A neighbor of a friend, where we held our choir’s year end party last Friday, played LOUD MUSIC (read: Beatles, Beach Boys, the like) while we were singing to our videoke songs. We found the deed off, but we turned off the music (while we were having our gift giving game) and turned the volume down when we decided to sing karaoke again. Then we noticed the subdivision guards at our friend’s home. At first we thought it was because of our party “noise”, but soon learned that it was because of that neighbor, who played REALLY LOUD MUSIC while we were having a party that night. Maybe the other neighbors complained? I mean, we saw the help of our friend, who was obviously rudely roused from her sleep, outside of her room to check on why the neighbor was playing loud Beach Boys music. That was around 10pm.
When I say they played loud music, it was REALLY LOUD, and quite shocking to the senses to think that the person who did that is apparently old enough to be (or older than) our parent.
Then we learned during the weekend that this neighbor went as far as writing a letter to all the houses in that street stating that my friend’s mom has “drug addicts” over all the time. Her mom laughed it off, saying that she always had parties in her house and it is the first time this certain neighbor complained.
So this morning we learned that the neighbor is holding a meeting with our subdivision’s Board of Directors to formally complain about us.
So as this blog-rant goes, let me say a few things to this NEIGHBOR:
1) Why complain about the noise just now? I know my mom’s church org (the MOTHER BUTLER GUILD) had a few parties in that house these past few years and speaking from experience, they are MORE NOISY than us (cue in mom’s excited squeal when having parties… and she’s just one person).
2) Sorry to disappoint you neighbor, but we are NOT drug addicts. Can you imagine our “noise” if we actually are?
3) TRY LIVING AT THE PARK FOR 18 YEARS, NEIGHBOR. My dad, who was the most IRRITABLE MAN in the face of this planet, never complained in his five (5) years of living in our house: during the Christmas season, debuts, weddings, etc. Imagine those 18 years of hearing NOVELTY SONGS putting you to sleep during the Christmas party season (you name it, we’ve heard it: MACARENA, SHA LA LA, ISPAGETI, MAMBO NO. 5, the works!).
4) There is a proper way to complain a nuisance (if we really are). You could have talked to us during the party to tone our “noise” down, and we could have done so. If we didn’t tone it down (if ever you asked us, at least), you could have just called the guards on us, BUT YOU DIDN’T. You had to play your PLAYLIST to the chagrin of your other neighbors and the subdivision guards.
5) And lastly, please do not do this to us just because we are younger than you because frankly, we are proving to be more mature in handling this issue than you.
