When it comes to dealing with noisy neighbors, being reasonable usually doesn’t get you very far.

After one early-rising tenant repeatedly asked his upstairs neighbor’s partying kids to keep it down and got mocked instead, he decided to stop arguing and start acting.

Read on for the full story.

Upstairs neighbor doesn’t care, so I made them care.

I used to live in an old renovated farmhouse with one apartment upstairs and mine below.

I would have to get up for work at 3 a.m. every day.

A hardworking mom upstairs worked two jobs for her very obnoxious kids.

These kids just didn’t know how to keep it down.

Every time she worked an overnight shift, they would throw parties and be rowdy.

Loud music, banging on the walls, and what sounded like them bouncing medicine balls on the ground.

The tenant tried to be reasonable, but got mocked instead.

I went up several times and knocked and told them, “Look, I’m not gonna tell your mom or call the cops, I just want some sleep. So keep having fun but please keep the noise down so I can wake up for work at 3.”

Did this several times in a week one time, and they finally told me, “Go **** yourself, old man” (I was 23).

Little did these kids know, this tenant was about to go lethal.

I knew my landlord, and he knew I knew how to work on houses, so he gave me the only key to the basement where all the electrical, hot water heaters, etc. were stored.

After being told to go **** myself, I had enough.

So he finally did what he needed to do.

I went downstairs, flipped off the breaker to the upstairs apartment, locked the door, and went back for a peaceful night’s sleep.

Woke up at 3 and turned back on the power as I left for work.

Every day the parties got loud for the next two weeks, I would simply go turn off their power and enjoy a nice night’s sleep.

This finally seemed to put the rowdy neighbor kids in their place.

After that, no more parties.

I think the message came through.

Talk about a power trip!

Redditors chime in with their two cents.

This commenter waged a similar revenge plot against their noisy neighbor.

Doing the right thing just isn’t enough of a motivator for some people.

This commenter also used circuit breakers as a tool for revenge!

The pets of neighbors can also be big nuisances.

These kids pushed their luck, so he finally pulled the plug.

Funny how fast the vibe vanishes when the lights do!

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