I was Evil Incarnate
I have come to the conclusion that, in a previous life, I was Evil Incarnate.
This is the only explanation I have for the Hell that I am living now. Yes, this is my eternal punishment.
Take just two examples:
I am stalked by a schizophrenic, possibly psychotic bitch who seems to walk that impossibly fine line between fucking annoying and downright threat. See, if she actually demonstrated some threat I could get the restraining order, but no... she has to be just on this side of the line so she's still a complete nuisance but yet I can't do anything to get her locked up...
I pay the big bucks for rent and put up with the inconvenience of having to ride a bus for 40 minutes every day for one reason, and one reason alone:
I like sleep.
Yes, my days of college parties and drunkards and campus apartment life are long, long past. Which is why I live way out in the boonies where it's quiet and peaceful and I can sleep. It's more expensive, but it's a nice place, and it sucks to have to deal with the bus every day, but it's totally worth the peace and quiet.
Until yesterday.
See, my upstairs neighbors just had a baby. I don't know this because they came down and told us. I know this because at 4 AM, I woke up to the little bugger's crying before they did. I mean what the hell did I do in my previous life to deserve this? This is worse than college parties because there at least you can go up there and say. "Yo, mother fuckers! Turn this shit down or I'm gonna call the police!" But what am I supposed to do? Go up there, "Yo, turn that baby down, goddammit, or I'm gonna call the police!" Man. If I wanted to deal with crying babies at 4 AM, I would have gotten married and had my own for Chrissakes. I don't need this shit. I don't want it.
Hell. This is eternal punishment.
Comments
VEGAS!
Posted by: vince | October 10, 2002 5:50 PM
That's why I'm buying a house...
Of course, being a young child still doesn't deter me from yelling at the top of my lungs things such as - God dammit, shut the fuck up you little piece of shit - through the wall. Nor does it deter me from making a noise complaint to the management. The way I see it, they chose to have kids, therefore it is their problem to deal with, not their neighbors'.
Personally, if I were to have kids, I would either not consider living in a community type dwelling, or insist that the management either put me in a place with no immediate neighbors, or tell any prospective neighbors that there'll be a baby next door. I also wouldn't consider bringing a child to a restaurant until it's old enough to properly behave - i.e. won't scream and yell - unless it's something like McDonald's or some specific child oriented place.
Just my 2cents... and this ranting has made me late for work....
Posted by: haglund | October 11, 2002 8:38 AM
And, man, how does she find you? Is it possible to change whatever it is so she doesn't? Would harrasment charges work?
Posted by: haglund | October 11, 2002 8:41 AM
Wow, I totally understand what you feel!!! I have new neighbors on BOTH side of me, and BOTH have a baby and a small child. The neighbors in one apt., (#7) have a 3mth old and an 18mth old, and the 3mth old screams whenever it is awake, sometimes for up to half an hour. It awakens me in the early morning, (I'm NOT a morning person, don't have children, by choice, and don't care to hear them,) and both kids randomly scream until at least 11:30pm or so. Not to mention the pounding and the running on the hardwood floor! I'm at my wits end! My husband and I were already in the progress of getting the OTHER tenants kicked out, on the other side of us, because THEY play LOUD sub-woofer bass stereo/TV constantly. The kid is about 4 and runs around occasionally, banging walls, etc. and the baby is newborn, so we don't really hear THAT one yet. But now we feel like we'd just be labled complainers if we try to have the landlord tell the other tenants to control their child. We don't even know if that's 'legal' in PA. But we still have the right to 'quiet enjoyment' of our apt. so I don't see why it wouldn't be. One advantage we have is that the landlord regards us as good tenants, and we've been here 2 years, as opposed to the other tenants next to us who have just moved in...but we don't know WHAT to do...as my high blood pressure rises even more.......
Posted by: Beth | May 13, 2004 9:52 PM