Tuesday 5 July 2011

Neighbours

Alrighty, so I don't really like ranting on this blog...I have started many but usually by the time I have it all written out I'm good and I write something different! But today I am breaking my rule.

I have mentioned our Vietnamese neighbours who like staying up till 2am while their two year old screams and their teenage son blares techno or rock music all while they argue with each other in Vietnamese. For the past month they have actually been quiet! We haven't heard much. Now. We have neighbours on the other side as well...and since we have moved here we haven't heard much from them. Two couples and 2 children. The most we hear is their strange elevator music. But lately they have decided to go for walks at 2am and talk VERY loudly, or clean their car out at 9:30pm all while their children run around on the sidewalk and then they just hang out on the sidewalk for another half hour. While they have very strange East Indian music playing.

I realize that we go to bed really early (between 9 and 9:30pm) but I was raised with the cardinal rule "After 9pm you should be respectful of other people." Especially if you see a window open and you live on a very public street.

ALSO! Motorcycles and all loud cars with music playing should be banned after 10pm!!!!

Alright. Rant over. Next blog will be about unicorns and rainbows. :)

4 comments:

  1. Lol, oh how I love it when you rant...

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  2. What is so funny about my rants? lol.

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  3. Hahahaha, good rant. And loved the "unicorns and rainbows" promise at the end. Hope the situation improves :)

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  4. Beth, I hear you! I insist on quiet at a reasonable hour in my yard/driveway as that is how I was raised too. I get so frustrated when neighbours don't consider those things. We don't play a lot of music, but years ago when we got our new stereo I actually called the neighbours and told them I wanted to test it and turn it up loud to have them tell me if and when they could hear it so I would know the limit on the volume control. They were really surprised I would do that!

    Thankfully we live on a quiet street and have only had loud music issues on very few occasions; the last time I actually called the house and they were very cooperative, probably not realizing at all how annoying it was to others! And I agree that if there are noise laws, then vehicles with loud stereos in town should be ticketed. They could put up a warning sign at the entrance to town to turn down the volumes! We live two blocks from main street but when the trucks cruise up and down I hear their bass in my house, no word of a lie. So I understand your frustration, especially if you are trying to sleep at night!

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