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Living under a noisy neighbor is frustrating enough, but it’s even worse when you think they’re doing it on purpose.

For one apartment resident, that’s exactly what she says has been happening with the woman who lives above her.

According to her, the neighbor purposefully makes enough noise to shake the apartment and scare her dog.

So, after dealing with it for a while, she started recording the noise and eventually showed the videos to police. When officers went upstairs to speak with the neighbor, though, they later told her the woman had gotten pretty worked up.

Now, she’s wondering what the police really think about the situation and whether her neighbor might try to retaliate.

Read on to see what you think about this whole situation.

Crazy neighbor

I live in an apartment building and have an ongoing issue with my neighbor who lives above me.

She purposely stomps, slams doors, and drops things on the floor—clearly trying to annoy me. It’s really bad. It scares my dog & shakes my apartment.

I’ve even video recorded her excessive stomping and door slamming and showed the footage to the cops. This neighbor is known to be crazy… I think she’s mentally unstable.

He tried to keep it calm while talking to the cops.

When I talked to the cops, I stayed very calm and explained that her actions are intentional, and I mentioned that other neighbors have problems with her too (one neighbor is even scared of her).

After I spoke with the cops, they went over to talk with her.

During that conversation, she was yelling and getting worked up. The cops talked to me after and said to keep the peace and even mentioned that the neighbor was “getting really worked up.”

The whole conversation left him with more questions than answers.

Now I’m wondering a few things: Do the cops usually note in their reports that someone “gets really worked up?” Is my calm demeanor being seen as a sign of credibility compared to her emotional outburst? What if she retaliates by calling the cops on me for something trivial—could that backfire on me?

And should I mention to the cops that I’m worried she might try to falsely pin something on me, or would that just look defensive?

I just want confirmation that the cops realize that she is the crazy one causing these issues.

What do cops usually think in these situations? I’d love to hear if anyone has been in a similar situation or has any advice on how to handle this, especially regarding getting a clear record of her behavior.

Oh no! Living by that woman sounds like it would be pretty stressful.

Let’s check out if the folks over at Reddit have ever been in a similar situation.

Yeah, that’s never good.

This could get expensive.

This is probably why they didn’t do anything.

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As this comment explains, everyone deals with some kind of noise.

Living next to someone like that is never easy.

After their last visit, she probably doesn’t have to convince the cops of anything.

Besides, when you’re innocent, all you really have to do is tell the truth, and the cops should be trained enough to tell.

In this situation, though, she needs to be very careful. It’s probably best to avoid the woman whenever possible.