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Woman Deals with ‘Insanely Loud’ Upstairs Neighbors in Unexpected Way
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A woman has been dealing with noisy upstairs neighbors for months
On Reddit, she explained that they “bang on stuff” and vacuum late into the night
She noted that she has young children and the noise disrupts their sleep schedules
A woman took an unexpected approach to dealing with her upstairs neighbors’ noise level.
In a recent post on Reddit, the woman explained that the people living in the apartment above her unit “are pretty loud.”
“They have lead feet,” she begins. “They bang on stuff a lot for whatever reason and they are up late into the night stomping.”
She said they vacuum up to three times each day, sometimes even as late as 11 p.m., which is not “an exaggeration.”
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Stock image of a woman vacuuming.
“I have 3 kids who go to sleep at 7:30-8:30pm and they all have sound machines on full blast and sometimes it’s still not enough,” she continues. “It’s been months of this and i’ve never said anything but it just gets me sometimes.”
Even as she was writing the post, she noted that they were “banging something so hard that the chair i’m sitting in is shaking.”
Hundreds of people flocked to the comments section offering advice, with some suggesting she speak to the building’s management or even “grab a broom and whack the ceiling a few times.”
However, she took a different, kinder approach.
In a follow-up post, the woman revealed she left a gift basket and card outside her “insanely loud” neighbors’ door. The package included a bottle of wine, a candle and chocolates.
The anonymous message read: “We wanted to drop off this basket as a little hello from downstairs. I also wanted to kindly mention something — the sound from your apartment carries more than you might realize, especially in the late evenings into the night. With our little ones going to bed early, it can be a bit tough when there’s a lot of loud movement or vacuuming late at night.”
“We also want to apologize if any of our noise ever disrupts you — we understand the kids may be a bit wild at times, and we try to be mindful,” the note continued. “We completely understand that everyone has their own routine, and we don’t expect you to change your lifestyle for us, but anything you can do to keep things a bit quieter in the late evenings into the night would mean a lot.”
To her surprise, they got a “positive response” in return.
The upstairs neighbor returned the wine along with a card and chocolates of their own. Since then, the woman notes that she has “definitely noticed a substantial decrease in the noise.”
“Kindness wins this time!” she ended the post.
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