Woman gets her 50-something neighbor Bobby removed by landlord after he sets off fireworks just feet from their apartment building after quiet hours: ‘We all live here. We all have the same rules to follow’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
Jul 14, 2025 7:00 AM EDT

Apartment living is a social experiment in patience, but nothing tests the limits of civility quite like a neighbor who thinks fireworks at midnight are a basic human right. This woman, just trying to keep her six-year-old asleep through the night, finds herself cast as the villain in a low-budget neighbor feud sitcom starring Bobby, a fifty-something pyro with a taste for cheap liquids and even cheaper thrills. 

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  • The rules are clear: no fireworks, no flames, no fun that involves the fire department. Bobby’s interpretation is a little more flexible, involving Roman candles three feet from the siding and a running tally of how many neighbors he can annoy before someone snaps.

  • Male neighbor in apartments letting off fireworks less than 3ft from apartment building after quiet hours tried to fight me.

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  • This happened last night and it's basically what it says. I, 34F, live in an apartment building where we're not allowed to have ANYTHING flammable, including: grills, fireworks, bon fires, fire pits, etc.
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  • For the last couple weeks I've been having issues with my neighbors being loud after quiet hours and waking up my 6 year old. I've asked them to stop multiple times, and explained that my daughter is asleep by 9-9:30, even in the summer, and they keep waking her up.
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  • After I complained the first couple times last week, they set up a TV DIRECTLY outside of my apartment and had all the kids except mine invited out there to watch it at 10pm, meaning they were running around and screaming directly outside my daughter's window, after excluding only her.
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  • I went out pretty hot that night and let them know I was done with their sh and if they didn't stop I'd inform the manager and the police (police are valid because of quiet hours and it's what the manager says to do, even though I normally wouldn't call them unless it was an actual emergency),
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  • but they ended up being quiet the rest of the night. It didn't last, though, and I was NOT the only person to complain. They kept going for the last week and a half, but it would be random and sporadic, so I couldn't get them on camera (I invested in an actual security camera today).
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  • - So, to last night. Fireworks. are going off directly over the apartment buildings, and I do mean DIRECTLY over to the point where it could have easily caught the building on fire (we also haven't had rain in a couple weeks and everything is very dry and just waiting for a spark),
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  • and they're also setting them off less than 3ft away from the edge of their porch (all of this is on camera because I ran upstairs and got them from my upstairs window.) I came out and yelled across the lot, "I've asked y'all to stop, you're still going, I've got you on camera, I'm giving it to the landlord, you might want to look for somewhere else to live."
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  • Well, this old drink of a man in his 50s (we'll call him Bobby because that's his name) who was also out there letting off fireworks and who has put himself in the middle of everything in the complex since I moved in 6 years ago came over and started getting in my face.
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  • He pulled his fist back and went to punch me, but my great uncle was a semi-pro boxing coach, so I know how to fight and I immediately dropped into a stance, which is the only reason he missed my face as he swung at me and scraped down my body, pushing me backwards.
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  • At this point, my other neighbor, a little old lady who you'd think didn't have a mean bone in her body, came rushing out of her apartment and started defending me, a long with a few other neighbors. Cops were called.
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  • I was told I could press charges if I wanted, but it would be a misdemeanor, but if I waited and he kept bothering me, they could push it up to something higher, so I just decided to wait for that and because I didn't feel right sending him to jail for TRYING to hit me and I knew it would just cause more drama.
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  • After weeks of late-night chaos, unfriendly movie nights, and enough noise to rattle the windows, this woman does what any reasonable adult would do: she confronts the circus and threatens to bring in the landlord and the law. Bobby, fueled by liquid courage and the confidence of a man who’s never read a lease agreement, tries to turn the parking lot into a boxing ring. He swings, she sidesteps, and the only thing bruised is his ego as the cavalry arrives in the form of a little old lady and a few fed-up neighbors.

  • During this whole thing, Bobby kept screaming at me that I would "be out of here in a month" and I have "no right to tell others to be quiet" and I'm "just a ruiner of fun", and the last part could be true, but my landlord called me this morning and has already confirmed that I am not the one getting kicked out for this situation.
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  • I just don't get it. We all live. here. We all have the same rules to follow. I'm neurodivergent so rule following is a BIG thing for me, but I still try to not say anything to other people until they're being unsafe or they're effecting me/my family.
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  • I just don't understand how people can be so entitled to think that they don't have to follow the rules that allow people to live together in peace, or why they think it's okay to risk people's literal lives with fire during a "no burning" time
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  • while they're too drink to do anything if something were to go wrong. So, yeah, that's my story. Tldr; drink male neighbor letting off fireworks at apartments after complaints, tried to hit me, woman, cops were called.
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  • UPDATE: My landlord called, he's getting a termination notice today for trying to hit me! I kind of feel bad, but he's been causing issues for a while, so the majority of us around here are happy about it!
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