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I'm sure I'll get some flack for this, but I just cannot stand to hear one more "normal" person kicking and screaming about getting woken up early in the morning or late at night, because I have to deal with bullshit like that on my own sleep time (during the day) on a daily basis (moreso in the winter!).
I'm not a noisy person, and knowing how easily I could get evicted for doing so, I do my best to NOT disturb my neighbors when I go to work or if I come home late on a weekend night.....despite the fact that not a single effing one of them will try to come home quietly for ME during the day.
It just annoys me to hear their whining when mine never go answered and there is literally nothing that can be done about people who wake me up. Could I change shifts? Sure...I could be on second shift within weeks if I wanted to.....but would I still be able to afford rent? Not without putting in EXTRA overtime to compensate for what I'd lose by switching shifts. I'd prefer to do overtime to earn extra money, NOT to make up for what I lose.
I'm sure the reason my neighbors and other people do this to night shift people (besides the fact that they are self important retards) is because they think night shift people have a choice, we can just get a "normal" shift job any old time we want. Not so. Especially now with the way the economy is, some people have HAD to take night shift jobs just to have a job. I stay on night shift because of the money. Without it, I'd need to put in extra overtime, and if there wasn't overtime, I wouldn't make rent or I'd have to let bills slide, which is not good.
It's just not fair and it will always piss me off. I don't go stomping down the stairs when I leave at night or even when I come home a little tipsy on a Friday night when my bf is out of town......so why the hell is it ok for my neighbors to come home between 3-6 pm and stomp up every single fucking step and slam their doors and throw shit around? Does the entire neighborhood REALLY need to know that you are home? NO. I certainly don't want to hear you, just as much as you don't want to hear me leaving at 10:15.
Like I said earlier, it's worse in the winter, because of how crisp and cold the air is, magnifying every sound. Two weeks ago when we had our last snowstorm, every single time one of my neighbors came home, not only did I hear the stomping, but they all were either kicking the building or the railings outside to get the snow off of their shoes. It was LOUD. It woke me up from sleeping since noon....so obviously, it WAS loud. That was NOT necessary.
Most night people are very reasonable. We don't kick and scream about lawnmowers or snowplows or even obnoxious shit like plowing a trace of snow or leaf-blowing every day for a week straight.........but there are simple things others can do, very common sense things regarding living in an effing apartment building like NOT STOMPING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS or slamming doors or kicking your feet loudly against the building to get snow off your shoes.
Sorry, I just really had to vent. It's not supposed to snow until tomorrow, but almost every day this week, my one neighbor in particular has been coming home louder than usual and I'm at my wits end, and there is nothing I can do about it because I'm the "weird" one who works odd hours
I'm not a noisy person, and knowing how easily I could get evicted for doing so, I do my best to NOT disturb my neighbors when I go to work or if I come home late on a weekend night.....despite the fact that not a single effing one of them will try to come home quietly for ME during the day.
It just annoys me to hear their whining when mine never go answered and there is literally nothing that can be done about people who wake me up. Could I change shifts? Sure...I could be on second shift within weeks if I wanted to.....but would I still be able to afford rent? Not without putting in EXTRA overtime to compensate for what I'd lose by switching shifts. I'd prefer to do overtime to earn extra money, NOT to make up for what I lose.
I'm sure the reason my neighbors and other people do this to night shift people (besides the fact that they are self important retards) is because they think night shift people have a choice, we can just get a "normal" shift job any old time we want. Not so. Especially now with the way the economy is, some people have HAD to take night shift jobs just to have a job. I stay on night shift because of the money. Without it, I'd need to put in extra overtime, and if there wasn't overtime, I wouldn't make rent or I'd have to let bills slide, which is not good.
It's just not fair and it will always piss me off. I don't go stomping down the stairs when I leave at night or even when I come home a little tipsy on a Friday night when my bf is out of town......so why the hell is it ok for my neighbors to come home between 3-6 pm and stomp up every single fucking step and slam their doors and throw shit around? Does the entire neighborhood REALLY need to know that you are home? NO. I certainly don't want to hear you, just as much as you don't want to hear me leaving at 10:15.
Like I said earlier, it's worse in the winter, because of how crisp and cold the air is, magnifying every sound. Two weeks ago when we had our last snowstorm, every single time one of my neighbors came home, not only did I hear the stomping, but they all were either kicking the building or the railings outside to get the snow off of their shoes. It was LOUD. It woke me up from sleeping since noon....so obviously, it WAS loud. That was NOT necessary.
Most night people are very reasonable. We don't kick and scream about lawnmowers or snowplows or even obnoxious shit like plowing a trace of snow or leaf-blowing every day for a week straight.........but there are simple things others can do, very common sense things regarding living in an effing apartment building like NOT STOMPING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS or slamming doors or kicking your feet loudly against the building to get snow off your shoes.
Sorry, I just really had to vent. It's not supposed to snow until tomorrow, but almost every day this week, my one neighbor in particular has been coming home louder than usual and I'm at my wits end, and there is nothing I can do about it because I'm the "weird" one who works odd hours
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