Noisy Neighbors!!!
 

I live in a downstairs apartment and I am driven crazy by the people upstairs!

For summer and fall it was XYZ fat sorority beeotch and her (non-greek) friend. We chose the bedroom below her "friend's" room cause she was a lightweight- hence less noise! The grievance with her was that she was on the phone all hours of the night in her horrible hick Southern drawl and most of the time we could hear her pretty clearly. If you thought that was bad-- after she would finish her conversation she would drop her phone on the floor! :rolleyes:

XYZ fat sorority beeotch would have random guys over and we could hear them get it on :eek: Our apts have very limited parking and one of her "buddies" was in my space. I didn't know who's big ass red F150 truck it was then and I wasn't about to knock on everyone's door to find out (it was 11pm) :p So I called the towing company. It took about an hour for the tow truck to come-- but it eventually hauled off the red truck. The tow truck is horribly loud. Usually people can catch the tow truck loading the car on cause of the noise. XYZ sorority fat beeotch comes and knocks on the door in her PJ's asking about the tow company's number. :rolleyes: Only then did I realize it was her "buddy's" truck and they were probably too "busy" to hear a darn thing outside! :p

About a week before finals (mid Dec), XYZ was bawling-- crying her eyes out. I mean I could hear her gut wrenching sobs too clearly. I dunno what happened-- maybe someone died? She went home and we only saw her one day of finals week.

XYZ moved out last Saturday, but we never saw her roommate move out. :confused: Then on Monday, we see her roommate and her mom (?) bringing stuff in. Plus her boyfriend comes and hammers stuff upstairs. I'm beginning to think her boyfriend moved in. At first we couldn't figure out if she was moving out-- but she and her stud have been here for the past two nights, so I guess she's staying :rolleyes: Doesn't seem like the roommate has any classes-- and I seriously doubt her "older" looking boyfriend does either. In any case, they've chosen the bedroom above ours so we can hear them in every lovely moment :rolleyes:

Anyone have noisy neighbors? It seems like we have thick walls (never really hear anyone next door), but a thin ceiling!

Just to clarify, in case someone from somewhere other than the South is reading this thread: Not all Southern drawls are "hick". I have a Southern drawl and it's actually quite nice. :) Sounds like the chick AlphaGam is talking about is a redneck. BIG difference between Redneck speak and Southern drawls. :D

trust me, I'm in the DEEP south-- I know a nice cute Southern Drawl and a Redneck heehaw accent! :D

I second everything alphagam1019 said. They are loud. Get rid of one loud fat girl and gain one big loud guy. How fun.

Note to the XYZ fraternity guys next door:

No, you are neither clever nor funny when you set off bottle rockets outside of my dorm at 4am, and I'd really appreciate it if you'd vomit somewhere other than right below my window. Also, let's think about learning some pattern recognition skills - after the fifth or sixth time of setting off your own fire alarm with the aforementioned bottle rockets and yelling a dismayed "DUDE! F*CK!" each time, I'd think you would have caught on. Apparently I have vastly overestimated your intelligence, assuming that because you managed to gain acceptance to one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the nation, you would also have some reasonable amount of common sense. I was wrong. Next time, I'm calling campus police. Nobody comes between me and my sleep.

Sincerely,

DukeBlue

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I don't know -- I don't mean to be rude, but I'm guessing that you could maybe be a little more tolerant and a little less judgmental. Okay, so you don't like fat people, people with accents, people who cry and people who hammer. Noisy neighbors can certainly be annoying, but your post seems rather cruel and insensitive. You're complaining that someone is fat? You're complaining that someone was bawling her eyes out? Maybe somebody did die. Did you ask? Or instead are you just all up in her business and spending way too much time monitoring the comings and goings of these people you don't even know.

If the noise bothers you that much, why not show some maturity and go up there and explain that you are bothered and ask if they could keep it down a little, within reason. Or, if you like, go up there and call your neighbor a "fat sorority beeotch" and see what happens.

I really think that you need to be mature about this and stop being so cruel and judgmental.

I can semi relate to your situation. When I first moved into my second floor apartment(of a three story building), I had a visit from my first floor neighbor who informed me that I was VERY LOUD and that she could hear me "stomping around" up there all the time. Okay, I had an 8:30-6:00 job, and I went to the gym right afterward, which was followed by my couch time, so my "stomping" hours were very limited. But I am nice and tell downstairs neighbor I will be quieter. Guess that wasn't good enough for her because she moved an apartment over and upstairs.
Fast forward to June when someone moves into the apartment above me and guess what? I can hear him "stomping" around all the time. What I came to realize is the tile in our apartments must be about an inch thick because they POUND when you walk on it. But the carpet is okay. LUCKILY, the bedrooms are carpeted, so it doesn't wake me up. But I can always tell when it is halftime in any game because I hear my wonderful neighbor POUND to the kitchen and back. But will I go up and yell--probaley not because I know I felt like shit when I got yelled at and I think some of it is part of being in an apartment.
Alpha Gam--ANYTHING that keeps you from sleeping and parking means all bets are off. I would keep on towing people and maybe see if you can complain to the management. But always remember this anytime you have an extra loud hookup session--you never know who can hear you!

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First off, I have nothing against fat people. I said this to differ her from her roommate-- this makes a difference when you LIVE UNDER THEM.

I wasn't complaining that she was bawling her eyes out. Read it again. I was really sorry for her and hoped it wasn't something major in her life. Did I ask? no. I was tempted to, but XYZ stopped talking to us and gave us dirty looks after we DID go up and tell her NICELY to turn her TV down.

Monitoring and complaining? :rolleyes: it's kind of hard to ignore the stomping going on upstairs. Our entryways are made of hardwood and it makes a great deal of noise.

I think you need to ask your questions within reason- when you know the whole story plus note this story was told with "emotion"-- I'm sure it's never happened you.

Plus, if you are looking for "so cruel and judgmental" statements, check out that "things you want to say" thread. lol. I have a feeling if I had posted this in that thread, I wouldn't have gotten a negative reaction.

Hmmm...I have the luxury of not having any neighbors - but I do remember living in your kind of situation. I agree with val that maybe a little more...understanding on your part should be expressed. Im not saying that your situation isnt irritating as hell -it sounds bad - but, you never know - the people around you might complain just as much. I never realized how much noise I made until I had neighbors - I got to be so sensitive about slamming doors or cabinets - or the volume of my voice - because I noticed all of these things in my neighbors.
I would say if it is just too much to take, move...complain to the landlord...have a rational discussion with your neighbors.

When you have noisy neighbors for almost a year the understanding flies out the door. They know we don't like the noise but sometimes they seem to make noise just to piss us off. Just wait til the night they make noise and they don't stop after I bang the ceiling. They will hear a cop knocking on their door with a noise complaint. If they are going to be noisy during they day I will make sure to make just as much noise back like turning the tv for revenge. They won't be civil about it neither will I.

I had a couple of noisy neighbor situations. First there were these 2 girls that lived upstairs from me and they were really tiny (like maybe 100 pounds) but it always sounded like elephants stomping. My rommmate and I were on good terms with them and one day she asked one of the girls what was going on up there. Turns out they were doing their aerobics and tae bo tapes and that was the stomping. Although even their walking sounded really loud.
I lived in this apt for 3 years and the next guy that moved in upstairs was awful. I wasn't that we would hear him walking....he would turn his music up LOUD at like 2am and the bass would just come filtering down. We weren't on good terms with him though and we would sometimes take the broom and knock on the ceiling but it never worked. However, this fall a really nice girl moved in upstairs and I never knew she was there. I never heard anything--walking,music, talking, etc. But she would come down sometimes and ask if she was being too loud and I never even heard her.
Onto my LOVELY ex-next door neighbors. For 2 years these wonderful people moved there and we never had any trouble. Then this summer it all went down the tubes. The 2 guys that moved in were SO LOUD all the time. They would blast their music at all hours and have huge parties. They were so loud my dishes were shaking in my cabinets and the furniture was vibrating :eek: Everyone in our building tried to handle it as mature adults but it kept going. So we started calling the non-emergency police number. And the cops would come and tell them to turn it down...it would last for like 15 minutes and then return. It was PURE HELL and we started complaining to our apartment manager (who when we first complained told us to call the cops) They eventually were evicted, but it figures that it was only a couple weeks before I moved out. :rolleyes:

As far as the hick/redneck thing.....I live on what is called the North Coast around here.....go North and you fall into Lake Erie, keep swimming and you're in Canada. Can't get much more Yankee than that. And let me tell ya, we've got TONS of 'necks (as we call them) around here. They have the accent and all....there is a big difference between a nice Southern drawl and the kind of accent you hear on Jerry Springer all the time.

I have lived with pig neighbors and I must say, yeah some of the description was a bit rude but when you have dealt with people like this long enough all compassion and benefit of the doubt flies out the window. We lived in this ancient Victorian house for two years. The first year there were these two sisters living upstairs, one of whom was very large, and she sounded like she was going to come through the ceiling at any second. She wasn't the problem though, she was actually very nice. It was her skinny loudmouth sister who was the pain. To access their apartment upstairs they had to come across the front wrap-around porch, which was right outside our bedroom windows. The stairs ran up the side of our house, also on the wall of our room. This dumb bitch would have these parties, with people clomping up and down the stairs, and then at times they'd be standing around on the porch RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR ROOM talking and laughing and clomping around. One time I got sick of it and I called her during the party and asked her nicely if they could keep it down because we both had to work early in the morning. She was like "Yeah sure whatever" and nothing changed. Well I hated to be an old fogey at the age of 22, but I called the cops on her. After that I talked to her sister and asked her if she could maybe do something about it, but her sister was about as nice to her as she was to us and nothing changed. So I just called the cops every time she had a party, because there is a very strict noise ordinance in Kent and they really enforce it. Finally the stupid bitch sister moved out and life was good again.

I live in a post-war building that doesn't have any insulation to speak of. I used to live downstairs and now live upstairs. Noise from neighbors is just something I live with.

I have had a few neighbors who haven't felt that way. I had one neighbor downstairs who apparantly liked to sleep late. She called the manager and told them that I close my front door too loudly in the morning. LOL. If the fact that my door is swollen and old and we live in earthquake territory is all you've got to complain about you need a life!

I had another neighbor who lived next door to me who used to pound on the wall when I talked on the phone in my bedroom. She'd leave nasty notes on my front door that my alarm clock was too loud and she somehow got my phone number and started crank calling me and screaming at me in spanish. Boy was she surprised when I screamed back in spanish. I wound up calling the landlord on her b/c I couldn't take the harrassment anymore and b/c her pounding on the walls knocked stuff off my walls and cracked my pictures. I was a very happy neighbor when she moved out.

Neighbors are a pain in the butt, but my philosophy is that we just have to live with them until we can afford not to.

OK, i dont think its necessary to judge Alphagam1019, by a few words that she wrote. She isnt judgemental at all by any means. Shes just a little angry at the situation thats at hand, and who wouldnt be! We all say things we dont mean or exaggerate sometimes to get the point across. So lets not jump down the girls throat, shes a very sweet person. She's not complaining about people being fat, it was just an expression. I mean when you have someone whose "love making" can wake up the apt under you and im sure next to you....theres a problem (Nina, I would have tape recorded it and played it back for the whole complex....JOKE). No offense Valkryie, but I think you came to a harsh judgement yourself about someone and read to much into a story that didnt need to be read into. Thats just my opinion though.

As far as the whole red neck/southern accent thing goes.... lets drop that too. Some people cant help their background and how they might have been educated.

Nina, hope the situation gets better and if you ever need a tape recorder just let me know... ;)

alphagam1019-
i've been in your situation but the other way around....
on the weekend, my friend's apt. turns into the hang out. On friday and saturday nights there's at least 20 people there every weekend and a lot of us ususally spend the night there. we are those kids who make all the noise. i'm still in a dorm, so i don't have a huge problem with noise, just drunk sisters coming home and making a lot of noise in the middle of the night, but usually i'm with them.
anyways- at my friends apt. we've had the cops come sooooooooooo many times. while using our drunk logic one night, we decided we should invite the downstairs neighbors up to party with us. we thought that maybe they were just mad because they weren't having as much fun as us. it didn't really work and they declined the invite, but we tried.
just thought it was a fun story about noisy neighbors.

maybe you should say something to your landlord..........

Maybe I am just bitchy and prematurely geriatric, but it seems like I have had issues with just about EVERY neighbor I've had. There really is nothing worse, in my opinion, than having the precious few hours you have to relax/study/be at home ruined by impolite, psycho, oversexed, lazy loud ass, obnoxious, trashy roommates. So, I feel complete empathy for any of you who've had a nightmarish experience.

My first terrible experience started in college, where my roommate and I just about committed a double homicide that year. I lived in a co-ed dorm (ya, that was fun...and YES, we even had a co-ed bathroom. Two words: P. U. ) and naturally we had the worlds biggest partiers next to us. It was pretty cool at first, or so I thought, because I was able to meet a lot of cool people during orientation and the first few weeks of school. We just naturally thought that these guys would tone it down when academics started to sink in. Um..well, that didn't happen. Let me just tell you about one party they had (ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT).
The hall outside our rooms smelled like the biggest doobie known to man, and was so filled with smoke, I could barely see, muchless breathe. People were leaning on our doors and pounding on walls. They played total butt-rock music, which made the walls shake. I felt bad because my poor roomie had her bed right up next to the dividing wall. They were total delinquents.
Well, never one to bitch and not do something diplomatic about it, I went next door and asked them nicely to turn down the music, and at least keep in in their room and maybe tone it down by 1am...well, apparently one of their drunken high party guests didn't like that, and decided to throw a beer bottle at my head. :mad: Let's just say, that's when I decided to take matters into my own hands. My roommate and I called not only the campus cops (who usually didn't do anything because they didn't want the place to look bad if a ton of students were reported for MIP, etc.) but also called the REAL cops. So, when the cops show up to bust their asses, someone apparently offers one of the cops a beer - oh yes, a beer - DUMB ASSES. Long story short, I heard the next day that basically everyone in the room was busted for underage drinking and a few more got nailed for the green stuff. I was pretty afraid of retaliation, but lucky for me the cops told them something about being able to hear the party from the street, blah blah blah. Needless to say, once the parents of these 2 guys found out, guess who was moved to the Substance Free dorm with the rest of the candy asses?? Too bad it was almost the end of the year anyway. :rolleyes:

Have you tried getting a broomstick and tapping it on the ceiling? :D

Ha ha...well, that's a fine idea, other than the fact that most of the time, the noise makers are too clueless to pick up on that. At least, that's my experience. :D

LOL Thats sad, but usually thats what you have to do. Been there done that.

And if the tapping doesn't do it, I can think of a few other things you could do with that broomstick that might be more effective!!!!!;)

HA HA...Erika...not a bad idea. I will keep a broom around just in case my current neighbors start acting up.

Judgementalism is not a virtue.

I've had the Neighbors From Hell before also, so I can totally empathize with all of you who have posted nightmarish stories so far! :eek:

Right now, I live in a condo, so things are much better. But there are still annoying neighbors with whom I have to contend. One guy, 30-something and jobless whose parents pay his monthly house payments and living expenses :rolleyes: , bothers me and my next-door-neighbor at least twice a day. He usually comes up with some stupid excuse like needing to borrow saran wrap in order to get in the door.

Then, just when we've handed him the requested item and shooed him to the door, thinking that we've got him out of the way for a while, the leech returns to bring us a "Thank you" bottle of Zima. It's quite obvious that the drink is just another excuse to come by and invite himself in for a while, and since it's become a daily occurence both I and my NDN have gotten extremely tired of Annoying Guy knocking on our doors all the time.

It's gotten to the point where neither I nor my NDN will answer our doors if we see him through the peephole. My NDN even got caller ID so that she could screen her calls, because he would knock, not get an answer at the door, and then go back to his place and call to see if she was home! :eek:

Whenever we come back from work or running errands, we pass by his condo on the way to ours as quickly and quietly as possible so that he won't know that we're home. There's just something about him that gives us the creeps. I'm sure some of you can relate to that, right?

Anyway, I know that's a minor story compared to some of y'all's but I felt like sharing. :)

That is so pathetic he's in his 30's and living off his parents! :eek:

I think this guy is psycho! :eek:

AlphaGam,

I agree! This guy is definitely stalker-material. Oh, did I mention that he's under psychiatric care and takes anti-depressants? We're afraid to say anything to him about his behavior because we're scared he might just lose it one day. He's a big guy and we're pretty small girls in comparison. Kind of scary when you think about it.

Two rail thin girls live above me but you would never know it by the noise they make. It always sounds like there moving furniture when they come in at night. For some odd reason when they bring a guy home it’s not as loud as just their normal day-to-day routine. I have never been driven to the point of complaining but the other night at 3:40 A.M. one of them felt the need to play her stereo. I just cranked mine up for a minute and then turned it off, they got the point and turned theirs down. Oh well I am sure it sucks to live above me as well I am always loud coming in at night and today when I was making lunch for some reason the process of boiling water set off the smoke alarm. Well at least my alarm clock is loud enough to make the stomp on the floor when I don’t wake up fast enough to get to it in a timely fashion. Sucks for them that I have 8:00 A.M. classes.

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Take care of the situation right away by either calling the cops for a noise complaint or talk to the landlord about it.

I feel for ya!! Please keep your doors locked at night and when you unfortunately bump into him be nice. lol, who knows when he'll break!!! :eek:

Shoot Them, dice them, and be sure to place all body parts in separate locations! Wear golves throw away all clothing you may have worn. Do not keep any of the edible parts for later.;)

To day life styles are F you neighbor and kiss my butt!
Well Kiss my nasty unwashed hind end! Dont F with Me, I wont F with you!:D

No how matter you climb that hill and you think is all down from there, you come to another Damn Hill!:D

Ok, I don't think anyone should be bothered every single night to the point where they cannot sleep study etc., but it is college and people are going to have a party every now and then. I live upstairs and Pikas live below me. They have a party every single night. They have HOUSE speakers around their entire apartment that shakes our floors. Being the good sport that I am, I just go down and party with them. If you can't beat em, join em!!!! I guess that is just good ole' southern hospitality for ya.

Oh can I relate to noisy neighbors!

My friend and I moved into the bottom floor of a three story apartment complex. It was rather nice at first - the patio was right infront of our cars, we weren't facing the West so the sun didn't bother us in the mornings...etc.
Well our neighbors above us weren't married but had children. Unfrotunately I was in the room below the children's bedroom. All I cal say is that it gets rather annoying when you are awakened by some child jumping on the bed at 6 a.m. or at 8 a.m. on the weekends! Not to mention, they kid(s) would run around and then jump. Kinda like she was running and then jumping once she stopped. That gets rather annoying when you're trying to watch tv. But the above instances didn't cause for me to come unwired.
One other time I came home for lunch from school and all I could hear was some heavy metal music BLARING in the living room and the sound of two people going at it. Worse yet I could SEE my living room ceiling bounce :eek: So I simply went into my room and blared a teeny-bopper type cd and I think they got the hint :D

Overall I think the most annoying thing I encountered about apartment living is parking.
Like I mentioned above we had parking right outside our patio. So why was it that when my roomie and I would come home late from the gym we would have to park in the other apartment complex's parking? It drove me nuts because some stupid lady and guy who lived in the other complex would park in our lot. I don't know how many times I was tempted to leave them a note but never did :mad: Worse yet, I would get infuriated by those who'd park and take up TWO spots! ARG! I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that anymore!

lol, I've gotten used to calling the towing company. There are two spaces per apt plus 2 visitor spaces for the whole complex. Perhaps those 2 visitor spots aren't enough for everyone, but there are places by the dumpster they can park! Plus lots of kids think they can just park in the complex and walk to class cause it's so darn close to school. They get the "missing car" syndrome when they get back!

If someone ends up in my space, I make a few knocks on doors inquiring and if I don't find that person, it's NOT my problem. :D It's the responsibility of the tenants to tell their guests not to park in marked spaces!

The apt. complexes in Tallahassee are infamous for towing. Just about every complex has decals and visitors passes. And let me tell ya....if it was after midnight and you weren't in the designated spaces/didn't have a decal, you might as well be ready to write the $90 check. Most places did roam towing from midnight to 7 am. I hated the policy when I just wanted to have my friends over, but my complex had a small lot and it just couldn't deal with more than the residents and their 2 allowed guests. A resident should not have to park across the street just because others are having wild parties, so I can understand the policy.

And in regards to playing music to give neighbors a hint....I didn't know other people did that too. We did that one time when the guy upstairs was on a roll. HIs choice of music was hardcore rap..so we turned up the Indigo girls so loud we couldn't stand it. We figured that was about as opposite as you could get :D

I'm bringing this topic back up because I am dealing with really noisy neighbors. I live on the first floor and we're having trouble with our upstairs neighbors. The staircase for their apartment is right next to my bedroom. It's wooden so it makes a lot of noise when they walk on it. That's fine and I'm understanding of that. But, the guy who lives above us is about 300 pounds and on his way to work at 6am, he likes to run down the stairs causing our whole apartment to shake. They enjoy playing their bass at all times of the day and have loud conversations late at night. We were told by our landlord that there is four inches of concrete between our apartment and theirs so it's ridiculous that we hear them. And, we hear things that we really, really, really wish that we couldn't hear (ie- moaning, screaming). They use to have roommates (me and my roomie got along really well with them) but they ended up moving out because of unresolved issues between them and the other couple they were living with. Our apartment complex detests our neighbors because they've caused all sorts of problems.
My roomie and I have mentioned several times to them that the noise level needs to be taken down some (and we've always been nice about it) but we've had the door slammed in our face each time. We made an official complaint with our apartment complex but that got our neighbors riled up even more. They're been purposely slamming the door and running down the staircase. They had a party last night and me and my roomie both had to be up early for work. My roomie started banging on the wall to get them to be quiet. We both saw them early this morning as we were leaving for work. We gave them dirty looks (couldn't help it....we don't like them). My roomie went to the leasing office an hour ago to say something to the landlord about the party our neighbors were having only to find out that our neighbors wrote a noise complaint on us. They cited us for banging on the walls and BEING RUDE. They said that we were rude because we gave them dirty looks in the morning. The apartment complex thought it was hilarious (luckily, they're on our side).
We couldn't help it, our neighbors were outside at 8am riding on a unicycle and throwing fire batons. WE HAVE CARNIES FOR NEIGHBORS!!!!! Of course we gave them weird looks!!!!
So, we have a meeting set up with them for this Friday to work out our differences. Sigh....this should be interesting.

lol @carnies haha Sorry, I hope they quiet down soon.

Last year, when I was living in the campus apartments (mostly athletes - really loud obnoxious, "i can do whatever I want because i'm an athlete" people) there were lots of noise problems.

We thought it was the girls below us at first - so my roomates would stomp on the floor of their bedrooms. Turns out, it was the guy below us and behind us. His music was THAT LOUD. But, he was a football player.

Then there was the case of the ever-repeating song. The girls below us woul put on a song, usually Whitney Houston singing the national anthem, and play it over and over. And leave. It was very bizarre.

Oh, if only it were my neighbors that were the noisy ones. My dorm room is right over the dance studio. Starting early in the morning I have the African Dance classes and their drummer below me. Later in the afternoon I get the tap classes and the modern dancers with their strange music. At night time I get the thumping from the aerobics classes and their bad disco music and even later at night and into the early hours of the morning I have everyone that uses the studio to practice for auditions. Luckily, I have gotten used to it and have learned to ignore it.

Ouch! :( Hope the noisy neighbors quiet down soon.

We had paper-thin walls in my dorm, and one year the triple next door to me had the LOUDEST group of girls in it. "Indoor voice" was obviously a foreign concept to them! These girls also would turn off the stove burner if I (or anyone) set a pot of water on it to boil for pasta and walked away for even a minute.

And the teenagers where I currently live will insist on their bass at odd hours of the night... BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM grrr...

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About the guys above me. They're skinny, dorky looking dudes. But it sounds like they fall down all the time. They are LOUD. One afternoon, I thought they were killing each other. I called the management. By the time they made it out, the guys were gone. I still think they got fined for the complaint :D

oh man, i have a story too...
our dorms are set up as one big huge room with two doors, divided down the middle with thin (1/2 inch) wooden panels that make up our closets.. over the years they have acquired little holes from putting up posters and such.. anyway, we had this room mate who used to play the SAME REGGAE SONG over and over and over and over again.. god it got annoying.. one night she came home with a guy, put that song on, and starting having sex with him VERY LOUDLY :eek: ... i could hear every WORD they said.. TERRIBLE! so the next day my roomie and i moved our speakers into the closet next to her bed and put on "it's a small world after all" and left for the day.... 8 hours later when we came back, she was gone, and we never heard that reggae song again :D