noisey neighbors in an apt complex

[warpedskydiver 0]

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I would. But I'd wait until 4 in the morning and do it just outside their bedroom window.

That would be about right seeing as how their front door (and all the honking) is right below MY bedroom window.

Throw a malatov cocktail out the window.

NOW ALL YA'ALL.... BE NICE. And don't be telling her to do things that will just stir up the shit.

Molotov Cocktails are for wussies, use a M118 Claymore, or if you aren't that vehement just take an AR15 and shoot holes through the engine block and battery...


Presto!!! no more honking

[tigra 0]

I guess you've never had an obnoxious white neighbor, huh? Rudeness, and the honking thing especially are not traits limited to any ethnic group, as far as I know. You could have posted about the enitre problem without dragging race into it, but you chose not to.

You've tried talking to them, screaming at them, pantomiming and complaining to management among other things. You could call the cops but as you already pointed out, the police would need to catch them in the act, right? So far, nothing has worked, and in fact, its probably gotten worse. At this point, they probably think you're a nut case, and have gotten more than a few laughs at your expense. So here's a thought- if you're all going to live there for a while, why not try getting to know your neighbors instead of antogonizing them further? Its not always possible to get along with your neighbors, but if you can, its ALWAYS preferable. If they get to know you (assuming they really aren't all horrible people) they'll feel bad about disturbing you and make more of an effort not to. And once you get to know them, you might find out they are pretty cool people too.

If all else fails, you could always move, but its pretty hard to avoid neighbors entirely, and you usually don't get to choose them either.

[cloudseeker2001 0]

Good Luck on this one.

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[Kris 0]

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I guess you've never had an obnoxious white neighbor, huh? Rudeness, and the honking thing especially are not traits limited to any ethnic group, as far as I know. You could have posted about the enitre problem without dragging race into it, but you chose not to.

Whoa! Slow your roll, cracker. I'm Mexican and I've been very good friends with Amber (Moody) for close to 5 years now. She's definitely not racist / bigoted and to accuse her of that is laughable at best.

From what she wrote, I took it as her merely being frustrated with her neighbors playing dumb at not being able to speak english. Her neighbors are being petty and inconsiderate and it reads like they're faking not understanding english so they don't have to be confronted about it. So, their race is germane to her story.

Amber, keep your head up, girlie. Let me know how things go once you learn some choice phrases from your dad.

Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and
Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

[wmw999 2,582]

I'd go there with someone who DOES speak Spanish, like your father. If you know any police officers as friends who speak Spanish (or anyone else who uses an official-looking uniform) they would be a good choice.

That way you are guaranteed to be able to have a conversation, and to react to unforseen things that they might say.

Another thing you can do is to go through your local mediation center, if there is one. You should be able to find out if there's a local free mediation center from the Dispute Resolution Center in Houston. Their number is (713) 755-8274. The nice thing about mediation is that you both participate, which will give them more of an incentive to cooperate.

Regardless, good luck -- sounds really uncomfortable to be in. Maybe you could get some big sticky sheets of paper that say "no toque la bocina" and paste it on the front of their windshield when they're in the act of honking (not recommended, really, but probably satisfying)

There are assholes of all colors and nationalities. When our experience with a nationality starts with one of the assholes, it's hard not to lump them all together.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[usedtajump 1]

Moody, I share your pain but your situation could be even worse. When I go to visit my 92 year old, mostly deaf, parents in Dallas the same thing happens very early every morning with the Hispanic neighbors across the street (Hell, the whole damn neighborhood has slowly been taken over by illegals) Even the next door neighbor's fighting roosters that he raises in the back yard that crow every morning at 5:00 don't seem to phase them because of their impaired hearing. Furthermore, the horrible death bleatings of the goats he slaughters in that same back yard don't seem to bother them either. Guess that's just the way it is these days and to feel alarmed by it would be considered racisist.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[skybytch 273]

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Furthermore, the horrible death bleatings of the goats he slaughters in that same back yard don't seem to bother them either. Guess that's just the way it is these days and to feel alarmed by it would be considered racisist.

I've seen the goat thing from neighbors before. That bothered me far less than the white tweaker neighbors kids hanging out the window yelling and screaming at 3 am did...

[usedtajump 1]

Yep Bytch, you are so right!! Doesn't matter who does does it, blatantly irritating behavior sucks anytime, anywhere.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[Shawndiver 0]

Well, if talking with them with your dad as has been suggested does not work, perhaps consider having a police officer that speaks spanish come out and "educate" them. Just because they cannot cite them for not catching them in the act, does not mean that they cannot politely "suggest " to be considerate, and what the consequences of not be considerate may lead to. Worked worked wonders on the group of people that lived across the street from me that insisted on turning the entire street into a mexican polka party almost every day!

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[cloudseeker2001 0]

It has been brought to my attention that few people responding to this thread understand the basics of Anthropology. I apologize to anyone offended by my previous post

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

[lekstrom10k 0]

Whatever happened to just asking for green cards, all of a sudden they can speak better than Oxford professors.Say something nice like you are living proof of what the Indians did with the buffalo.If that doesnt get a response, maybe thet really cant speak english.Another thing you can do is get a car battery or charger and hook it up to car horns you hid in the bushes with a remote wire and button. At very inconvenient times blow that horn . After a few times with no one there they might get the hint. If you know any one with INS on a jacket does wonders.

[warpedskydiver 0]

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Whatever happened to just asking for green cards, all of a sudden they can speak better than Oxford professors.Say something nice like you are living proof of what the Indians did with the buffalo.If that doesnt get a response, maybe thet really cant speak english.Another thing you can do is get a car battery or charger and hook it up to car horns you hid in the bushes with a remote wire and button. At very inconvenient times blow that horn . After a few times with no one there they might get the hint. If you know any one with INS on a jacket does wonders.

My idea works better

[moodyskydiver 0]

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I guess you've never had an obnoxious white neighbor, huh? Rudeness, and the honking thing especially are not traits limited to any ethnic group, as far as I know. You could have posted about the enitre problem without dragging race into it, but you chose not to.

You've tried talking to them, screaming at them, pantomiming and complaining to management among other things. You could call the cops but as you already pointed out, the police would need to catch them in the act, right? So far, nothing has worked, and in fact, its probably gotten worse. At this point, they probably think you're a nut case, and have gotten more than a few laughs at your expense. So here's a thought- if you're all going to live there for a while, why not try getting to know your neighbors instead of antogonizing them further? Its not always possible to get along with your neighbors, but if you can, its ALWAYS preferable. If they get to know you (assuming they really aren't all horrible people) they'll feel bad about disturbing you and make more of an effort not to. And once you get to know them, you might find out they are pretty cool people too.

Hang on a second.Lets back up here and actually READ my post.The ONLY reason I even mentioned their nationality at all is because of the supposed language barrier they are creating so that they can get away with whatever behavior, agreeable or not,they want.Trust me, I've had neighbors of all races and if I have a problem with them I take care of it by talking to them.In this case,they dont WANT to talk.And nowhere in my post did I say I was screaming or yelling or antoganizing them.Thats all you assumation.I said I had tried talking with both the tenant and the honking drivers.When the language barrier came up I did try to use a bit of sign language to get my point across.When I cannot resolve a dispute with neighbors it is within my right to talk to the manager to resolver tenant disputes and that is exactly what I tried to do.I wanted things done easily and with little animosity on all sides.So I'd appreciate it if you would keep you assumptions to yourself since you feel the need to judge me (whom you've never met) over a post (that you obviously didnt read correctly) so that you could reply with judgemental bias implying that I am racist,which I am most certainly not.

If you would so kindly read the below comment from my HISPANIC friend,Kris he has pinned it correctly,whereas you have missed the mark completely in your attempts to find a reason to use the race card,rather than see the issue for what it is...annoying,noisy neighbors who refuse to communicate and use their language as an excuse.Thank you.

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Whoa! Slow your roll, cracker. I'm Mexican and I've been very good friends with Amber (Moody) for close to 5 years now. She's definitely not racist / bigoted and to accuse her of that is laughable at best.

From what she wrote, I took it as her merely being frustrated with her neighbors playing dumb at not being able to speak english. Her neighbors are being petty and inconsiderate and it reads like they're faking not understanding english so they don't have to be confronted about it. So, their race is germane to her story.

"...just an earthbound misfit, I."

[tigra 0]

I read your post completely- maybe you didn't read mine properly. You dragged race into it (which I still feel was not necessary to get your point across) and opened the door to a lot of other nasty posts, no matter what your intention was.

Regardless of who is at fault or how it all started, you now have an antogonistic relationship with your neighbors. You try talking with them, they pretend they don't understand but you know/ feel that they do. Building management is also not cooperative. If you're all going to be living there for a while, I just think it might be worth the effort to try and make peace. If that fails, by all means, resort to the airhorn or any of the other suggestions made.

I've been here for a while, and while we haven't ever met, you've also been on this site for a while. There seems to be a trend- you post looking for advice and then attack anyone who says something you don't agree with or want to hear. If that's the way you are in person, its really no wonder you're having communication problems with your neighbors. Good luck!

[skinnyshrek 0]

I had exactly the same problem when i lived in Atlanta. The peeps would be up till 1-2am in the morning playing their music. I tried asking them that i get up early and could they keep it down..Same shit no hablo so, as i used to get up early. i found it hard to close the apt door quitely and i occasionally hit their door by accident. I would even have to sing loudly early as their apt was right across the way. Funny enough they understood that if they wanted to stay up late they would be getting up early.

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[moodyskydiver 0]

Well, after talking to the new apartment manager things *should* get quieter around here.Luckily she speaks and writes fluent Spanish.So things should be resolved seeing as how there will be no language barrier if she speaks to them and they more than likely will comply b/c they dont want lease violations noted in their tenant file.

Call me a complainer,call me a racist,call me someone who 'attacks those giving advice'..whatever.I dont really care and I'm not losing sleep over petty personal attacks.Its not worth my time.

Peace

"...just an earthbound misfit, I."

[godfrog 2]

something like this was going on where I used to live. Waking my kids up and all on schoolnights and so forth. Called the cops severel times and the dispatcher could here the noise on the phone. Cops come and talk to them and as soon as they leave the noise would return. Finally I called the cops and told them that I would take care of the siyuation myself and invited them up. I went to the neighbors with my 12 guage and told them that stereo was "in season". they got the point that time and the cops just grinned at the offending party. No Habla espanol.

Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward