jblomenberg16
Grandmaster
Well, I had to be "That guy" last night. About 12:45am last night, my wife and I were awaken by a loud stereo. The bass was loud enough it was rattling the windows in our house!
We thought at first that maybe it was just a car passing through, but it continued. I got up and walked around the house and determined that the direction of the loud noise was coming from our neighbors to our east that share a backyard porperty line. (Note that I'm in a typical late 90's development, 1/4 acre lots, with probably 30 yds between homes side to side, and maybe 50-60 yds back to back).
I turned on the outside lights and the kitchen light to indicate that we had been woken up, hoping that would take care of things.
The music seemed to get less loud, and back to sleep I went. About 1:30 we're woken up again, this time by loud voices and the typical lough laughing one would expect from a bunch of friends having a good time, in addition to the loud stereo.
My wife is ticked, as our daughter is now awake too. She asks that I call the police. I think about it, and decide that if I were the offending neighbor, I'd like to hear about it in person, rather than from the cops.
So I get dressed, grab my wallet and a few other things I always carry with me, and open up the back door and walk across the yard. I politefully hollered in their direction "Excuse, me can you please keep it down." At first no reaction, just continued laughing and carrying on. I walk a bit closer, but stay in my yard and say it a bit lounder.
This time my neighbor stands up and replies "Excuse me?" I'm sure he was a bit startled by me standing in the back yard at 1;45am. I repeat my request, and mention that the noise has woken all of us up. He askes which part, music or voices, and I replied "both."
His friend replied "sorry dude, we'll turn it down" and I said "thanks" and walked back into the house. Sure enough, they toned it down and the rest of the night
I'm glad I did it that way, rather than calling the police. At the same time, I hate to be the party pooper. Only a few years ago I would have complained about the "stuffy old neighbors" always wanting me to turn the music down, etc.
Anyway, there's my morning rant. Off to church now...
We thought at first that maybe it was just a car passing through, but it continued. I got up and walked around the house and determined that the direction of the loud noise was coming from our neighbors to our east that share a backyard porperty line. (Note that I'm in a typical late 90's development, 1/4 acre lots, with probably 30 yds between homes side to side, and maybe 50-60 yds back to back).
I turned on the outside lights and the kitchen light to indicate that we had been woken up, hoping that would take care of things.
The music seemed to get less loud, and back to sleep I went. About 1:30 we're woken up again, this time by loud voices and the typical lough laughing one would expect from a bunch of friends having a good time, in addition to the loud stereo.
My wife is ticked, as our daughter is now awake too. She asks that I call the police. I think about it, and decide that if I were the offending neighbor, I'd like to hear about it in person, rather than from the cops.
So I get dressed, grab my wallet and a few other things I always carry with me, and open up the back door and walk across the yard. I politefully hollered in their direction "Excuse, me can you please keep it down." At first no reaction, just continued laughing and carrying on. I walk a bit closer, but stay in my yard and say it a bit lounder.
This time my neighbor stands up and replies "Excuse me?" I'm sure he was a bit startled by me standing in the back yard at 1;45am. I repeat my request, and mention that the noise has woken all of us up. He askes which part, music or voices, and I replied "both."
His friend replied "sorry dude, we'll turn it down" and I said "thanks" and walked back into the house. Sure enough, they toned it down and the rest of the night
I'm glad I did it that way, rather than calling the police. At the same time, I hate to be the party pooper. Only a few years ago I would have complained about the "stuffy old neighbors" always wanting me to turn the music down, etc.
Anyway, there's my morning rant. Off to church now...
I don't and won't pass judgement as I think it is a personal decision for someone to choose to adopt that lifestyle, but I do not support it and I do think it is un-natural and wrong. I also don't want to know about it and don't want to be around it.
