat the food there- I have so many food intolerances, I'd probably starve to death... I'd have to use the toilet in front of other people...I'd have no income at all, and God only knows what kind of horrible things I'd do to get cigarettes...

Perry Winkle · 05-24-2005, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by staceyv

and God only knows what kind of horrible things I'd do to get cigarettes...

I can only imagine

lumberjim · 05-24-2005, 07:48 PM

get a white noise machine and some earplugs.

or kill her. kill her dead.

staceyv · 05-24-2005, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by grant

I can only imagine

Maybe I'd quit smoking.

earplugs make my ears feel weird- like they're gonna pop, and I hear a swishy sound in my head. I can't even wear them when I play the drums, they just irritate me. I guess I'll have to kill the bitch (and quit smoking).

plthijinx · 05-24-2005, 08:53 PM

nah, don't go the jail route. the almost three days i spent in county drove me up the wall wanting a smoke. i like the slipper idea. go buy a pair, wrap them in a box, and put them in front of her door. maybe she'll get the hint. just out of curiosity, is there any confontation issues from the past?

LCanal · 05-24-2005, 09:25 PM

You could explain your situation but that is tantamount to asking her to change her life style just for you and putting the guilt trip on her. She is probably just carrying on as normal living her happy life in clogs.

If she has to pass your appartment to get to hers put a sign on your door that says something like "Quiet please shift working sleeping

Thank you for your consideration.

If that doesn't work a non threatning, non agressive visit is in order to explain your situation. Not sure about the slippers I dea. Because she wears clogs that sounds a bit "Birkenstock" so maybe a pair of Moccasins.

You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar

Clodfobble · 05-24-2005, 10:12 PM

Unless you've mentioned this to her before, I'd say there's a good chance she doesn't even know she's bothering you. It usually doesn't occur to people that simple walking resonates terribly in the right shoes.

I agree with be-bop, nicely wrapped little slippers left on her doorstep would be the perfect mix of sweetness and getting the message across.

05-24-2005, 04:38 PM	#1
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	What would you do? These people that live upstairs are really, really loud. The woman wears clogs all day and they have hard wood floors. I can hear her walking and stomping and shuffling around all day and it drives me crazy!!! I work late nights- I need to take a nap before work. I can't fall asleep because her stomping around keeps me awake. I don't know what to do, because I can't afford to move and I can't expect her to stop walking around during the day, but It's getting to the point where I'm blasting music and turning the t.v. on at the highest volume, just because I'm so sick of listening to her thumping and clomping around. I hope they like System of a Down...hehehe.

05-24-2005, 05:07 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Well, one idea that comes to me is to walk up to her apartment, knock and talk to her. Explain what you explained in your post, and do so in a sweet, rational manner. Give her the benefit of the doubt. Honey over vinegar, y'know? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-24-2005, 06:08 PM	#4
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05-24-2005, 07:48 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	get a white noise machine and some earplugs. or kill her. kill her dead. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-24-2005, 08:53 PM	#13
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	nah, don't go the jail route. the almost three days i spent in county drove me up the wall wanting a smoke. i like the slipper idea. go buy a pair, wrap them in a box, and put them in front of her door. maybe she'll get the hint. just out of curiosity, is there any confontation issues from the past? __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

05-24-2005, 05:06 PM	#2
beavis butthead died Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: mtv reruns Posts: 88	take up trap shooting. practice in your living room. aim high and good things will happen.

05-24-2005, 06:39 PM	#5
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	buy her a nice pair of slippers

05-24-2005, 06:44 PM	#6
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	cut off her feet

05-24-2005, 06:51 PM	#7
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	I like the idea of buying her slippers. Do you think she'd get the hint? I've already (many times) thought of cutting off her feet. Then I'd have to listen to the idiots in jail all night- lose-lose situation. I will look into the carpet thing- that would be such a HUGE blessing. Are there really laws like that??! I'm afraid of what would come out of my mouth if I actually went and talked to her. I'm so pissed at this point, that even my hugest efforts to be sweet would be obviously fake, and she'd probably clomp around even louder, since there's no law against walking aroung like bigfoot with clogs on in the middle of the day... I can't even feel peaceful in my own home. It's a source of stress just to try to sit home and relax. I can't read a book, watch t.v., nap, etc. I feel like crying.

05-24-2005, 07:12 PM	#9
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	I wouldn't be able to eat the food there- I have so many food intolerances, I'd probably starve to death... I'd have to use the toilet in front of other people...I'd have no income at all, and God only knows what kind of horrible things I'd do to get cigarettes...

05-24-2005, 09:25 PM	#14
LCanal I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sumatra Posts: 257	You could explain your situation but that is tantamount to asking her to change her life style just for you and putting the guilt trip on her. She is probably just carrying on as normal living her happy life in clogs. If she has to pass your appartment to get to hers put a sign on your door that says something like "Quiet please shift working sleeping Thank you for your consideration. If that doesn't work a non threatning, non agressive visit is in order to explain your situation. Not sure about the slippers I dea. Because she wears clogs that sounds a bit "Birkenstock" so maybe a pair of Moccasins. You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar __________________ "Happiness is like sex. In order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else."

05-24-2005, 10:12 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Unless you've mentioned this to her before, I'd say there's a good chance she doesn't even know she's bothering you. It usually doesn't occur to people that simple walking resonates terribly in the right shoes. I agree with be-bop, nicely wrapped little slippers left on her doorstep would be the perfect mix of sweetness and getting the message across. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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