Last night some family, not for the first time mind you, was playing with fireworks in the parking lot of our apartment complex.
At first they were playing with the types that make very little noise. After that, they started playing with rockets that explode.
This was at 10pm. Felix was crying loudly because of the fireworks. Siew tried to shout down to the people, but they did not listen. So, I shouted. . . I have a loud shout. I got their attention, and a lot of other people's attention as well! Siew asked them to stop. She was not rude. After that, apparently, the family asked the father to stop. However, he refused to stop. He purposely turned back to light off more rockets!
I lost my temper and shouted at him, calling him a son of a bitch, that my son is trying to sleep, etc. That got his attention. He walked closer, so I stopped shouting, I was trying to control my temper, but he was basically saying that I should shut up. I said we'd call the police if he didn't stop. He said that we could do that if we wanted to. Ironically, at just that moment, the police arrived! Someone else had already called the police!
Now, the wife of that family, and her daughters, always glare up at us when they walk past. That's their problem. They were being jerks! We didn't call the police, someone else did.
I can understand wanting to have a fun time with your family. . but this is not the countryside. This is a huge city and we all live in an apartment complex. They have done this same thing before, apparently someone had had enough and called the police. We'll be doing the same thing if it happens again. No more shouting out the window.
At one point I was going to head downstairs, but Siew sharply told me to stop. She is wise. I'd have kicked the crap out of that guy in front of his family and gotten myself into trouble.
This is what happened to my brother. The neighbors that share a backyard fence always threw late night parties with loud music and horse shoes. My sister-in-law went out and politely asked them if they could turn it down and maybe not play horse shoes (it was almost midnight) and they were very rude. After she went int, th epolice showed up. The neighbors were very rude for almost a year as they think that my brother and his wife called the police. They would wedge coke cans in the fence and let other trash from their parties end up in their yard. It got to the point where they were scared to let their dogs in the backyard unsupervised because the neighbors would yell and throw stuff if the dog was barking (it was still daylight). I think things have chilled out, but unfortately I think you may have some more problems.
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