So I live next to a psychotic guy. "Next door", in this case, means if you enter my apartment, go through the living room, down the hall area, and through the back of bedroom, you'll be in his bedroom. Pretty much as far as you can get to still being neighbors.
This guy (we'll call him "H" for harrassing" - I have no idea what his name is, nor do I care) does not need to be living in an apartment building. He is tremendously oversensitive to noise. From a trustworthy source, I have found out that "H" threatened to kill his downstairs neighbor because he was playing his stereo (not loudly) on a Saturday afternoon. The source can verify that it wasn't loud, because he lives beneath the "offender".
"H" hates dogs. There are a lot of dogs in my apartment complex, mainly because they advertise themselves as being "dog friendly". He has asked people before if it was "legal to shoot a dog if you didn't want them to come up to you". On one occasion this summer, I was walking one of my neighbor's dogs for her, and I obviously made the mistake of allowing the dog to get "too close" to H. When I put the dog inside, this guy was still outside, and proceeded into a vulgarity-laced tirade about how I need to f'in respect him and how I needed to keep my dogs away from him. Whenever I tried to say something to him (nothing hostile, mind you) "H" told me that I needed to keep my f'in mouth shut or he'd shut it. He proceeded to tell me how he thought it should be against the rules to have a dog there. At this point, I'd had enough, so I reminded how it *is* against the rules to have a motorcycle in the complex, so his Harley was in violation. He'd hear nothing of this. I had no urge to get into a physical confrontation with the guy, so I just walked off.
Later that day, I joined some friends at the pool, and "H" almost wrecked his car as he drove by, because he was busy staring at us. I noticed some 15 minutes later that he was outside our apartment building, once again staring at us.
To get more recent, the day after Thanksgiving, I was getting some MAME action on with one of my buddies. About midnight, there was a knock on my door. Turns out he called the police on me because I was being too noisy. What was odd, though, was that the officer told me that he and his partner had been outside the door for five minutes, and hadn't heard a thing. He then told me that as far as he was ocncerned, there was no wrongdoing.
Forward to tonight. I'm listening to my stereo, but not loud enough to even hear it in my bedroom or kitchen (gotta love the live Dave Matthews Band shows). I hear a knock at my door. It's "H". I'm surprised, because he actually looks a little less confrontational than usual. He asks me if I have "that thumping" going on. I tell him that I'm listening to my stereo, but it's not loud. He says that he can hear it, and he better not hear it anymore. Being the compromising guy that I am, I tell him that I'll turn it down some, but I'm leaving it up to where I can at least hear it. Once again, he says that "he'd better not hear it", so I once again inform him that I deserve to be able to listen to my music at an audible level, and I won't turn it down below that. His response: "F you", and he leaves. Since I'm chock full of the Christmas spirit, despite all of the misfortunes I've had in the last month, I cherrily wished him a merry Christmas. I surprised myself - normally, this would have come out sarcastic, but it didn't this time.
Anyhow, it's my opinion that "H" is too sensitive to be living anywhere close to anybody else. My downstairs neighbor has *never* complained about my stereo. I'd think she would normally be the first to notice anything loud coming out of my apartment.
It's my intent to talk to my apartment complex office about this when I return from the holidays, but I don't expect much to come from this. Frankly, the management here sucks. Any recommendations on a moral course of action to take?
This guy (we'll call him "H" for harrassing" - I have no idea what his name is, nor do I care) does not need to be living in an apartment building. He is tremendously oversensitive to noise. From a trustworthy source, I have found out that "H" threatened to kill his downstairs neighbor because he was playing his stereo (not loudly) on a Saturday afternoon. The source can verify that it wasn't loud, because he lives beneath the "offender".
"H" hates dogs. There are a lot of dogs in my apartment complex, mainly because they advertise themselves as being "dog friendly". He has asked people before if it was "legal to shoot a dog if you didn't want them to come up to you". On one occasion this summer, I was walking one of my neighbor's dogs for her, and I obviously made the mistake of allowing the dog to get "too close" to H. When I put the dog inside, this guy was still outside, and proceeded into a vulgarity-laced tirade about how I need to f'in respect him and how I needed to keep my dogs away from him. Whenever I tried to say something to him (nothing hostile, mind you) "H" told me that I needed to keep my f'in mouth shut or he'd shut it. He proceeded to tell me how he thought it should be against the rules to have a dog there. At this point, I'd had enough, so I reminded how it *is* against the rules to have a motorcycle in the complex, so his Harley was in violation. He'd hear nothing of this. I had no urge to get into a physical confrontation with the guy, so I just walked off.
Later that day, I joined some friends at the pool, and "H" almost wrecked his car as he drove by, because he was busy staring at us. I noticed some 15 minutes later that he was outside our apartment building, once again staring at us.
To get more recent, the day after Thanksgiving, I was getting some MAME action on with one of my buddies. About midnight, there was a knock on my door. Turns out he called the police on me because I was being too noisy. What was odd, though, was that the officer told me that he and his partner had been outside the door for five minutes, and hadn't heard a thing. He then told me that as far as he was ocncerned, there was no wrongdoing.
Forward to tonight. I'm listening to my stereo, but not loud enough to even hear it in my bedroom or kitchen (gotta love the live Dave Matthews Band shows). I hear a knock at my door. It's "H". I'm surprised, because he actually looks a little less confrontational than usual. He asks me if I have "that thumping" going on. I tell him that I'm listening to my stereo, but it's not loud. He says that he can hear it, and he better not hear it anymore. Being the compromising guy that I am, I tell him that I'll turn it down some, but I'm leaving it up to where I can at least hear it. Once again, he says that "he'd better not hear it", so I once again inform him that I deserve to be able to listen to my music at an audible level, and I won't turn it down below that. His response: "F you", and he leaves. Since I'm chock full of the Christmas spirit, despite all of the misfortunes I've had in the last month, I cherrily wished him a merry Christmas. I surprised myself - normally, this would have come out sarcastic, but it didn't this time.
Anyhow, it's my opinion that "H" is too sensitive to be living anywhere close to anybody else. My downstairs neighbor has *never* complained about my stereo. I'd think she would normally be the first to notice anything loud coming out of my apartment.
It's my intent to talk to my apartment complex office about this when I return from the holidays, but I don't expect much to come from this. Frankly, the management here sucks. Any recommendations on a moral course of action to take?
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