Noise Complaint: Part 2
I had words with the loud guy downstairs tonight. For no less than 15 minutes. Maybe 20.
I'd like to mention that I'm very introverted and non-confrontational. I hate talking with people I don't know, and I get really nervous when I'm complaining about them doing something wrong. Yet, that's exactly what I did tonight. That's right; after six months of dealing with this guy's music, I finally descended my stairs, ascended his stairs, and spoke with him.
It was a very heated conversation involving accusation, threatening, and, eventually, compromise. I don't want to go into the details of it here because, for me, the whole experience was pretty terrible. The end result, however, is that he has agreed to keep the volume of his music a bit lower than it has been between 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Before and after that time interval, he's said it will be quiet.
If he keeps to this agreement, I will be satisfied, but I don't really expect that to happen. We'll see.
Meanwhile, I'm OK, and I think he's OK, and maybe I won't have to break his face with my chef's knife, after all. It's been a tiring evening, and it's definitely time to play some video games.
P.S. The Weather Underground reports five days of snow in the immediate future; hooray!
Comments
Wow. I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during that conversation. Unlike you, I kind of enjoy confrontation, as long as it's non-violent. I don't know why this is....maybe it was the way I was raised. For example, whenever I see protesters on the street, protesting anything, I'll go over to them and engage them in conversation. Then I'll argue for whatever point their arguing against, so I can start an argument. I have done this numerous times...just go up to protesters and start arguing their counterpoint. I always have great fun. One time, I went up to a group of protesters and started arguing with them. One of the guys I was arguing with was really hot, so I ended up debating with him for like three hours right there on the street. I must say that he was a talented debater, but of course, he was no match for me. haha.
Anyways, I'm glad that you and the music guy came to some sort of an agreement. If that doesn't work, remember you can always fall back on the "strychnine in the dog food" approach. I'll be curious to find out if he actually holds his end of the agreement.
Posted by: arc | February 24, 2006 07:50 AM
hurrah! what's with your sudden desire to get gaming again? i attempted to log torsion the other day but the eqII servers were down... or at least, i'm hoping they were down since frozen accounts are no fun...
Posted by: taylor | February 24, 2006 11:34 PM
You done did good!!!!
Posted by: mum | February 27, 2006 12:38 AM