'Neighbors suddenly became silent at nights': Dude's neighbors refuse to quiet down their kids at night, he gets even by playing loud rock music at 2:30am

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 9, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

Most parents teach their children about having respect for other people, but occasionally, you'll come across one or two who refuse to acknowledge that their kids need to learn a lesson. It's as if they are some untouchable species that could never do anything even remotely annoying or entitled or inappropriate. But we all know that kids can be all of those things. In fact, they are likely to lean into those qualities if no one calls them out, and it's preferable that their parents should be the ones to do just that.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit by u/RegexIsEasy, who claims that he didn't even intend to get even with this family, and yet, he very much did. His neighbor's kids were howling in the middle of the night repeatedly, and OP had made numerous polite requests to ensure that the parents would quiet them down. Of course, they never did. However, once OP was gifted a high tech sound system for his birthday, he impulsively decided to play loud rock music at 2:30 in the morning. He claims this was "accidental," but we wouldn't fault him if it were on purpose. His neighbors (and the kids especially) clearly deserved a taste of their own medicine, and by that point, it was the only way to get them to keep their mouths shut at night. 

 

Keep scrolling below for this and similar neighborhood stories from other folks in the comments section. For more tales of petty revenge, check out this story about a resident's fourth-month plan to get back at their neighbor.

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    Property - "I put my stereo speakers to the wall"
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    Font - Neighbors suddenly became silent at nights after unintentionally showing them the taste of their own medicine So I was living in an apartment, having a neigbor on right and one on top. Both neighbors had kids that made a lot of noise during day and night. I didn't really have a problem with noises at day, they were kids and it was understandable. but really, who the runs and screams up to 3 am?
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    Font - So several times I wrote in the building whatsapp group that please keep your children quite at night as I and everyone else needs to sleep and wake up early. I got no answers or if I did, it was their parents telling they are kids and they will try, but cannot promise anything.
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    Font - Fast forward to my brithday. One of my friends gave me this amazing soundbar and when I got home I was too excited to hear some music from it. It was like 12 am and I really wasn't thinking about any revenge or something. Just wanted to try this new soundbar and didn't notice it's too late. I played my rock playlist with a high volume and meanwhile on my PC trying to figure out it's features.
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    Font - At around 2:30 am the same neighbor (top floor) came and knocked my door. It was then, before opening the door that I realized what time is it. I opened the door and saw it's him trying to ask to keep it quite. Before he starts speaking I told sorry I didn't notice the time and turned it off. Didn't mention his kids or anything. He appreciated and went.
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    Font - From that day non of those two neighbors kids made any noise at night. Not a single day. Like their parents had all control over the kids to keep them quite at night but didn't feel necessary until they felt the other neighbors can also make midnight noises. Only if I knew this earlier I would buy the soundbar way earlier
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    Font - Pam_ail 14 hr. ago I live in a duplex and had new neighbors moved in with kids. These kids were loud and super energetic. Constantly stomping up and down their stairs and banging doors that i can literally feel my walls shaking. The worst part? They were constantly banging a basketball against our shared wall. This would go on the whole day til the kids tired out at night.
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    Font - Spoke to their mother about the noise level and ask her if they can at least stop banging the ball against our shared wall. She basically said they're just kids being kids and I should mind my own business.
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    Font - Well, that night I stayed up until 3 am and sat a few feet from our shared wall and started pitching a tennis ball hard against it. I crocheted a little pocket with a rope around it so i wouldnt have to go and fetch the ball in case it bounced too far off. Sat there pitching for about 10-15 minutes and all of a sudden I heard banging from the other side of the wall. I knew I had achieved my goal then so I stopped. The banging stopped. Next day, the kids started playing with their basketba
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    Font - Bad Wolf7426. 12 hr. ago I crocheted a little pocket with a rope around it so i wouldnt have to go and fetch the ball in case it bounced too far off. You used your powers for good. I'm a knitter and I applaud your skills and your petty. 1.3k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - ZarquonsFlat Tire 12 hr. ago I'm just picturing the angriest crocheting of a small satchel ever. 659 Reply Share
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    Font - Mryan7600 15 hr. ago Similar thing happened to me. Upstairs neighbors were in a band and practiced way too late on weeknight(I didn't love it on weekends but I only really cared on work nights.)
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    Font - We sleep with our TV on, so since I'm a corner unit noise in my apartment can only be heard upstairs. I started turning on my TV loud enough to block out the noise he was making. (I can sleep through certain shows almost no matter how loud it is).
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    Font - Eventually one night he came down and said the Tv was too loud, I told him it was only on to block out the noise he was making. He said "man I never realized it was that loud I always just assumed you were trying to hassle me". He never played after 10pm again. 930 Reply Share
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    Font - AMonkeyAndALavaLamp. 14 hr. ago I knowingly fixed a neighbor just like that. He liked getting together with friends and party at night, but I'm a morning person, so about half an hour after everyone left his place it was time for me to get up and start my morning with a nice rock playlist at decent volume. Took him two weekends to realize his mistake and kept it quiet from then on. 438 Reply Share
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    Font - FatPeaches 14 hr. ago Most of the time people just don't realize how sounds travel through paper thin walls 266 Reply Share
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    Font - night-otter 13 hr. ago Living in a row house. Neighbors that shared my bedroom wall were fighters then lovers, both LOUDLY. I put my stereo speakers to the wall. When they were fighting, I'd play the Imperial March and the music from the space battles. When they were loving, I'd play bolero.
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    Font - They finally found out what I was doing and swapped rooms with their kids. I warned my Mom they were "noisy" and offered her my stereo if it bothered her. Seemed they never made much noise after that. 196 Reply Share
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