Post #1746632

I had an upstairs neighbor who wore doc martens around every damn morning around 8 am. I didn't get up until 9 so I found this awful. Anywho. I met her in the elevator. And took a peak at her footwear and that's when I confirmed she was in fact wearing big ass boots. Even in the damn summer! Anyway. I'm also a woman and a decent judge of foot size. So I ordered her some foam slippers. Size 8. Which is average women's size and I thought was pretty close. But I ended up chatting her up a bit about some issue with someone stealing both of ours mail packages. And we decided to grab each other's mail if one of us was around. We exchanged numbers. And magically the boot stomping stopped before I could figure out how to offer her the slippers. I had this whole story how I was going to say I ordered them and they sent me the wrong size and yada yada. I ended up giving them to my sister. But my point is. Make semi friends with them. And maybe they will naturally start being more considerate because then they know the person below them. It's an accountability thing. And if that doesn't work. At least then you are on friendly terms and you can bring up the issues with suggestions on solutions like bumpers for the doors. You can say "yeah mine are also loud as hell and I added bumpers, I have a pack of them if you want me to bring them by". I also got a neighbor's kid to stop letting his dog poop on my grass. Not by bitching him out but going out and being nice and asking him about his dog. Introducing myself. It's a manipulation tactic. But it honestly works very well. They feel guilt instead of feeling vindictive for your hostility.