dear neighbor, what happened to you?

anonymous

Dear single mom neighbor with the two obese kids, I've lived next door to you for over a year, and you've been a wonderful neighbor. We've said hello in the hallway, and you've always seemed like such a nice person. Every Saturday, you'd play your sappy soft rock radio station for a few hours. It came right through my wall, but I graciously ignored it because I knew you'd do it in moderation and only for a few hours. Ya gotta let people live, y'know - and we live in close quarters in a small apartment building.

After a lovely, peaceful year, I was dismayed when over the past four months you started playing bass- and percussion- heavy radio that leaked right thru the wall and reverberated throughout my apartment. At first, it was just occasionally, maybe on Friday, Saturday evening and Sunday daytime. I continued to ignore it as well as I could.

So why now are you having a loud party with a bunch of screaming drunks in your small apartment, and blasting the music? It sounds like you've got a big ol' sound system pushed up against our shared wall. Why would you do that when you know that you have neighbors above, below and to the side of you? Don't you know that the civilized thing to do when you gotta have the loud music and rowdy friends, but live in close quarters with others who are a captive audience, is to take your business to a bar or nightclub?

I moved from my last apartment because of the 45 year old party girl who lived above me. I won't move again. Hope you're ready for a 7am blast of 1010 WINS. I'll be going on an overnight trip one day next week. Hope I don't forget to switch off the radio on my way out.