Pet Peeves IV

[ac1]

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My street has been a total nightmare for noise recently. First of all I have one of those Council basketball/football hybrids outside my bedroom window. No exaggeration when I say I get woken up regularly at 6am by some weirdo who thinks it’s acceptable to bounce a ball that sounds like it’s made of concrete outside peoples windows at that time of the morning. It also goes on all day, and in summer regularly goes on until midnight. Just a constant, doomf doomf doomf, made 100 times worse if you have misophonia.

Next we have Dawson the mad drunk, who passes by at least once, usually twice a day, shouting at the top of his voice. It usually takes him a 45 minutes a time to make it from the top of the street to the bottom. Double that if anyone talks to him.

Then there’s the couple over the road who always have their windows wide open who have unbelievably loud arguments several times a day, I’m working from home and have had to apologise to people I’m speaking to on the phone because they can hear them, that’s with my windows closed.

Last night someone was having a party opposite and some woman was sat at the window shrieking like a banshee for about 6 hours. She wasn’t arguing, just shouting at the top of her voice non stop. I was ready to go and knock her out.

That sounds horrendous! I had a couple of flats before were the person below thought it was acceptable to blast techno music (why is it always techno music!?) at any time night or day. Was absolutely brutal always on edge waiting for the next session. Hence why I am now living in a detached and would never go back to a flat ever!

[Jakhog1]

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That sounds horrendous! I had a couple of flats before were the person below thought it was acceptable to blast techno music (why is it always techno music!?) at any time night or day. Was absolutely brutal always on edge waiting for the next session. Hence why I am now living in a detached and would never go back to a flat ever!

We were in the same boat, we had months of noise above us when we were in a flat, parties almost every weekend, arguments, banging on our door, our son was born that year and I kid you not we got more peace and quiet from a baby, was finding drug paraphernalia in the stair, people pissing everywhere, complained to letting agency and they were useless,got to the stage where I was getting tooled up, luckily my wife calmed me down, no way would I ever move back to a flat, it is now night and day, last few years we have been in our house has been bliss.

[ac1]

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We were in the same boat, we had months of noise above us when we were in a flat, parties almost every weekend, arguments, banging on our door, our son was born that year and I kid you not we got more peace and quiet from a baby, was finding drug paraphernalia in the stair, people pissing everywhere, complained to letting agency and they were useless,got to the stage where I was getting tooled up, luckily my wife calmed me down, no way would I ever move back to a flat, it is now night and day, last few years we have been in our house has been bliss.

I was the same. I am too quiet and not hard enough 😆 to go knocking on peoples doors to sort it out which is what should have been required. Anxiety was through the roof. Horrible feeling not wanting to go back to your house incase the next deck session/party had started.

[Jakhog1]

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I was the same. I am too quiet and not hard enough 😆 to go knocking on peoples doors to sort it out which is what should have been required. Anxiety was through the roof. Horrible feeling not wanting to go back to your house incase the next deck session/party had started.

That's the thing I'm not a confrontational person at all, I guess my limits were pushed that day, horrible feeling as you say, used to dread when I would see groups of people coming into stair, I should thank them really as if it wasn't for them we might have stayed.

[Scouse Hibee]

Had the same issues, had been there for twenty years, was a cracking block when we bought it and all were owner occupied. As people got older and their relatives inherited them we ended up with only four of us in a block of twelve that owned them. We had some good tenants in the block who treated it as their own, it was a well kept block inside and out with private gardens tended by a gardener. It didn’t take long for a few **** tenants to bring it down. Had plenty of words and police involved, solved a few issues myself with a threat of violence (not good I know) but in the end the missus was at her wits end so we sold up, best thing ever.

[weecounty hibby]

Drivers who overtake you in the absolute pissing rain and then pull back in right in front of you covering your windscreen in spray making it difficult to see. Just keep in the outside lane for nother couple of hundred metres ya bell ends.

[Moulin Yarns]

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That sounds horrendous! I had a couple of flats before were the person below thought it was acceptable to blast techno music (why is it always techno music!?) at any time night or day. Was absolutely brutal always on edge waiting for the next session. Hence why I am now living in a detached and would never go back to a flat ever!

I had a nasty neighbour next door who tried to intimidate me by playing loud techno music. He had a window that opened into my garden, he opened it turned the music up then went out. The window had secondary double glazing and he had opened both top sashes. My garden needed watering, you can guess the rest. 😁

[heretoday]

Loud music is the worst kind of stress if you live in a tenement stair. The noise of a washing machine or vacuum is bearable because at least you know it's going to stop soon.

But music can last for hours, and the really annoying thing is that it's being done for their pleasure.

In my forty years experience of tenement life from Abbeyhill to Corstorphine, the only solution is to try and make friendly contact with the perps and eventually suggest that their music is too loud.

"Oh ah didny ken ah wiz disturbin' ye!"

[McD]

Before I met my wife, I bought a flat, in a block that some were owned and some still council. was told the usual 'neighbours are all lovely' chat, which was true for some of them, couple of nice ones.

Next door on one side was a couple where the wife was into drugs, and her brother would arrive at any time of the day, and stand outside and shout her name until she'd either answer or he'd finally give up because she was out. For some reason he'd never try to door buzzer/intercom. Whilst i never saw anything violent from him, he was a big bloke, and often used to tailgate people into the building (not me tbf), which would be intimidating for some of the single women he'd follow in the door.
Then there was the family above me, where the parents would disappear every weekend leaving 2 teenage kids, who would have a party from Friday night to Monday morning (my now wife ended up phoning to police at 4:30am on a Monday morning once).
And the jakey on the ground floor, and his mate, who used to sit drinking in the street, winding their dog up and let it run wild in the street, and ended up fighting another jakey with knives in the middle of the road.
Other people using our communal bins as an easy dump (especially the recycling one, so our bin would often not get emptied because someone had dumped their regular rubbish in it). You'd regularly see debt collectors trying to get in, and often accosting you at the door trying to find out if you were the person they were looking for, rubbish launched off of balconies, deliveries were always a pain because they couldn't get into the building, the communal areas used to be well kept by the council but that was severely cut back on, then trying to blame and charge owners for issues with drainage issues in the communal area.


I worked backshift at the time, and it got to the stage where I was telling my wife to not go out or take the dog out when she went home, and that I would do it when I got in as I genuinely feared for her safety.

[Wembley67]

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Before I met my wife, I bought a flat, in a block that some were owned and some still council. was told the usual 'neighbours are all lovely' chat, which was true for some of them, couple of nice ones.

Next door on one side was a couple where the wife was into drugs, and her brother would arrive at any time of the day, and stand outside and shout her name until she'd either answer or he'd finally give up because she was out. For some reason he'd never try to door buzzer/intercom. Whilst i never saw anything violent from him, he was a big bloke, and often used to tailgate people into the building (not me tbf), which would be intimidating for some of the single women he'd follow in the door.
Then there was the family above me, where the parents would disappear every weekend leaving 2 teenage kids, who would have a party from Friday night to Monday morning (my now wife ended up phoning to police at 4:30am on a Monday morning once).
And the jakey on the ground floor, and his mate, who used to sit drinking in the street, winding their dog up and let it run wild in the street, and ended up fighting another jakey with knives in the middle of the road.
Other people using our communal bins as an easy dump (especially the recycling one, so our bin would often not get emptied because someone had dumped their regular rubbish in it). You'd regularly see debt collectors trying to get in, and often accosting you at the door trying to find out if you were the person they were looking for, rubbish launched off of balconies, deliveries were always a pain because they couldn't get into the building, the communal areas used to be well kept by the council but that was severely cut back on, then trying to blame and charge owners for issues with drainage issues in the communal area.


I worked backshift at the time, and it got to the stage where I was telling my wife to not go out or take the dog out when she went home, and that I would do it when I got in as I genuinely feared for her safety.

WTF did you stay???

[McD]

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WTF did you stay???

I'm assuming the 'W' is for 'where' in this case


It was a block of flats in Bathgate. To be fair, there was some nice people staying there as well, but most of them moved away over time as well. Some of the zoomers had been moved on or arrested also.

[Onceinawhile]

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I'm assuming the 'W' is for 'where' in this case


It was a block of flats in Bathgate. To be fair, there was some nice people staying there as well, but most of them moved away over time as well. Some of the zoomers had been moved on or arrested also.

Boghall by any chance?

[McD]

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Boghall by any chance?

It wasn't actually (although decent guess)

[overdrive]

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My peeve is a particular type of cover version which has become prevalent, ie. take any song, play it on the piano at a quarter of it's original tempo and sing along with an excess of emotion - often out of context with the lyrics. Artistic as f***.

500 Miles... Viagra over the counter edit featuring crap animation!

[CloudSquall]

I lived in the Netherlands for 5 years and had constant issues with neighbour noise.

First place was a ground floor flat with F all insulation between the ceiling and the flat above that was occupied by a family with 3 kids, 2nd place was surrounded by DIY Dans who were non stop drilling in the shared walls for 3 years.

As someone that always thinks about neighbours before making any sort of significant noise, sometimes it's not the noise itself that pisses me off, it's the "I'm doing whatever the F I want and F everyone else" mentality of some people that induces the rage.

Didn't realise the full affect it had on my mental health until I moved to a detached house and saw how much calmer and relaxed I was.

[Peanut Shaz]

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500 Miles... Viagra over the counter edit featuring crap animation!

I know the female who acted the character for the animation.

[Pretty Boy]

I've posted about this before but since Covid restrictions were eased it has become so much worse.

Absolute tramps who think it's OK to destroy the countryside for their own enjoyment. I was walking up Ben Vorlich and Stuc a'Chroin yesterday. Arrived on the south shore of Loch Earn about 6.30 as I wanted to avoid the crowds later in the day. The place was like a bomb had hit it. People camping on the shore with disposable barbecues everywhere, techno music blaring, rubbish floating in the Loch, live trees hacked at for firewood and cars parked in passing places on the single track road. To top it all there was a guy absolutely off his face leaning against a Transit van pissing in the middle of the road. It wasn't as if the perpetrators were exclusively teenagers either. There were families and a group of guys who looked like they were at least in their 40s.

I went my walk and when I got back to the car the tents were gone but the rubbish remained. People really need to be taught the concept of 'leave no trace' and be punished if they don't adhere to it.

[matty_f]

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I've posted about this before but since Covid restrictions were eased it has become so much worse.

Absolute tramps who think it's OK to destroy the countryside for their own enjoyment. I was walking up Ben Vorlich and Stuc a'Chroin yesterday. Arrived on the south shore of Loch Earn about 6.30 as I wanted to avoid the crowds later in the day. The place was like a bomb had hit it. People camping on the shore with disposable barbecues everywhere, techno music blaring, rubbish floating in the Loch, live trees hacked at for firewood and cars parked in passing places on the single track road. To top it all there was a guy absolutely off his face leaning against a Transit van pissing in the middle of the road. It wasn't as if the perpetrators were exclusively teenagers either. There were families and a group of guys who looked like they were at least in their 40s.

I went my walk and when I got back to the car the tents were gone but the rubbish remained. People really need to be taught the concept of 'leave no trace' and be punished if they don't adhere to it.

Selfish folk are the worst.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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I've posted about this before but since Covid restrictions were eased it has become so much worse.

Absolute tramps who think it's OK to destroy the countryside for their own enjoyment. I was walking up Ben Vorlich and Stuc a'Chroin yesterday. Arrived on the south shore of Loch Earn about 6.30 as I wanted to avoid the crowds later in the day. The place was like a bomb had hit it. People camping on the shore with disposable barbecues everywhere, techno music blaring, rubbish floating in the Loch, live trees hacked at for firewood and cars parked in passing places on the single track road. To top it all there was a guy absolutely off his face leaning against a Transit van pissing in the middle of the road. It wasn't as if the perpetrators were exclusively teenagers either. There were families and a group of guys who looked like they were at least in their 40s.

I went my walk and when I got back to the car the tents were gone but the rubbish remained. People really need to be taught the concept of 'leave no trace' and be punished if they don't adhere to it.

I've spent a lot of time out and about during lockdown and we make sure we leave wherever we've been as tidy as possible, there are certainly plenty of absolute rodents going about though. 😤

[easty]

Jaggy pillows.

I dunno why they exist, a pillow to rest your head on, filled with feathers with pointy ends that dig into your face and head.

[Danderhall Hibs]

Folk using i.e. when it should be e.g. (and vice-versa).

[lapsedhibee]

Unnecessary punctuation, eg m.p.h. instead of mph.

[sleeping giant]

When someone in the passenger seat starts rummaging around in their handbag blocking the view in the wing mirror.

Absolutley drives me nuts.

[McD]

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When someone in the passenger seat starts rummaging around in their handbag blocking the view in the wing mirror.

Absolutley drives me nuts.

or at a T-junction and you’re trying to look left

[speedy_gonzales]

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or at a T-junction and you’re trying to look left

Or when the passenger looks left as you approach the junction and confidently states "CLEAR" when it is anything but.
Cunny Funts!

[hibee_girl]

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or at a T-junction and you’re trying to look left

My Grandad does this when I’m driving, he thinks he’s helping by looking out for me but he’s really just getting in my way! 🙈

[Scouse Hibee]

When people don’t use the driving pet peeves thread.

[grunt]

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Folk using i.e. when it should be e.g. (and vice-versa).

Folk putting hyphens between words unnecessarily.

[degenerated]

Here's a whole lisd of examples set to music, difficult to disagree with most of them.

https://youtu.be/E3IUXJbXbe0

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[c31]

Watching a quiz show (her choice) and she randomly talks over the questions!! Then asks me what the question was.... I now leave the room when that chase thing is on!!!
Lock down is over luv, 'time to go home' hints are flying about..