Living in a neighborhood comes with shared space… and shared noise limits!

When one overnight worker was repeatedly woken up by a noisy neighbor who treated their car horn like a instrument, her patience finally ran out.

You’ll want to keep reading for this one.

AITA for yelling across the street at my neighbor for honking their horn?

Been dealing with a situation across the street with my neighbor for a little over three months now, and I’ve had enough.

The noise is just excessive.

They keep honking their horn every day between 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. over and over again to get someone to come out so they can take them to school or work.

When I say over and over again, they’ll honk like three to five times aggressively, then repeat it every thirty seconds for about a half hour.

It’s starting to really impact her day-to-day life.

I am typically asleep at this time, as I work overnights.

A couple of my surrounding neighbors also work overnights, and I’d imagine even a good portion of my neighbors who don’t are still asleep around 8:30–9:00.

So finally, she had enough.

This morning my sleep was interrupted because they were up to their horn-playing antics.

So I got fed up and went out to my front porch to confront them.

If they could be loud, then so could she!

I yelled across the street and told them to “cut the dang horn off, it’s too early for all of this, it’s disrespectful to lay on your horn this much, if this happens again tomorrow I will file a noise complaint!!”

Soon after, the guilt begins to set in.

I feel awful for yelling at another person, especially someone I share a community with.

AITA?

Talk about a rude awakening.

What did Reddit think?

This commenter finds it ridiculous anyone would think this behavior is acceptable.

Personally, this commenter would have spoken up a lot sooner.

This is most definitely not how you respect your community.

It’s always best to at least attempt a calmer intervention.

After months of enduring this excessive noise, this argument was a long time coming.

Sleep is not a luxury. It’s a necessity.

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