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Sunday, January 07, 2007 - (see all news for this day)
shut up, woman!! - 10:32 PM
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oh my gosh. that woman behind me has been yelling & whinging & carrying on at her children almost all day. she's getting on my nerves in a big way. it's all i can do to not scream out my back window to her, "would you just SHUT THE HELL UP!!?!" but then i'd be doing exactly what she's doing.
i really have to find a way to deal with her agrro, because when she goes on like that all day, it drives me up the wall.
comment posted by Kathy on January 8, 2007 08:57 PM:
There really is very little you CAN do in this sort of scenario, unfortunately, unless you want to introduce yourself and try to reason with her / gently ask for a reduction in the general screamage. I doubt the cops can do anything if it's not late at night (although I could be wrong about that).
You could try my weary-patience-followed-by-postal-worker approach (two visits to the neighbours with the loud music, toddler on hip, with polite if slightly edgy requests to reduce volume, then one short, sharp visit with a firm and scathing command to SHUT THE F- UP OR WATCH MY FOOT GO UP YOUR BACKSIDE SO FAST ...)
It did actually work and the twentysomethings that live there are a bit scared of me now, they even avert their eyes when I'm walking along the street, which does not make me very proud of myself, in fact (I do not really like myself in my thankfully rare Destructor moments, especially because I am depressingly good at intimidating and embarassing people when I try). That said, effective or not, it was a high risk strategy and one better employed on people who are not already shown to be quite rageful (as your neighbour).
There really is very little you CAN do in this sort of scenario, unfortunately, unless you want to introduce yourself and try to reason with her / gently ask for a reduction in the general screamage. I doubt the cops can do anything if it's not late at night (although I could be wrong about that).
You could try my weary-patience-followed-by-postal-worker approach (two visits to the neighbours with the loud music, toddler on hip, with polite if slightly edgy requests to reduce volume, then one short, sharp visit with a firm and scathing command to SHUT THE F- UP OR WATCH MY FOOT GO UP YOUR BACKSIDE SO FAST ...)
It did actually work and the twentysomethings that live there are a bit scared of me now, they even avert their eyes when I'm walking along the street, which does not make me very proud of myself, in fact (I do not really like myself in my thankfully rare Destructor moments, especially because I am depressingly good at intimidating and embarassing people when I try). That said, effective or not, it was a high risk strategy and one better employed on people who are not already shown to be quite rageful (as your neighbour).
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