What would YOU do?

[longlivetheZ]

I live in an apt in Northern Kenfucky. Now...I know all too well how living anywhere but the top floor is a gamble and, ending up on the second floor this time, BOY did the dice not fall in my favor this go 'round. For the first month or so we were here, there was nobody above us so I thought we lucked out. Then some stupid fucks that let their dumb ass kids run around and jump off the furniture and who KNOWS what else ALL DAY moved in and it's driving my fiancee and I INSANE! I plan on leaving for the Marine Corps in January so we probably won't be here ALL that much longer anyway but my GOD it is annoying as hell. What would YOU do!?

I've talked to them 3 times and gotten A) not ONE apology, B) the LAMEST excuses ("Well...I have kids" was my favorite..."SO DO I!!" was my reply) in the history of apartment living and C) no change what so ever.

I've called the office to see if they can tell them to shut the fuck up and they said that, if it's not after 10 pm, there's nothing they can do!

As I sit here in my living room for hours on end listening to the olympics and refrigerator juggling taking place upstairs, I find myself fantasizing about the evil, violent courses of action I'd love to employ against them...but I don't...

What would YOU do to an annoying, inconsiderate, obnoxious upstairs neighbor? Few of my thoughts:

1) Blare Meshuggah or something similar to my heart's content. That would probably piss everyone in the BUILDING off though...it gets pretty damn loud...but it's not my goal to piss EVERYONE off.

2) If #1 doesn't get their attention, I can always crank up my Behringer 2x12. It's 120 watts and gets FAR louder than my stereo. This would surely lead to meeting some of N. Ky's finest quite quickly cuz it gets WAY loud. Not very effective.

3) Do like I used to do in an old, shitty apt and, everytime they're being noisy, I grab a ball or something and slam it as hard as I can into the ceiling until they shut up. This is a variation of the good ol' broom stick approach I guess.

Any suggestions?

[Nicole8188]

Move out of Kentucky. That's your first problem.

If that's unfeasible, go with option 3. I had the same problem at my old apartment, nothing worked though.

Good luck.

[longlivetheZ]

Originally Posted by Nicole8188

Move out of Kentucky. That's your first problem.

lol...working on it...believe me. I'm from SoCal and I'm looking VERY forward to joining the Marines and getting the hell out of here. My fiancee is not. Here inlies the problem. We'll see what happens.

Originally Posted by Nicole8188

If that's unfeasible, go with option 3. I had the same problem at my old apartment, nothing worked though.

I would do this but I highly doubt they'd even notice. I don't know WHAT they do up there, but I can't imagine them hearing me punching holes in my ceiling with a broom...lol

Thanks!

[skibum1111]

Large subwoofer. Place it firmly on the ceiling and let it vibrate for an hour or so. Should do the trick quite nicely, and if you are good you can knock the pictures off the walls. If they have any.

[Oz]

flamingbagofdogp00wns > noisy kids upstairs

[Damien]

^

Seriously, that's the first thing that came to mind...

[longlivetheZ]

Originally Posted by skibum1111

Large subwoofer. Place it firmly on the ceiling and let it vibrate for an hour or so. Should do the trick quite nicely, and if you are good you can knock the pictures off the walls. If they have any.

I actually thought of that! I have a 4 x 10 bass cab that I have literally knocked pictures off walls, things off shelves and the like with and it would work reaaaaaaaally well...if it didn't weigh a hundred friggin pounds and/or I had a way to sling the bastard to the ceiling, it'd be on. I'm tempted to just crank the thing up anyway but it'd be a far better police-magnet than the guitar amp...

Originally Posted by oz

flamingbagofdogp00wns > noisy kids upstairs

True, true. I actually hadn't thought of that yet. Very well put, too. Will definately consider this. Especially since someone has been leaving bags of trash by my door like I put it there to take it out when I leave or whatever...which I'm guessing was them. I took it to the dumpster a couple times but I'm done with it now. The stupid office dykes put a note on our door about it threatening to charge us if we do it again. I called them and kindly informed them that it wasn't me and whoever complained about it was probably the one doing it. If anything else weird happens to my door, I'm going to get a small webcam and hide it in the hallway. Found one at the store for 15 bucks that I could hang out the top of my door and no one would ever notice it.

[72chevelleOhio]

Wait till they leave to go to the store or something, then superglue their lock shut....(think "comming back with frozen foods")

Womens tennis with the volume cranked....("mommy, whats that?" )

Doormat with some carefully placed anti-seize coating....("I'll never get that out of the carpet" )

Door knob with contact cement....(dayum kids )

Anti-seize the backside of their car door handle...

or just a good old "If your trying to piss me off, we can just duke it out in the parking lot".....(they'll back off if they are conviced your psycho. )

[blazee]

Simple, drill a small hole through the ceiling and gas them while they are asleep. Then just pray that the cops don't catch you and that the next tenants are better.

[Damien]

Originally Posted by 72chevelleOhio

Womens tennis with the volume cranked....("mommy, whats that?" )

That's awesome! It took me a second then I started thinking about it.

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by blazee

Simple, drill a small hole through the ceiling and gas them while they are asleep. Then just pray that the cops don't catch you and that the next tenants are better.

You've been watching too many CSI shows :

[RaeRae1]

Is the unit above yours the same? You could consider asking the management if you could switch with your upstairs neighbors or change apartment units entirely. Usually people don't mean to be loud, but kids don't think about it and if the parents are not very responsible you won't get any relief by starting a fued.

Try other avenues... if you aren't going to be there much longer, you may just want to deal - but I know that can really suck.

Then again, I like the flaming poo idea

[longlivetheZ]

Originally Posted by 72chevelleOhio

Wait till they leave to go to the store or something, then superglue their lock shut....(think "comming back with frozen foods")

Womens tennis with the volume cranked....("mommy, whats that?" )

Doormat with some carefully placed anti-seize coating....("I'll never get that out of the carpet" )

Door knob with contact cement....(dayum kids )

Anti-seize the backside of their car door handle...

or just a good old "If your trying to piss me off, we can just duke it out in the parking lot".....(they'll back off if they are conviced your psycho. )

Good shit, man. The "Women's Tennis" one rocks.

I'm not going to be here too much longer but my girlfriend will be here probably till april or so so I'd like that 6 or so months to be as painless for her as I can. She already had to deal with the thought of me leaving for the longest military boot camp in the United States...lol

There's no way I'm going to move again before I leave for good. I HATE moving and, when I moved in here, I said that the next time I move I'm paying someone else to do it for me. Looks like I'm not even going to have to pay! The military will move us when it's time to go.

But, since I'm not going to move before I leave, I'd like to either get them to shut the fuck up (sounded like they just body slammed someone up there a few min ago...) till I leave or make their lives as miserable as they make ours while I'm here.

On my shopping list so far:

Superglue
brown paper bags with dog shit
a new Meshuggah or Lamb of God CD
tiny little web cam to watch my door

Oh...and, if I wanted to scare the bejesus out of them, it'd be easy...I own a gun... I wouldn't do anything like that though...despite how much I'd LOVE to go make them poop their pants and walk on egg shells for the next 6 months, that's a bit over the line. Kinda like if I went up there with the intentions of getting violent or yelling or whatever, I gaurantee that'd end badly.

However...on the intimidation side of the coin, this does give me an idea...maybe my recruiter would be able to help me out: maybe a few Marines in full uniform pounding on their door in the middle of the night would make them a bit more considerate...hmm...

[skibum1111]

Get some heavy duty wire ties. Wrap one around a driveshaft or cv shaft (if they even have a car) and leave the remainder long enough to hit other parts of the car. Does no harm but will drive them batshit until they figure it out. Or loosen the bolts on the starter and shim it a bit. 1/4 inch should do, teeth will not engage with the flywheel.

Yup, I'm evil.

[Damien]

Loosen the u-bolt. Always fun to do.

You don't like moving yet you're joining the military? Ya know they make ya move right?