'My neighbors won't stop screaming': Guy plays heavy metal all day as payback for his neighbors' constant partying

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 22, 2023 8:00 AM EDT

Is there anything worse for non-confrontational folks than having to confront your noisy neighbors? As a non-confrontational person myself, I get anxious just thinking about being put in this position. I still have stress dreams about that time I had a crazy neighbor complain about my ceiling fan. Or that time when someone thought I was having a party when it was the people next door. Somehow, I still felt like it was my fault. So if you dread these kinds of encounters and that's just when you're being confronted, imagine when things get so bad you realize that you have to be the one to do the confronting.

That's what happened to this Redditor, who shared their story via Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit. His neighbors were partying from 1:30 a.m. to 5 a.m. on a TUESDAY night! Literally my nightmare. When he came knocking on their door, they got defensive and claimed that OP was the one who makes noise all day. So, OP decided to lean into that role a bit further. He decided that the best payback would be to give them exactly what they accused him of. This meant blasting heavy metal music first thing the next morning. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. One person even suggested switching to opera. We love a genre-spanning revenge plot! For more content like this, here's a story about how a student who got payback on his nightmare roommate.

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    Facial expression - .... "Last Tuesday they were having a party from 1:30-5am [...] I was so fed up"
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    Font - My neighbors won't stop screaming between 2- 4am This last week, my neighbors whom I share my bedroom wall have been screaming and shouting between 2am-4am. I have not been able to sleep for a week. This last Tuesday they were having a party from 1:30- 5am (not like a super big thing but they had some people over and were yelling and playing loud music). We knocked on the wall at around 2:30am so they would shut up. Their response was screaming back at us through the wall cursing at us an
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    Font - My apartment complex won't do anything to fix it and said it was pretty much up to us to contact the police when this happens. We tried talking to them but they won't open the door. Last night the started again and I was so fed up I gave three GENTLE knocks (they seem like aggressive people so I didn't want to agitate them). They then started to knock aggressively 10 times on the wall and screaming. At this point I literally woke up, got dressed and tan to their apartment.
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    Font - When they opened, the girls that had been so aggressive started acting all innocent and surprised that we had a noise complaint (?). Her excuse was: "I am here ALL day and I always hear you making so much noise throughout the day, stepping hard on the floor and all and even hear you lat night"
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    Font - Mind you, we live in the first floor so there's no way she heard the steps. I told her that I work 7-5 and go to the gym 6-9pm and then go to sleep early so it's impossible that she heard me. Even the part, we are not loud AT ALL, especially cause we know how thin the walls are. They tried to act stupid and kept claiming they were not making any noise and the conversation ended with her saying that they will be moving out in two days (I'm thinking this is a lie honestly). I start wfh tomo
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
  • 06
    Gesture - CoderJoe1 1 hr. ago . Interlace baby shark with your metal. It will drive them batty.
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    Font - Just_a_racoon_ OP. 1 hr. ago I was thinking about playing for a few minutes, giving them a 20min break and then keep going, in case they think is over and try to rest again
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  • 08
    Font - Staff Of Doom 35 min. ago Look up a Japanese metal band called Baby Metal. You'll love it and they won't!
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
  • 09
    Font - Excellent Spend_6452. 49 min. ago Assuming you have the same lease terms since you're under the same management company, look up specifically what it states about noise issues and the like from all tenants. Most state that it is in violation of the lease to (paraphrasing here), off the other tenants with overly loud and obnoxious behavior.
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
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    Font - Record them from your own apartment showing the volume level. Document everything showing most importantly, time stamps and do not alter or edit recordings in any way.
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
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    Font - Forward the highlighted area on your lease, with supporting violations from neighbors (PUT EVERYTHING IN WRITING- DO NOT HAND OVER THE ORIGINALS WHERE THEY CAN BE MISPLACED) in an e-mail to the leasing office. By doing so, you are making them responsible for upholding the terms. WHICH IS THEIR JOB. Make it their problem.
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
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    Gesture - Responsible-Truth-89. 1 hr. ago Sounds like a good opportunity to introduce them to slipknot
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  • 13
    Font - billyw_415 1 hr. ago We have terrible neighbours upstairs who are up late allot. They make a ton of noise on the weekend comming home from clubs/bars.
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
  • 14
    Font - The worst thing for these people is making it IMPOSSIBLE for them to sleep-off their hangovers...we do dishes LOUDLY every morning right at 6-7AM. Alarm clocks strategiclly set for EARLY near their bedroom.
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
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    Font - Eventually they may stop. Our reduced their madness by at least 50% and no longer have late night parties as they KNOW they will NOT be able to sleep in.
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
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    Rectangle - Record their madness with your phone. Email the files to your landlords, paticularly when they are retributive.
    via u/Just_a_racoon_
  • 17
    Font - Just_a_racoon_ OP. 55 min. ago Yes!! I really wish I had recorded them when they started threatening us, that would've been perfect for a police report.
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  • 18
    Font - AnUnbreakableMan 31 min. ago Have you tried complaining to the landlord?
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    Font - Just_a_racoon_ OP. 30 min. ago Yes, the apartment complex manager said it was on my to call the police and deal with it. I called the police but they did nothing
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    Font - singerontheside. 34 min. ago Or some Opera - they might like metal and baby shark
    via u/Just_a_racoon_

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