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Be the bigger man and just walk away.

I was in this exact same situation once and considred doing all manner of things (roaches through the mailslot, mice through the mailslot, some sort of noxious gas under the door) but in the end I wrote a very strongly worded letter and sent 1 copy to the tenant, 1 to the apartment maanager, and 1 to the property management company and took solace in the fact I was moving on to biggger and better things, while they were all stuck in the same place.

I know nobody probably cared about the letter, but it made me feel better, without having to lower myself to their level of immaturity.

KT
 
Originally posted by: Lorax
Originally posted by: Haui
Originally posted by: Mwilding
If you must stoop...

Move out a day early. Take everything but your stereo. Leave it on for full blast for the entire night. Pick it up the next day.
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DAMN GOOD IDEA!
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even better: play Indian/Muslim music on stereo, so everyone thinks it's them.
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I am in complete favor of this idea, but I must insist that you loop Tunak Tunak Tun by Dahler Mehndi all night.

Tunak Tunak Tun Wiki

Watch the music vid. There is a link to it here.
 
omg. this is a fun thread. come people just loosen up and suggest some hilarious stuff, even if he doesn't go through with it, it will be a good laugh for the rest of us trying to get through a work-week of boredom...

ok

1.) pour milk under the crack of their door at night. im talking A LOT. it will seep right under. disgusting in a couple hours when it goes bad. impossible to clean the smell away

2.) fuck the music, put some porn sound on LOUD, maybe rip the audio from a file and burn it to a cd, put it on repeat and there you go. don't waste a good stereo just get a 30 dollar beater from wally world and dont even come back for it.

3.) does their door open outward? put something in front of it! its not rocket science. something HEAVY. who gives a fuck they won't know it was you. don't leave fingerprints ;p

4.) does their door open outward? as above, lean trash barrels, but maybe you can be more creative than water. just don't do bodily fluids that's too gross/weird probably a serious crime too bc it could be a biohazard.

5.) take a bunch of condoms like a whole box or more, stretch them a bit, beat them up, break one or two. fill them all with a little elmer's clear glue or something similar just to put a little fear into their heart when they first see it, they might think its real for a second. throw them all over the floor outside their door. stick one to their doorknob. get creative.

6.) are they a couple? if so, send something obscene to them. it will arouse suspicion and cause an argument. like order sex toys or disgusting weird porn in their name. send it as a gift recpt to avoid having your name on anything such as an invoice. better yet, if you can get their ph. number (maybe do a reverse search at whitepages.com) have a female friend call and ask to talk to the guy in a sultry voice. if the woman tries to blow you off get angry and be like HEY HE'S GONNA PAY ME THE REST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER!! DON'T MAKE ME GET ANTOINE INVOLVED IN THIS!


*edit: whatever you do please god get us pics =P *
 
Originally posted by: Haui
You dont understand....I havent slept or had peace and quiet for several months.....
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Well then you should have called the landlords or cops each and everytime they were loud after they started brushing you off when you confronted them.

I can't imagine why you have to have the last douchery.

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However, in the sprit of lightening up, as Mizugori, posted above you should use a long length of rope and tie their doors shut to a banister or something....especially if they're above the 1st floor. (assuming the doors open inward)
 
i have been there. i have called the cops and security every damn time and they don't do anything. you can't assume he hasn't tried. every damn time the cops come he hears them coming turns it off and pretends he isnt there. its a tough situation and all the other people in the building are pissed and have tried various channels to get it resolved
 
Originally posted by: Mizugori
i have been there. i have called the cops and security every damn time and they don't do anything. you can't assume he hasn't tried. every damn time the cops come he hears them coming turns it off and pretends he isnt there. its a tough situation and all the other people in the building are pissed and have tried various channels to get it resolved
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EXACTLY FUCKING RIGHT.

Ive called the cops, landlords....even my regional management....they all have done nothing.

I will never live in an apartment again....especially with Terrorists!
 
Originally posted by: Haui
I am not racist. I have a few indian friends, but these people are not the same.
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The typical phrase said while making racist comments.

You can be a racist yet still have some friends of that race.

Stating their race has nothing to do with their actions.
 
Originally posted by: Haui

Dear gentle member:
This is a gentleman's forum. You are not allowed to use curse words in the titles. If you need to call them fucking douches in the body of the thread and it's not just for shock value, feel free to do that. As such, I have removed the offending word from the title. I hope it doesn't offend your sensibilities or send you to counseling.
Your faithful servant,
Senior AnandTech Moderator: oldsmoboat
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:laugh:
 
Originally posted by: Mizugori
where's accipiter when we need a funny extremely inappropriate post?!
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Well I think the 'extremely inappropriate' part has been covered already. :roll:

KT
 
Er, do not do anything that will impede their ability to leave their apartment, such as roping their door closed. In the unlikely event there is a fire and they cannot escape you will find yourself in some hot water.

When I was a DJ I had a similar problem with a downstairs asshat playing his music too loud. Set my equipment up one night, tower speakers laid flat on the floor, and cranked it the F up. He had a decent home stereo, but nothing close to what I pumped through his walls lol. I later found out A TON of stuff fell off his walls, shelves, etc. Never "heard" from him again 🙂

My suggestion, since you are leaving just let it go. Move into your new house and enjoy the tranquility. Of course you could always post their telephone number here, I'm sure we could make enough late night calls giving them a taste of their own medicine.
 
Originally posted by: Alistar7
When I was a DJ I had a similar problem with a downstairs asshat playing his music too loud. Set my equipment up one night, tower speakers laid flat on the floor, and cranked it the F up. He had a decent home stereo, but nothing close to what I pumped through his walls lol. I later found out A TON of stuff fell off his walls, shelves, etc. Never "heard" from him again 🙂
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lol! This sounds like it would be a good SNL script.
 
if you want to fuck their locks just take a paper clip or pin and liquid cement, break the clip/pin and stick it in the keyhole, squirt in some liquid cement and goodbye lock, hello 150 dollar bill to replace the whole shebang
 
Originally posted by: Mizugori


1.) pour milk under the crack of their door at night. im talking A LOT. it will seep right under. disgusting in a couple hours when it goes bad. impossible to clean the smell away
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This is my suggestion as well .... it will cause much suffering! 😛

 
That's going too far... bad karma man. I had neighbors below me who made a sh*t ton of noise in the early morning and i punished them with my bass speakers until they finally shut the hell up. I would never go farther than that.
 
I'm moving out of my apartment soon and have been considering some revenge on the lady that lives beneath me. She's constantly knocking on the ceiling anytime I make the littlest bit of noise. I have hardwood floors, so basically just walking around with shoes on makes knocking sounds. She apparently thinks I should just sit on the couch all the time when I'm home, so she'll start banging on the ceiling anytime I'm doing any kind of activity. I was playing Dance Dance Revolution one day and she ended up filing an official complaint with the apartment management, lol. Now that might have been an extreme example, but its just ridiculous when she bangs on the ceiling just because I have someone over walking around with dress shoes on doing nothing other than walking from one room to another.
I was thinking of setting up some kind of device that would bang on the floor every minute or so.
 
Originally posted by: Jeraden
I'm moving out of my apartment soon and have been considering some revenge on the lady that lives beneath me. She's constantly knocking on the ceiling anytime I make the littlest bit of noise. I have hardwood floors, so basically just walking around with shoes on makes knocking sounds. She apparently thinks I should just sit on the couch all the time when I'm home, so she'll start banging on the ceiling anytime I'm doing any kind of activity. I was playing Dance Dance Revolution one day and she ended up filing an official complaint with the apartment management, lol. Now that might have been an extreme example, but its just ridiculous when she bangs on the ceiling just because I have someone over walking around with dress shoes on doing nothing other than walking from one room to another.
I was thinking of setting up some kind of device that would bang on the floor every minute or so.
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Subwoofer pointed down, sound file with silence, winamp set to loop.
 
When my wife and I were first dating, she lived in a on campus town house with an international student. It was a four bedroom unit, but only two were occupied. The girl was from Japan and was kind of a pathetic push over.

She moved in like a month before graduation and all of her friends would show up and have huge parties without telling us. (If they had told us before hand, we would have just went to my place for the night...but naw, they'd just show up and start listening to salsa music and acting like assholes at 11pm when we had to work the next day) One night some latin guy and his girlfriend got into a screaming fight while we were trying to sleep and there was a huge hole in the wall. None of these people actually lived in the town house, they just showed up and trashed the place. Some one even stole my wife's fish for some reason.

Before we left we threw out or took all common household items. I just threw the whole kitchen garbage away. There was a spare bedroom, and my wife's former room. No one had the keys to either besides my wife. We yanked the battery out of the wired smoke detectors in both rooms and left them plugged in so they beeped. Locked and closed the doors and returned the keys to the office.
 
Originally posted by: Jeraden
I'm moving out of my apartment soon and have been considering some revenge on the lady that lives beneath me. She's constantly knocking on the ceiling anytime I make the littlest bit of noise. I have hardwood floors, so basically just walking around with shoes on makes knocking sounds. She apparently thinks I should just sit on the couch all the time when I'm home, so she'll start banging on the ceiling anytime I'm doing any kind of activity. I was playing Dance Dance Revolution one day and she ended up filing an official complaint with the apartment management, lol. Now that might have been an extreme example, but its just ridiculous when she bangs on the ceiling just because I have someone over walking around with dress shoes on doing nothing other than walking from one room to another.
I was thinking of setting up some kind of device that would bang on the floor every minute or so.
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do the same to her
 
Since they know you've been bitching about them . . . try some reverse psychology. Write a very nice letter saying how well you've gotten to know them and how sad you are to be moving along to another phase of your life. It'll drive them nuts trying to figure out what you REALLY meant.

 
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