47 lines
1.8 KiB
Plaintext
47 lines
1.8 KiB
Plaintext
Dealing with annoying neighbours
|
|
|
|
By Sweeper09
|
|
|
|
At some point of our lives, we.ve had to deal with them, especially if you
|
|
happen to be a minority of any kind. Here.s a few steps to make life
|
|
easier when a problem arises with a neighbour.
|
|
|
|
I. Don.t talk, listen
|
|
|
|
These days, spy cams in the shape of pens, teddy bears and even buttons
|
|
are extremely cheap, offering video of good resolution and audio as well.
|
|
|
|
Nobody likes a loudmouth, avoiding being one will earn you neutrality in
|
|
an apartment building, so the first thing you will do is just listen in
|
|
with your device placed in an open window, hidden in plain sight.
|
|
|
|
II. Don.t get mad, get everything
|
|
|
|
Armed with the good evidence you may have collected from the would-be
|
|
harassers, your local civil rights organization will be more than happy to
|
|
represent you for free. Discrimination and mobbing are illegal but if it
|
|
involves things like loud noises, make sure you use a reference for which
|
|
time it is, like filming a clock with your camera without cutting away.
|
|
|
|
III. Be like Elliot Ness
|
|
|
|
Al Capone got famously caught for tax evasion, instead of selling liquor
|
|
and, you know, killing people.
|
|
|
|
So, say your neighbours are remodelling; what you do is call in a decibel
|
|
measuring crew and, if the sounds they produce are higher than that of a
|
|
dog barking, you can essentially take them to court with the evidence and
|
|
get their money when they decide to make a deal instead.
|
|
|
|
IV. In case they are listening
|
|
|
|
Get a caller ID service, just in case you give out your phone number by
|
|
accident and they call you to make prank phone calls. A phone recorder
|
|
works even better but may not be necessary.
|
|
|
|
V. When it comes to meeting them
|
|
|
|
The best defence is to speak your mind but in an extremely polite manner,
|
|
so as not to cause animosity, as people respond more to tone than what is
|
|
being said to them.
|