Man discovers he can connect to noisy neighbor’s air conditioning unit, blasts cold air all night for revenge: 'He did specifically tell you to chill'

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Isabella Penn
Jul 13, 2025 8:00 PM EDT

Having annoying neighbors is one of those universal frustrations that instantly unites strangers. Personally, I live in an old, creaky house on the bottom floor, and every time my upstairs neighbor so much as shifts in their chair, it sounds like they're rearranging furniture during an earthquake. Most of the time, I just deal with it. I pop in my headphones, crank up some music, and pretend I'm living in a trendy, intentionally noisy loft.

But sometimes, no amount of noise-canceling tech can drown out the noise. If you're like me, you probably start by politely asking your neighbor to keep it down... emphasis on politely. Nobody wants to start a full-blown feud over footsteps. But when they flat-out refuse to change their ways, at that point, they're basically begging for some sweet, petty revenge.

And that brings us to today's story. One guy had been dealing with his nightmare neighbor for far too long. He tried to be reasonable, but the neighbor just wouldn't listen.

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  • Then, one night, while using his smart home app, something unexpected popped up: a brand-new device nearby, asking to connect. As is the karma gods sent down a gift themselves, it just happened to belong his obnoxious neighbor’s air conditioning unit. 

    From there, the revenge practically wrote itself.

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  • "Would you like to add the device to your home? SURE!"

    About five years ago I was in a place that shared a wall with a neighbor who would play music loud after 11pm, have loud arguments with friends, let his dog crop on the patch of grass outside my path, park his car in the
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  • visitor bay so nobody else could park close by, etc. Total j . You get the idea. I'd asked him many times to keep the noise down, but he'd reply "everyone is noisy round here, chill!"
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  • One day I was turning on my smart light in my lounge when the app came up with a notification. "New device detected: FANCYBRAND PORTABLE AIR CON UNIT.
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  • would you like to add the device to your home?"... Well, bearing in mind my lounge is right next to his, there's only one ah le neighbor this device belongs to. So I clicked "yes". No further
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  • questions, I apparently now have full access to this a hole's air con unit... Kaching! So I plotted my revenge. At the time I was getting up for work at 3am.
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  • * + Wi-Fi Bluetooth Airplane mode Power mode T Mobile B Vibrate
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  • Ahle had gone to sleep at 1am. I think 3am is the perfect time to set it to full blast 16C cool air (61F). By the time I got to work at 6am, I'd noticed it was back in quiet mode.
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  • What a shame! Set back into full blast 16C. As noisy as possible. I kept this up for about 2 weeks. Shortly after I
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  • noticed an ad up on our neighborhood Facebook group for a faulty air con unit, collect for free outside my next door's address. It would be r de not to take it!
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  • Although I still endure occasionally noisy evenings, my nights have been so much cooler recently!
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  • CoderJoe1 Your vengeance is chilling
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  • BusinessCell6462 He did specifically tell you to "chill"
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  • KangkongKermit Ice in your veins. And now also in your bedroom.
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  • Thaela Rift Not all revenge needs fire. Sometimes, it's ice-cold and remote-controlled.
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  • Lloyd Penfold You win my "Belly laugh of the day" award!
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  • xaliwill bro really turned his neighbor into popsicle that's next-level remote control revenge
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  • RevKyriel Talk about taking "Would you like to add this device to your home" literally.
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  • newsy0011 That's ice cold of you. You couldn't just chill, you had to chill him out.
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  • Just Getting_By_1 Very 'cool' but why not give him a little heat, like 35c to enjoy the night?
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  • Electrical_Slice2456 Kind of wish you'd put it in silent mode and set it to on/off while he was asleep. His power bill would have spiked with no idea how it. was happening.
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  • harrywwc revenge is a dish air- conditioner served cold.
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  • SnooCauliflowers9874 That's hilarious. I do hope that you collected said unit for free as those portable units are more expensive.
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  • Emergency-Crab-7455 Wait until it lets you know he got one of those "smart" refrigerators. Hilarity ensues.
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