Woman Finds A Way To Get Neighbors’ Kids To Shut Up, The Whole Neighborhood Now Uses The Method
Summer is a wonderful time to be outside. But when Reddit user SpookyGirl0123 tried to wind down in her backyard, she was disturbed by her neighbors’ kids.
And it wasn’t a one-time thing, either. The three siblings would constantly annoy the living hell out of everyone in the area. Even worse, their parents refused to do anything about it.
So SpookyGirl0123 took matters into her own hands. She decided to fight fire with fire and whenever the little ones would start a ruckus, she would respond with really loud music. According to her post on the subreddit r/pettyrevenge, it worked!
This woman got sick and tired of her neighbors’ kids constantly screaming their lungs out
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So she developed a petty revenge plan to get them to stop
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As the story went viral, its author released an update on the situation
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Conflicts like these are sadly pretty common
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One of the reasons why this post may have gone so viral could be the fact that for many, it should be pretty easy to relate to it. A study examining people’s relationships with their neighbors discovered that over a third of those polled (36 percent) have had issues that escalated into full-blown arguments, with a quarter stating that they have a long-running feud with someone living close to them.
According to research commissioned by Homes.com, the most common reason for an argument is over parking, followed closely by animal noise, general noise and various disputes over garbage.
That might explain why over 40 percent of Americans try to avoid their errant neighbors intentionally (Northeast neighbors were more than twice as likely to say their neighbors are rude when compared to the Southwest).
The biggest reason for avoidance was simply being too busy to invest time into fostering these relationships; however, thinking the people next door are weird, simply not getting along with them or feeling they are too nosy are also common reasons most avoid a chat.
Terrible neighbors can drive people away from an otherwise perfectly good area
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Nosy neighbors were a major factor in the survey, with 20 percent of respondents suspecting their neighbor spies on them in one way or another.
As much as we love our homes, not-so-neighborly interactions sometimes become a catalyst to move, with one in six (16 percent) having actually moved in part because of a neighbor, while a further 20 percent are either currently considering it or have seriously thought about it in the past.
Grant Simmons, Vice President at Homes.com, said, “We often hear location, location, location as a key consideration of where we choose to live and neighbors are a large part of that location component.”
“Nothing enhances or diminishes a community’s attraction as much as the residents themselves, especially in areas where a neighbor’s behavior can directly impact those around them.”
Top ten things that lead Americans to argue with a neighbor are:
- Noise;
- Parking;
- General noise;
- Trash/mess;
- Animal noise;
- Yelling or screaming;
- Privacy issues;
- Animal waste;
- Property lines;
- Family conflict.
However, not all neighbors are bad
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But not all neighborhoods are at war with each other. Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of respondents said they have neighbors who they consider to be friends, 3 in 10 trust their neighbors a lot, and 86 percent of people do rate themselves as either a good or very good neighbor.
While the popular stereotype suggests people who live in cities tend to be less neighborly, the results of the survey reveal city people are almost twice as likely to regularly hang out with their neighbors, while people who live in rural communities tend to avoid their neighbors compared to their counterparts in the city and suburbs.
Hopefully, SpookyGirl0123 and her neighbors will find a way to sort everything out, too.
And replied to a few of the many reactions people have had to it
Some even shared their own similar experiences
This is so sad. It is appalling that the authorities have done so little when they clearly have enough evidence to file charges and help these children. This also goes to show that reasonable, non-abusive consequences can improve children's behavior so long as they are consistent. Parents, there are always ways to teach your children to behave better. Giving up and letting them run wild is so unfair to the kids as well as everyone the kids harm.
Agreed. Three children are being abused and nobody really cares.
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*taking notes* I can even use my own playlists as it's mostly metal anyway! On a serious note the adults need a mental health check and the kids need to be taken away immediately, no boundaries is extremely harmful and it will not end well for them.
Why are people commenting to put on classical music? It's not Op's job to sooth them .
Not all classical music is “soothing” for everyone. When I was in labor with my first I remember asking someone - maybe my husband to “get rid of the oboe concertos.” I didn't want any classical music then. Another annoyance is the neglect of 5+ major instruments - the human voices. Try to find art songs, requiems, chorales, or even chamber groups like Lumen Valo on average classical stations or playlists. Opera has to have its own special time slots- T & Th night 10 pm-midnight at best. Children benefit from having stable, loving people in their lives who can ameliorate some of the damage caused by neglectful parents/1° caregivers. It would have been better if kindness had worked w/these kids but it sounds like there's too much dreadful stuff for anything positive to make an impact. Poor kids.
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This is so sad. It is appalling that the authorities have done so little when they clearly have enough evidence to file charges and help these children. This also goes to show that reasonable, non-abusive consequences can improve children's behavior so long as they are consistent. Parents, there are always ways to teach your children to behave better. Giving up and letting them run wild is so unfair to the kids as well as everyone the kids harm.
Agreed. Three children are being abused and nobody really cares.
Load More Replies... *taking notes* I can even use my own playlists as it's mostly metal anyway! On a serious note the adults need a mental health check and the kids need to be taken away immediately, no boundaries is extremely harmful and it will not end well for them.
Why are people commenting to put on classical music? It's not Op's job to sooth them .
Not all classical music is “soothing” for everyone. When I was in labor with my first I remember asking someone - maybe my husband to “get rid of the oboe concertos.” I didn't want any classical music then. Another annoyance is the neglect of 5+ major instruments - the human voices. Try to find art songs, requiems, chorales, or even chamber groups like Lumen Valo on average classical stations or playlists. Opera has to have its own special time slots- T & Th night 10 pm-midnight at best. Children benefit from having stable, loving people in their lives who can ameliorate some of the damage caused by neglectful parents/1° caregivers. It would have been better if kindness had worked w/these kids but it sounds like there's too much dreadful stuff for anything positive to make an impact. Poor kids.
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