Tenant finally confronts noisy upstairs neighbors, joking that they sound like they’re bowling, only to discover they were literally bowling in their apartment: ‘It was a literal bowling set with a ball and pins’

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Celeste Mello • Writer and Editor
Jun 8, 2026 7:15 AM EDT

Have you ever wondered what your upstairs neighbors are actually doing when you hear really loud noises? Anyone who lives in an apartment knows what I'm talking about. Sometimes the noises are so absurd that they make you wonder: are they throwing coins at the floor? Rearranging their furniture every time they are bored? Practicing tap dancing? 

Just like anyone who has ever lived in an apartment, this tenant asked herself, 'What are they doing up there, bowling?' Well, the answer sometimes can be yes. Her neighbors were literally bowling.

These neighbors were not dropping objects or moving furniture, nor were they dancing. The kids were having so much fun bowling that the tenant couldn't even find the courage to complain. 

After peeking through her upstairs neighbor's door peephole, she found out that they had a real bowling set with a ball and pins. She posted this frustrating situation on the Reddit AITA subreddit, commenting that it was so annoying yet so ridiculous that she couldn't even tell them to 'stop bowling'. What kind of lease agreement or noise ordinance mentions bowling in an apartment? Who bowls inside an apartment, anyway? Were these neighbors secretly training for the Olympics?

It's funny that I can relate to this. A few months ago, I went through something similar with my upstairs neighbors, who, by the way, have now moved. For weeks, I kept hearing this strange metallic banging sound coming from above. It sounded like someone was dropping metal pipes on the floor just for fun in the middle of the afternoon. Then one day, I ran into a little girl in the hallway carrying a hollow metal tube, and it all made sense. It was a pretty unusual toy for a kid, actually, but at least the mystery was finally solved.

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