Got a NOTE on my car from neighbor

[D.M.N.]

For the most part, I don't have any problems with neighbours, as where I practice, we have a 5 acre lot, and I don't practice loudly at night, so it works out fine. On fourth of July last year we did get a cop at our house though. Not for music, but because someone in the development about a half mile away, primarily dominated by old people, called the cops reporting "exploding transformers". Those would be our fireworks.......and there aren't any power lines nearby......We hid the fireworks and pretended like we had no idea what the report could have been about. The irony is some of the fireworks were brought over by another cop.

The worst dealing I've had with a neighbour was over my dog. Me and my dad were working on a neighbours house stripping and repainting/staining the deck, and our golden retriever (maybe a year old, if that), is pretty energetic, and is wandering around. No big deal, dogs on our road are out roaming all the time, none of them cause any problems. Anyways, at the far end of the neighbours property, there's a fence separating someone else's land, and there was this cow grazing along the fence, so our dog goes to check out the cow. Me and my dad pay no mind, since our dog is pretty submissive and not aggressive in the least. Next thing we know, the land owner is out on his deck with a compound bow yelling "Your d@mn dog better not come on to my property, or you'll never see it again!" I just about lost it. Seriously. My dad had to keep me from going ape-S#!t at the guy. I'm not usually hot headed, but we'd never even spoken to this guy before, and he had the audacity to come out, and instead of asking us politely to make sure our dog didn't trespass, flat threaten to kill our dog. I don't usually get real mad at stuff, but you better not threaten my animals.

Turns out he'd had some chickens killed...............by his own dog.........FACEPALM

 

[steveksux]

I happen to love notes. Are you calling me chicken****?

Not to your face, just in this note....

Randy

 

[iridiumrocks]

You mean a$$holes who probably call teh cops 50 times a year for any number of complaints and therefore are almost always ignored.

I live next door to a guy like this. He calls the cops at least once a week about something. If anyone plays music loud, their dog barks, they shoot fireworks, park their car in front of his house, a kid steps on his grass, someone exceeds the speed limit on the street by 5 mph, or any one of a million things that bother him. I told him he should have read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" in grade school because he missed an important life lesson. Someday, he's really going to need the cops and they are going to assume it's one of his typical petty complaints. I practice at home with a small 25 watt Fender Bassman combo, so he has never called the cops about my bass playing (at least not yet).

 

[pbd]

my kids built a snowman in a neighbors front yard last winter . . . when they got done he went out, pick up the snow man and threw it in the street . . . nice eh?

Todd

 

[MyWifeBoris]

Unless LE can walk up to your door, and 'hear' it for the complaint. The complaint will be bassless!

What a totally bass-ic pun.

 

[Deleted member 92857]

Maybe you should do something to let your neighbor know your heart and head is in the right place.... A flaming bag of poo on his front door stop would be a good way.

 

[BASSnSPEED]

My neighbor across the street used to leave his dogs out all day when he went to work. They barked constantly, non-stop. I work from my home office, and it was an incredible distraction not to mention a real detriment to an otherwise nice area.

I could tell from my brief encounters with this guy that he had a little attitude problem, and I really didn't want to deal with him, so I did the anonymous note thing, very politely written and to the point, signed "Your Neighbors." I left two of these notes on his door over the course of a few months.

Nothing changed.

I finally got fed up and called Animal Control. The lady officer comes out, sits in front of his house for about 20 minutes listening to the doggie choir going ape sh**, gets out of her truck shaking her head in disbelief, and proceeds to write a warning notice and put it on his door.

The guy gets home from work and makes a bee-line straight to my front door and starts chewing me out up one side and down the other. Now remember, this was not over a citation, but a simple first warning. And he has the nerve to imply that I'm the bad neighbor!

That told me two things: First, the guy knew his dogs were a nuisance and knew whose household it was affecting, and second, he didn't care one bit about the impact it was having or fixing the problem.

Long story short, I tore into him like armeggedon and proceeded to light him up with my own brand of colorful language, making it clear that I will continue to call Animal Control until they take his dogs away if he didn't come up with a solution soon.

He quickly softened his approach and now I almost never hear his dogs. But now I can't stand to look at the guy, and I'm not his favorite person either.

So yes, because of a-holes like this schmuck, I assume the worst in people and will be calling law enforcement immediately to do the job they are trained and paid for, instead of trying to be diplomatic and negotiate with potential sociopaths.

This... I haven't had neighbor problems in a long time, but IMO your better off leaving a note or calling the cops. The girl that sits in front of me at work... Her and her BF were playing rap loud in their apartment. After several times their neighbor finally came over and politely asked them to turn it down (they are black and she is white, from what she said the lady sounded scared to death to even ask her, so no I don't think she could have been rude about it). They both caught an attitude with her for it, then gave her ****** looks every time they'd see her.

And of course only about a week later they had the music just as loud, so the lady called the cops this time. The girl I work with was complaining that the lady didn't even have the courtesy to come ask them to turn it down and was pissed that she called the cops. And she even was rude enough to tell the lady "you didn't have to call the cops on us, you could have just came over and asked us".

What I've found about these kinds of people, they are too stupid to even put their-selves in someone else's shoes for a minute and realize what they are doing. If they were able to realize it, they probably wouldn't be doing it in the first place.

At least with a note you're giving them an anonymous warning and the cops aren't being involved. Take the anonymous warning as a hint that the cops will probably be the next step.

BTW I understand that there are always "those" neighbors that can't stand anybody having fun and will call the cops, those have to be dealt with on a case by case basis and moving may be the best option.

Bottomline IMO: No matter how nice you ask some neighbors, some of them flat out don't care at all and your complaining is only going to piss them off and make them HATE you... all for asking for some simple courtesy. IMO your better off leaving the anonymous note or calling the police, you're still letting them know they are doing something wrong and you don't have to have them hate you for it.

 

[15000volts]

Hmmm. I've done that with porn once, in my parents house. Having the headphones on but not plugged in. went on for a good five minutes before I figured out what was going on.

They were very skiddish around me for about a week.

dude.....awesome

Did the note include any input about your tone? (more mids, sweet, etc.)?

that would be so cool

 

[totallyfrozen]

my kids built a snowman in a neighbors front yard last winter . . . when they got done he went out, pick up the snow man and threw it in the street . . . nice eh?

Todd

Wow! There's a cranky critter. Couldn't even let some kids have a snowman. Some people...:scowl:

 

[EdHunter]

Just turn it up louder until he goes away.

 

[totallyfrozen]

My neighbor across the street used to leave his dogs out all day when he went to work. They barked constantly, non-stop. I work from my home office, and it was an incredible distraction not to mention a real detriment to an otherwise nice area.

I could tell from my brief encounters with this guy that he had a little attitude problem, and I really didn't want to deal with him, so I did the anonymous note thing, very politely written and to the point, signed "Your Neighbors." I left two of these notes on his door over the course of a few months.

Nothing changed.

I finally got fed up and called Animal Control. The lady officer comes out, sits in front of his house for about 20 minutes listening to the doggie choir going ape sh**, gets out of her truck shaking her head in disbelief, and proceeds to write a warning notice and put it on his door.

The guy gets home from work and makes a bee-line straight to my front door and starts chewing me out up one side and down the other. Now remember, this was not over a citation, but a simple first warning. And he has the nerve to imply that I'm the bad neighbor!

That told me two things: First, the guy knew his dogs were a nuisance and knew whose household it was affecting, and second, he didn't care one bit about the impact it was having or fixing the problem.

Long story short, I tore into him like armeggedon and proceeded to light him up with my own brand of colorful language, making it clear that I will continue to call Animal Control until they take his dogs away if he didn't come up with a solution soon.

He quickly softened his approach and now I almost never hear his dogs. But now I can't stand to look at the guy, and I'm not his favorite person either.

So yes, because of a-holes like this schmuck, I assume the worst in people and will be calling law enforcement immediately to do the job they are trained and paid for, instead of trying to be diplomatic and negotiate with potential sociopaths.

^^I hate to admit it but this is reality.

I have a teenage kid living downstairs who was COMPLETELY unsupervised by his mother for a year (no exaggeration). She paid the rent but stayed somewhere else. He had parties and played video games at full volume and rocked out the surround sound stereo, etc. I'm pretty chill about that stuff (I'm not young but I'm a gamer and I rock out too) as long as it's not going on at night. My wife, on the other hand, is studying hard on her Master's Degree and doesn't have as much patience with a lazy, unemployed 19 year old who stays home all day making loud noises. Long story short, I've gone down NUMEROUS times and knocked on the door at 1:30am to ask him to turn down the bass on his video game so we can sleep. I get along with the kid and even let him borrow some of my tools to fix his bike once. Well, after knocking on his door about the noise EVERY week for 9 months, I started calling the cops. After that lost its effect, I started calling the landlord. Finally, his mom shows up out of nowhere and knocks on my door and says that she received an eviction warning and that if I have any more trouble I should call HER instead. I told her that I've been knocking on her door about this every week for months and nothing changed. She went and complained to the landlord.

Now, I don't even try to the nice neighbor routine. If you piss me off, I'm going to do what I can to get you evicted ASAP.

 

[EdHunter]

^^I hate to admit it but this is reality.

I have a teenage kid living downstairs who was COMPLETELY unsupervised by his mother for a year (no exaggeration). She paid the rent but stayed somewhere else. He had parties and played video games at full volume and rocked out the surround sound stereo, etc. I'm pretty chill about that stuff (I'm not young but I'm a gamer and I rock out too) as long as it's not going on at night. My wife, on the other hand, is studying hard on her Master's Degree and doesn't have as much patience with a lazy, unemployed 19 year old who stays home all day making loud noises. Long story short, I've gone down NUMEROUS times and knocked on the door at 1:30am to ask him to turn down the bass on his video game so we can sleep. I get along with the kid and even let him borrow some of my tools to fix his bike once. Well, after knocking on his door about the noise EVERY week for 9 months, I started calling the cops. After that lost its effect, I started calling the landlord. Finally, his mom shows up out of nowhere and knocks on my door and says that she received an eviction warning and that if I have any more trouble I should call HER instead. I told her that I've been knocking on her door about this every week for months and nothing changed. She went and complained to the landlord.

Now, I don't even try to the nice neighbor routine. If you piss me off, I'm going to do what I can to get you evicted ASAP.

One solution to that problem (and the dogs one, as a matter fo fact).

Sledgehammer, burlap sack, shovel.

 

[totallyfrozen]

OK, one true story from a friend...and then I have to go practice.

A former coworker told me about this one. He used to work nights and had a next door neighbor who left a barking dog outside all day while he was away at work. My buddy told the guy that he worked nights and had to sleep days and the dog kept him up all day barking. Well, nothing changed...

So my buddy got some Invalid Link Removed (I don't know where from) and crushed a pill into some ground beef. He made a meatball for the dog and tossed it over the fence. Of course, the dog at the meatball and fell asleep. He did this everyday (to get some sleep) for two months. Then, after 2 months, when the weekend came and the owner was home, he DIDN'T give the dog his drug fix (via the meatball)...my buddy said he got a beer, sat on his back porch, and spent the afternoon listening to the guy next door trying to handle his completely hyper and spastic dog. He said he enjoyed his beer while laughing his butt off listening to this guy trying to control this dog while it was (withdrawing from a "downer" addiction) crapping on the floor, chewing up the furniture, barking non-stop, running around the house, breaking stuff. My friend could hear all of it. He said it was one of the best days off he'd spent at home in a long time. After that, the guy sold the dog and my buddy lived happily ever after.

 

[NateS]

wow....that post is full of win.

 

[Andrew B.]

I used to live in a small freestanding house. A couple times I played my bass through the amp turned down very low and each time the police showed up because someone called them. I doubt that I was even loud enough to be heard in another room of the house, yet a neighbor heard me. Odd.

Now I live in an apartment. The woman in the apartment next to me practices singing into microphone and amplifier. When she starts, everything here stops. I can't watch TV or listen to music because sound that comes through the wall is distracting.

So I guess I've experienced this from both sides.

 

[MatticusMania]

I used to live in a small freestanding house. A couple times I played my bass through the amp turned down very low and each time the police showed up because someone called them. I doubt that I was even loud enough to be heard in another room of the house, yet a neighbor heard me. Odd.

Now I live in an apartment. The woman in the apartment next to me practices singing into microphone and amplifier. When she starts, everything here stops. I can't watch TV or listen to music because sound that comes through the wall is distracting.

So I guess I've experienced this from both sides.

Did you leave her a note? I was told thats the appropriate action.

 

[Thor]

OK, one true story from a friend...and then I have to go practice.

A former coworker told me about this one. He used to work nights and had a next door neighbor who left a barking dog outside all day while he was away at work. My buddy told the guy that he worked nights and had to sleep days and the dog kept him up all day barking. Well, nothing changed...

So my buddy got some Invalid Link Removed (I don't know where from) and crushed a pill into some ground beef. He made a meatball for the dog and tossed it over the fence. Of course, the dog at the meatball and fell asleep. He did this everyday (to get some sleep) for two months. Then, after 2 months, when the weekend came and the owner was home, he DIDN'T give the dog his drug fix (via the meatball)...my buddy said he got a beer, sat on his back porch, and spent the afternoon listening to the guy next door trying to handle his completely hyper and spastic dog. He said he enjoyed his beer while laughing his butt off listening to this guy trying to control this dog while it was (withdrawing from a "downer" addiction) crapping on the floor, chewing up the furniture, barking non-stop, running around the house, breaking stuff. My friend could hear all of it. He said it was one of the best days off he'd spent at home in a long time. After that, the guy sold the dog and my buddy lived happily ever after.

Wow. This reminds me of one of my neighbors when I was a
kid who had had it with another neighbors dog coming over
and doing his biz on the lawn. One evening right before bedtime
he fed the dog a whole bar of chocolate Ex-Lax.
The End.

 

[Atnum]

They are just jealous, they know you will become an amazing rock star and they will spend the rest of their life doing something they dislike!

 

[Andrew B.]

Did you leave her a note? I was told thats the appropriate action.

When it goes on too long or happens late at night I give her a call. She never takes an attitude when I call her. But I think the next time I run into her I'll ask why she doesn't use her head phones.

 

[AltGrendel]

"Either pack it in or invite me in to jam."