NYDrew
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OK, here's the deal and I'm hoping for some suggestions.
I work nights 00:00-08:30 (or later sometimes). They don't work, they collect from the taxes I pay.
On most nights, I'll be watching TV on and off from about 9pm-11:15pm, before I go to work. It is not loud, I do not like loud noises and my hearing is perfect (annual firefighter physical says so 4 years in a row and counting) although I lost some of my ultra high frequency hearing (the mosquito freq.) this year, which is almost 4 years after I should have lost it according to studies.
They, in their infinite wisdom just had a baby. They complain about everybody making to much noise in the building, but focus on me because I'm directly above them.
At first I was accomodating, opting to read a book instead. I spent hundreds of $ cleaning and conditioning the sound that comes out of my speakers (I have a very nice set up that is computer controlled). My subwoofer sits on a thick rug and a 1'' rubber mat. I listen to the tv at 10-15 out of 50. They continue to complain. One time, I politely asked for him not to idle his work truck outside my window (back when he was working...he choose to leave his job because he had a kid...so now I can pay for 3) and he got all ghetto on me. Truth be told, it was only his work truck once, but every other time it is the welfare truck delivering food FOR THEM....so yeah, its still them. He did in fact raise a fist to me in that instance (happily I was armed and displaying what was clipped to my belt got that fist lowered real fast). They also make tons of noise throughout the day....I can hear them from above but I accept the fact that I live in an apartment. On a humorous side note, guess where this a-hole is from....you guessed it BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN....what the hell is up with these people.
I contacted the landlord seeing if i can have the cable connection moved to the other side of the room (above a communal hallway) but the landlords maintenance crew is to busy finishing up projects before winter comes full force (and they are in fact doing tons of work...great landlord). The landlord also said that if they want complete silence then they can get a house.
Last night at around 0600 the girl calls screaming at me, its one of my nights off so yeah, I'm up late. I was watching TV all night and it took hours for them to notice. She admitted that if she did not wake up to put the baby back to sleep she never would have heard it....but she still shouldn't have to hear it the slightest bit...at all. These are her words, she admitted she is being unreasonable without even realizing it. For the first time in 6 months I refused to just apologize, instead I told he that tonight I will turn the TV off, but come morning we can get the landlord involved as a mediator. She flipped on the phone, after 2 minutes of insults..trying to be polite... I just hung up, checked my "home defense system" and prayed that there would not be an escalated repeat of the boyfriends violent episode.
I'm done spending money accommodating these people. I'm not moving the cable line myself nor am I breaking my back moving my 50'' tv and couch to opposite sides of a room without help. In the past I have asked him to sit in his bedroom while i find the best volume for my tv, but he refused. He had his opportunity to give me feedback so we can all live in peace. I'm done, any suggestions because I fear for my home and dog while I'm at work. Right now, the only thing I can think to do is call my boss at the FD and ask him to call the police chief and see if I can get a unit to "hang out" in my parking lot for the next few nights. Step two is wait for the landlord to come back from vacation (11/16) and let the dispute resolution begin. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong but I don't think I'm being excessive.
I work nights 00:00-08:30 (or later sometimes). They don't work, they collect from the taxes I pay.
On most nights, I'll be watching TV on and off from about 9pm-11:15pm, before I go to work. It is not loud, I do not like loud noises and my hearing is perfect (annual firefighter physical says so 4 years in a row and counting) although I lost some of my ultra high frequency hearing (the mosquito freq.) this year, which is almost 4 years after I should have lost it according to studies.
They, in their infinite wisdom just had a baby. They complain about everybody making to much noise in the building, but focus on me because I'm directly above them.
At first I was accomodating, opting to read a book instead. I spent hundreds of $ cleaning and conditioning the sound that comes out of my speakers (I have a very nice set up that is computer controlled). My subwoofer sits on a thick rug and a 1'' rubber mat. I listen to the tv at 10-15 out of 50. They continue to complain. One time, I politely asked for him not to idle his work truck outside my window (back when he was working...he choose to leave his job because he had a kid...so now I can pay for 3) and he got all ghetto on me. Truth be told, it was only his work truck once, but every other time it is the welfare truck delivering food FOR THEM....so yeah, its still them. He did in fact raise a fist to me in that instance (happily I was armed and displaying what was clipped to my belt got that fist lowered real fast). They also make tons of noise throughout the day....I can hear them from above but I accept the fact that I live in an apartment. On a humorous side note, guess where this a-hole is from....you guessed it BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN....what the hell is up with these people.
I contacted the landlord seeing if i can have the cable connection moved to the other side of the room (above a communal hallway) but the landlords maintenance crew is to busy finishing up projects before winter comes full force (and they are in fact doing tons of work...great landlord). The landlord also said that if they want complete silence then they can get a house.
Last night at around 0600 the girl calls screaming at me, its one of my nights off so yeah, I'm up late. I was watching TV all night and it took hours for them to notice. She admitted that if she did not wake up to put the baby back to sleep she never would have heard it....but she still shouldn't have to hear it the slightest bit...at all. These are her words, she admitted she is being unreasonable without even realizing it. For the first time in 6 months I refused to just apologize, instead I told he that tonight I will turn the TV off, but come morning we can get the landlord involved as a mediator. She flipped on the phone, after 2 minutes of insults..trying to be polite... I just hung up, checked my "home defense system" and prayed that there would not be an escalated repeat of the boyfriends violent episode.
I'm done spending money accommodating these people. I'm not moving the cable line myself nor am I breaking my back moving my 50'' tv and couch to opposite sides of a room without help. In the past I have asked him to sit in his bedroom while i find the best volume for my tv, but he refused. He had his opportunity to give me feedback so we can all live in peace. I'm done, any suggestions because I fear for my home and dog while I'm at work. Right now, the only thing I can think to do is call my boss at the FD and ask him to call the police chief and see if I can get a unit to "hang out" in my parking lot for the next few nights. Step two is wait for the landlord to come back from vacation (11/16) and let the dispute resolution begin. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong but I don't think I'm being excessive.
