- Dec 11, 2006
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Situation: I live in an apartment building. Everybody is dead silent except the idiot neighbor downstairs.
He's constantly blasting his TV stupidly loud late at night. By loud I mean basically playing it full volume. When I see him walk around the apartment building he has a hearing aid, so I'm guessing he pulls it out when he's watching TV.
My wife and I have asked him numerous times to turn that sh!t down, and have called the land lord many times about it. When we moved in, the big selling point of this apartment was how quiet the building it was. Which it was - until the downstairs guy moved in.
So now that diplomacy has failed, I'm wondering about revenge tactics. Now as I mentioned, he has a hearing aid, but I was wondering if people with somewhat damaged hearing still hear subwoofer type noises? If so, I've had a large subwoofer that I've kept unplugged because I didn't want to disturb my neighbors. I'm thinking if I turn it so that the hole faces downstairs, and crank it up, that it will vibrate right through his ceiling to wake him up while he's sleeping. Since he's kept me from sleeping, I think it's fair play.
What are some good revenge tactics that other people of ATOT have done in a similar type situation as this? I've also thought about just stomping on the floor every time he cranks it. He seems to be a not-so-bright individual, and in general seems like a nut bag. For example doing laundry in the basement, I've seen him hanging out down there several times while he was doing his laundry, in nothing other than his boxers. No socks even.
--- UPDATE ---
Update: I did the subwoofer trick last night, worked like a charm. It got the wife pissed off at me, but it worked. I put in God of War 3 on my PS3 and just cranked up the subwoofer like mad and played maybe 10 minutes before he got the message.
He's constantly blasting his TV stupidly loud late at night. By loud I mean basically playing it full volume. When I see him walk around the apartment building he has a hearing aid, so I'm guessing he pulls it out when he's watching TV.
My wife and I have asked him numerous times to turn that sh!t down, and have called the land lord many times about it. When we moved in, the big selling point of this apartment was how quiet the building it was. Which it was - until the downstairs guy moved in.
So now that diplomacy has failed, I'm wondering about revenge tactics. Now as I mentioned, he has a hearing aid, but I was wondering if people with somewhat damaged hearing still hear subwoofer type noises? If so, I've had a large subwoofer that I've kept unplugged because I didn't want to disturb my neighbors. I'm thinking if I turn it so that the hole faces downstairs, and crank it up, that it will vibrate right through his ceiling to wake him up while he's sleeping. Since he's kept me from sleeping, I think it's fair play.
What are some good revenge tactics that other people of ATOT have done in a similar type situation as this? I've also thought about just stomping on the floor every time he cranks it. He seems to be a not-so-bright individual, and in general seems like a nut bag. For example doing laundry in the basement, I've seen him hanging out down there several times while he was doing his laundry, in nothing other than his boxers. No socks even.
--- UPDATE ---
Update: I did the subwoofer trick last night, worked like a charm. It got the wife pissed off at me, but it worked. I put in God of War 3 on my PS3 and just cranked up the subwoofer like mad and played maybe 10 minutes before he got the message.
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