What would you do?
 

These people that live upstairs are really, really loud. The woman wears clogs all day and they have hard wood floors. I can hear her walking and stomping and shuffling around all day and it drives me crazy!!!

I work late nights- I need to take a nap before work. I can't fall asleep because her stomping around keeps me awake.

I don't know what to do, because I can't afford to move and I can't expect her to stop walking around during the day, but It's getting to the point where I'm blasting music and turning the t.v. on at the highest volume, just because I'm so sick of listening to her thumping and clomping around.

I hope they like System of a Down...hehehe.

take up trap shooting. practice in your living room. aim high and good things will happen.

Well, one idea that comes to me is to walk up to her apartment, knock and talk to her. Explain what you explained in your post, and do so in a sweet, rational manner. Give her the benefit of the doubt.

Honey over vinegar, y'know?

Does the RI require that second floor renters carpet their apts?

buy her a nice pair of slippers

cut off her feet

I like the idea of buying her slippers. Do you think she'd get the hint?

I've already (many times) thought of cutting off her feet. Then I'd have to listen to the idiots in jail all night- lose-lose situation.

I will look into the carpet thing- that would be such a HUGE blessing. Are there really laws like that??!

I'm afraid of what would come out of my mouth if I actually went and talked to her. I'm so pissed at this point, that even my hugest efforts to be sweet would be obviously fake, and she'd probably clomp around even louder, since there's no law against walking aroung like bigfoot with clogs on in the middle of the day...

I can't even feel peaceful in my own home. It's a source of stress just to try to sit home and relax. I can't read a book, watch t.v., nap, etc. I feel like crying.

but then you would have three squares a day, a somewhat clean toilet, and wouldn't work for tips.... lose-lose-win?

I wouldn't be able to eat the food there- I have so many food intolerances, I'd probably starve to death... I'd have to use the toilet in front of other people...I'd have no income at all, and God only knows what kind of horrible things I'd do to get cigarettes...

I can only imagine
:yum:

get a white noise machine and some earplugs.

or kill her. kill her dead.

:vomit: Maybe I'd quit smoking.


earplugs make my ears feel weird- like they're gonna pop, and I hear a swishy sound in my head. I can't even wear them when I play the drums, they just irritate me. I guess I'll have to kill the bitch (and quit smoking).

nah, don't go the jail route. the almost three days i spent in county drove me up the wall wanting a smoke. i like the slipper idea. go buy a pair, wrap them in a box, and put them in front of her door. maybe she'll get the hint. just out of curiosity, is there any confontation issues from the past?

You could explain your situation but that is tantamount to asking her to change her life style just for you and putting the guilt trip on her. She is probably just carrying on as normal living her happy life in clogs.

If she has to pass your appartment to get to hers put a sign on your door that says something like "Quiet please shift working sleeping :zzz:Thank you for your consideration.

If that doesn't work a non threatning, non agressive visit is in order to explain your situation. Not sure about the slippers I dea. Because she wears clogs that sounds a bit "Birkenstock" so maybe a pair of Moccasins.

You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar

Unless you've mentioned this to her before, I'd say there's a good chance she doesn't even know she's bothering you. It usually doesn't occur to people that simple walking resonates terribly in the right shoes.

I agree with be-bop, nicely wrapped little slippers left on her doorstep would be the perfect mix of sweetness and getting the message across.