'It’s not his fault if I can’t sleep': Tenant gives neighbor who always plays loud music a taste of his own medicine, sabotaging his party

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 25, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

It sounds like Dave had it coming! After shrugging off a series of complaints from his neighbor about playing loud music well into the middle of the night, it was time for Dave's comeuppance.

The Redditor who shared this story first made it known that he tried his best to be polite and understanding when he voiced his concerns to Dave, to no avail. Dave laughed it off and made it seem like it wasn't his problem. It's the laugh that definitely triggered something in the Redditor. When he learned that Dave was going to be hosting a party and would likely play his music even louder than normal, the Redditor hatched a plan and hooked up his portable speaker to play a series of distracting and discordant noises on a loop to sabotage the party.

Keep scrolling below to see how Dave reacted when he figured out the source behind these strange noises. For more stories like this, check out this post about a teenager who damaged his stepfather's plants.

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    So, I have this neighbor who is just the worst. Let's call him "Dave." Dave has this obnoxious habit of playing his music at full blast during the late hours of the night.
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    I've tried talking to him about it, but he just laughs it off and says it's not his fault if I can't sleep. Super charming, right?
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    Well, after weeks of sleepless nights and trying to be the nice neighbor, I decided enough was enough. One
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    night, I found out he had a big party planned, and I knew he'd crank the music up even higher than usual. So, I hatched a plan.
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    I waited until the party was in full swing, and I set up my phone to stream the loudest, most annoying sounds I could find-think sirens, baby cries, and an airhorn sound effect. I connected it to my portable speaker
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    and started blasting it at full volume right outside his window. The look on his face when he realized it was me and not the party music was
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    priceless! He ran out to confront me, but I just smiled and said, "Sorry, Dave! Can't sleep with all this noise!"
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    His friends were cracking up, and he ended up having to ask his guests to leave early because he was so embarrassed.
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    Since then, he's kept the volume down significantly. Petty? Absolutely. Satisfying? You bet!
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    2_old... 16h ago • One friend of mine was a HAM radio operator 30 years ago. He would rig up a system to create
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    feedback in his neighbor's speakers that, when it hit a certain level due to the volume of the neighbor's music, would damage the speakers.
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    Another friend recorded her neighbor's party and played it back the following night. That neighbor was furious
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    at my friend for playing such loud music at night, but had nothing more to say about it when he realized it was a recording of his own
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    party. He actually apologized and behaved much better after.
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    Nisi-M... 17h ago • When I was in college, our townhouse shared a wall with the unit next-door. And they
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    would be so incredibly ride with the music and the screaming. I'm not talking about weekends and party nights. Middle of the week 4 AM, the music would start.
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    So one morning, we took my roommates giant speakers and pointed them right at the wall and cut it to Prince's scream in Endorphin Machine. We put it on a loop, full blast.
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    IB4W Oddly enough, I've found that The Carpenters at very high volume can get the attention of all sorts of people listening to loud
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    music. The offenders may not understand all of the lyrics, but the tone and rhythm are enough to intrude upon their "generous" sharing and get the point across.
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    Q-sala... • 16h ago • Nice, I would have played "baby shark" and set it on repeat.
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