It’s annoying when your neighbors don’t respect your boundaries and throw the blame on “circumstances.”

There’s always something that can be done if you care about those living around you.

But according to these neighbors, there was no way to control their noisy kid, who had become quite the nuisance.

This guy got his revenge though – read on to find out how!

Noisy neighbors when I try to sleep

A couple years ago I was renting a duplex.

It was nice enough in a good area of town. Not the ideal living situation, but the price was right.

He had an amazing experience with neighbors until…

My first set of neighbors were awesome. A couple about my age who I shared interests with.

Even though they watched TV or played video games at all hours, I very rarely heard them.

Unfortunately, they moved out about four months after I moved in. A couple with a toddler moved in.

The loudest toddler known to humankind.

His job got demanding…

This is relevant, because my job did one of those merging and downsizing numbers, and I was one of the employees who got cut.

No big deal. I had a large emergency fund and could draw unemployment.

Luckily, I found a placeholder job shortly after, working overnights.

The overnights were even something of an advantage, because I could apply for and interview for jobs in my regular field during the day.

The problem was the hellspawn.

This kid made this guy’s life miserable!

While I was trying to sleep, the child would scream at the top of its lungs, run stamping around their half of the duplex like a herd of elephants, then scream some more.

When the kid watched TV shows, the volume was always jacked to the absolute max.

It made sleeping difficult, even with high-quality earplugs or headphones.

I tried talking to them.

He made sure the problem was communicated.

“Hey, I work the night shift and so could you please try and keep it down a little”.

Nothing I tried worked, no matter how polite or how firm I was.

The neighbors responded “kids will be kids” and “that’s apartment living, you just hear your neighbors” – even though I mentioned my former neighbors had been avid movie watchers and I rarely heard them.

Fine, then. I couldn’t sleep? They wouldn’t either.

He had to plan something!

Before I left for my night shift, I turn volume on my sound system way up and had this song on constant repeat.

Five minutes after I got home, the wife of the couple was hammering on my door.

She started yelling about how all the noise made it so they couldn’t sleep.

His response was hilarious!

I responded: “Sorry, I guess I must have set my alarm clock for the wrong time. It must be rough when you can’t sleep, right?”

Simple as that, the kid was much quieter. I still heard them, but only occasionally instead of almost constantly.

A couple months later I found a day shift job again and all was fine.

Nothing like making your point in a simple, elegant, and loud way.

Let’s find out what folks on Reddit think about this story.

This user has a funny take on the story.

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This person shares their own experience with a noisy neighbor.

This person suggest being more pro at a revenge.

This user knows what this guy did to his neighbors.

Who would want a noisy neighbor? No one!

People should be more considerate from the get-go.

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