I'm sat listening to trance/house music. It's not really my favorite music. I can tolerate it for Halloween or at Rachele's house but it's not to my taste. Then again, neither is (horrifically bad) clarinet playing. I still listened to it at 8:30am this morning however.
This, shock horror, is due to my upstairs neighbors. My upstairs neighbors are awake at all hours and listen to trance music for most of these hours. Make your own conclusions about what this implies about their habits and intake of medication. That aside, it is obviously problematic since I am not on any special medication that ensures I stay up 24 hours a day and require trance music to make me happy.
When I first moved in, I would politely ask them to quiet down the music. This rarely worked and it would just happen the next night anyway, so I quickly gave up. Out of frustration, I called 311 one night. Someone paid them a visit around 5am, when their music was still playing, but only weeks later, it's still happening.
Unfortunately there's an unwritten rule that 10am-10pm are out of bounds for noise complaints. Now, if it continues tonight, I will be calling 311. After two noise complaints, noisy neighbors get a summons. This seems fair as it forces them to put down noise-proof flooring or pay a high fine. If you intend to be inconsiderate and a horrific neighbor, expect to deal with it.
At this point, I cannot wait to get home, but for the sanity of whoever takes over my apartment, the gremlins upstairs will be getting a visit from the 311 men as soon as 10pm hits. I'm done accepting. I'm going to let them accept that they have consequences to every bad note on the clarinet and every decibel of trance.
