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24 October 2010

SHOUTING POST: WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE SUCH LOUD WALKERS?→[More:]MY UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS ARE SOOOO LOUD! I CAN DEAL WITH THE MUSIC AND YELLING BUT THEY STOMP AROUND LIKE ELEPHANTS! I LIKE THEM AND THEY ARE FRIENDS AND I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THE HECK TO ASK THEM TO WALK AROUND MORE QUIETLY WITHOUT CAUSING TENSION.

post by: amro at: 17:45 | 21 comments

I FEEL YA AMRO AS I SPENT MANY YEARS LIVING IN APARTMENTS AND I AM SO GLAD I LIVE IN A HOUSE NOW! IT SUCKS WHEN THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF UNPLEASANTNESS IN YOUR VERY OWN HOME THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL. I HOPE YOUR LOUD NEIGHBORS QUIET DOWN OR MOVE AWAY OR THAT YOU WIN POWERBALL OR MEGA MILLIONS AND YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN COMPOUND AND IT WILL BE QUIET EXCEPT WHEN YOU THROW PARTIES AND INVITE ME PLEASE.

posted by Kangaroo 24 October | 18:13

When I was a dissolute college student, my first apartment out of the dorms had two very nice Spanish graduate students living upstairs. I was not then the Franklinesque sleeper I am today, but SWEET EFFING JESUS ON A POGO STICK I SWEAR TO GOD THEY WOULD HOLD A FUCKING CLOGGING PARTY UNTIL DAWN EVERY GODDAMN WEEKEND RIGHT OVER MY FUCKING FUTON.

posted by tortillathehun 24 October | 18:57

I should never be allowed to live in an apartment again, because I am A SHAMEFULLY LOUD WALKER. I've noticed my 8 year old already sounds like a horse. It's genetic.

posted by serazin 24 October | 19:04

WE HAD TO MOVE A DEAD RV TODAY AND WE HAD TO BUY A GAS CAN TO ADD GAS TO IT AND EVERY GAS CAN WE FOUND IN THE STORES HAD SOME KIND OF VAPOR-ESCAPE PREVENTION NOZZLE ON IT AND IT TOOK US 30 MINUTES AND A COUPLE OF GOOGLE SEARCHES TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO POUR GAS OUT OF THE DAMN GAS CAN. THIS WAS NOT HELPFUL.

posted by BoringPostcards 24 October | 19:37

IT'S THE SHOES. WEARING HEELS AND BOOTS NOW, PEOPLE CAN HEAR ME COMING FROM A MILE OFF, AND EVERYONE ELSE IS IN SOFT SHOES SO THEY SNEAK LIKE THE NINJA.
BUT THEN, SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST STOMPY. I ALWAYS CHOSE THE HIGHER APARTMENTS TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STOMPY, BUT I ALWAYS MADE SURE NOT TO BE STOMPY MYSELF. EVEN IF I JUMPED, IT WAS ON MY TOES. I DROPPED WEIGHTS ONCE AND APOLOGIZED THROUGH THE FLOOR.

I WAS JUST READING THE HOW TO DATE HOTNESS ASKME AND NOW I AM WONDERING HOW ATTRACTIVE I AM. I FIND I AM NOT JUDGE OF MY OWN ATTRACTIVENESS. I FEEL I AM FUNNY LOOKING AND AM KIND OF STUCK WITH THAT BUT I WONDER IF I NEED TO ADJUST MY OPINION WITH THE DATING.

posted by ethylene 24 October | 19:40

We didn't have loud walkers upstairs. We had JUMPROPE GUY OMG F'ING 18 HOURS A DAY FOR REALS WTF PEOPLE.

When I was little, my mom wanted to break me of being a loud walker. She told me to pay attention to my (on the larger side) grandpa, who had told HER that he could walk more quietly than she could, and that I should do the same.

Even today, I prefer loud shoes.

posted by Madamina 24 October | 19:41

HOW DO YOU GET THE GAS OUT OF THE DAMN CAN? IN CASE I NEED TO KNOW.

posted by ethylene 24 October | 19:41

ALSO I SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE INVITING THEM TO A GOING AWAY PARTY FOR A FRIEND WHO IS MOVING AND ONE REPLIED AND ASKED WHEN IT WOULD BE (READ MY F%&*ING EMAIL DUMMY) AND ANOTHER REPLIED AND ASKED FOR THE ADDRESS OF THE RESTAURANT (I AM NOT YOUR RESEARCH BITCH, IT'S THE FIRST HIT ON GOOGLE).

posted by amro 24 October | 20:08

I'm sure the people underneath us absolutely hate us. We don't wear shoes inside (eww how dirty to do so!) but EM has a really good stomp on him now especially across the wooden floors.

posted by gomichild 24 October | 20:29

WHY HAS MY BROTHER, THE RIGHT WING NUT, DECIDED THAT I NEED TO BE ON HIS RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA (I.E., REPUBLICAN LIES) EMAIL LIST?

posted by Doohickie 24 October | 20:54

MY DOG'S CLAWS ARE CLACKY AND ABNORMALLY LOUD, NO MATTER THE SURFACE, I WARN AND CAUTION YOU ALL. I AM TERRIBLY SORRY FOR HER SKITTERING NASTY LITTLE TOES. SHE SKIDS AND SLIDES ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE, AND I APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU. i love her to pieces, please let her live - thanks and goodbye,

posted by msali 24 October | 22:19

I have to love the victorian builders who put at least four layers of bricks between my house and the apartment building that it's attached to next door. We never hear anything through the walls.

Actually, considering that our house is built right up to the sidewalk line and our bedroom is in the front, we don't hear much noise other than the freight trains running along the old PRR Broadway a block away.

posted by octothorpe 24 October | 22:27

Sshhh. It's 6 am.
What is it with you americans and all the shouting.
I think I'll go to metachat.be

posted by jouke 24 October | 23:07

I generally make an effort to walk louder because I often scare people if I don't.

posted by arse_hat 25 October | 00:05

I'm skittish about exercising outside (where there is lots of chemical plant pollution and everyone can see how pathetic my working out is) so lots of evenings I just put on a DVD or Wii Active (it was a gift, unsure if it's a good game or not) and both of these have frequent instructions to jump and jog in place and other stompy things. I try to land softly but it gets harder the more tired I get, so I'm very sorry.

posted by casarkos 25 October | 02:44

I also confess to being stompy. I have friends who nicknamed me Stompy, in fact. I'm not sure what to do about it, because it just seems to be how I walk. Unless I'm super cautious to the point of walking slowly and rocking heel-to-toe, I'm just loud. Glad I live in my own abode.

posted by Stewriffic 25 October | 08:15

My supervisor is stompy. Drives me crazy but I can hear when she is coming so I can get back to looking like I am working.

posted by govtdrone 25 October | 11:27

I AM PRETTY LIGHT ON MY FEET FOR A BIG GUY, BUT I GUESS THAT'S NOT REALLY A SHOUTY THING.

posted by Eideteker 25 October | 12:27

I lived with one of my closest friends (and several other people) in college. Her name is Sarah, everyone calls her Sez, and after living with her for less than a week, everyone called her Sezasaur. Because it really did sound like a giant dinosaur was walking around upstairs when she was there.

posted by gaspode 25 October | 12:29

There doesn't seem to be a correlation between size and stompiness. The upstairs neighbors are both short and thin. I had a 6 pound cat who sounded like an elephant.

posted by amro 25 October | 12:31

I admit to wearing loud clicky heels. Daily. My poor co-workers.

posted by bearwife 25 October | 12:54

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