Monday, October 16, 2017

The Good Neighbor?

When you live in a single family home you can get away with making loud noises, tramping about, and having a surround sound on your tv. But when you live in an 1890's old building without insulation, even the lightest footsteps can be annoying. And when you live on the first floor there is no getting away from it. We have been living in our tiny condo for eleven years. Since this is a very transient neighborhood, our neighbors have come and gone. Some are better than others. But it seems that with every new upstairs neighbor, they don't realize - or don't care - if they make any disturbing noise. So after a few months of a breaking in period, we usually have to write a note about the fact that the walls are like paper. Such was the case last week. I have a draft note I keep on file because invariably it needs to be used. So we reprinted it and left it on the mailbox. Generally, the occupant complies - to a point. This time the gentleman came down to leave a written response on our door. But when he saw my husband in the hallway, he introduced himself and asked if there was anything more he could do. I am sorry to say that most people who live in this town react in more of a hostile manner, so this was a pleasant surprise. Luckily this person is only here during the week so there are quiet times as well. It just amazes me how people in general seem to have little regard to whatever goes on around them. There are certain rules of etiquette that apply when one lives in a community setting. Or at least we always thought so.





 

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