Fighting Neighbors

[CaptainBlowhole]

My upstairs neighbor called me to ask me if I hear the people above him fighting. I did not, so I go outside and hear a massive fight going on. Loud yelling, glass shattering and thumping. My neighbor said its been going on like 2 hours! What would you do? Call the cops? Get involved? I know there are 3 kids in there and it sounds like the parents are fighting, but I hear no kids at all.

[JPMNICK]

My upstairs neighbor called me to ask me if I hear the people above him fighting. I did not, so I go outside and hear a massive fight going on. Loud yelling, glass shattering and thumping. My neighbor said its been going on like 2 hours! What would you do? Call the cops? Get involved? I know there are 3 kids in there and it sounds like the parents are fighting, but I hear no kids at all.

maybe the kids are out of the apt and that is why they are fighting because they know that they are alone.

i would not get involved. unless you hear someone yelling PLEASE HELP ME, just ignore it. shit happens.

[Dude!]

maybe the kids are out of the apt and that is why they are fighting because they know that they are alone.

i would not get involved. unless you hear someone yelling PLEASE HELP ME, just ignore it. shit happens.

bs...
maybe the kids ARE there
and cowering in a corner
in terror

even if they're not
the neighbors have a right
to 'quiet enjoyment' and
not putting up with this shit

call the cops
it will lessen the chances
they do it again

[foodcourtdruide]

bs...
maybe the kids ARE there
and cowering in a corner
in terror

even if they're not
the neighbors have a right
to 'quiet enjoyment' and
not putting up with this shit

call the cops
it will lessen the chances
they do it again

Always wanting big brother to get involved... what a socialist.

I agree with Nick, unless you hear someone in physical danger I wouldn't call the cops.

[DOHO@HOME]

I use to always get involved with neighbors if they were making my free time a bust.
Why not go pound on the door and tell them to shut the fuck up or you will be calling the cops.:smile:

[Dude!]

Always wanting big brother to get involved... what a socialist.

I agree with Nick, unless you hear someone in physical danger I wouldn't call the cops.

sorry, i care about
the kids

i'm surprised you don't

[JPMNICK]

it has nothing to do with not caring about the kids, it has to do with respecting peoples privacy.

apt living is rough because you are so on top of each other. that same fight happens 100's of times a day across the country, just in peoples stand-alone homes so no one can hear.

i am sure the woman has a cell phone she can walk out the door and call the cops if she wants.

[TripleSkeet]

What it has to do with is minding your own fucking business. I remember when everyone knew what that meant.

Some people fight loudly. I know me and my wife do. I dont usually break shit but there have been times my house shook I was so pissed off. It doesnt mean the kids are in danger. Shit if thats how they usually argue the kids are probably used to it and dont even pay attention.

Unless you hear someone screaming for help you go back in your house, turn your tv up a little louder, mind your own business and relax.

[angrymissy]

If I heard shit breaking, I would call the cops

Just yelling, no... but if the yelling went on long enough to the point where it was annoying as shit, I would call the cops. God knows it happened to my parents for arguing too loud a billion times when we were growing up in an apartment as kids.

Don't forget about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese

[torker]

My name is torker
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes i think you've seen me before
If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
Just don't ask me what it was

[JPMNICK]

after 2 hours, the only way that fight ends is in sweet sweet love making

[CaptainBlowhole]

I didn't hear "help me" or bloody murder screaming, just yelling nasty shit and pounding and the sound of running back and forth. I went back in and kind of ignored it. But its on my mind since hearing about that Staten Island house fire and that 14 year old that slit his familys throats that's on the news. I have access to their fuse box, and was tempted to cut off their power as a disruption, but I didn't do it, because they would know it was me. If I heard Help, I would have called 911 and pounded on the door or something. But I don't think it would have been a good idea to become the focus of their fury.

[Dude!]

What it has to do with is minding your own fucking business. I remember when everyone knew what that meant.

Some people fight loudly. I know me and my wife do. I dont usually break shit but there have been times my house shook I was so pissed off. It doesnt mean the kids are in danger. Shit if thats how they usually argue the kids are probably used to it and dont even pay attention.

Unless you hear someone screaming for help you go back in your house, turn your tv up a little louder, mind your own business and relax.

wow...
that is quite a philosophy

http://www.child-discipline-with-love.com/parents-fighting.html

[TripleSkeet]

wow...
that is quite a philosophy

http://www.child-discipline-with-love.com/parents-fighting.html

I dont need a website to tell me how to act in front of my kids.

Heres my philosophy. I own the house, I pay the bills, I work my ass off. If I have a problem Im not going to wait for the kids to be asleep or out of my house to voice it. Theres nothing wrong with arguing in front of your kids. People argue.

I also dont take out any anger from other problems out on my kids. Ever.

[torker]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/137187279_2e1c838620.jpg

[Death Metal Moe]

I'm firmly in the "Mind your own fucking business" camp as well. I would only call the cops if it got to the point where it was annoying me personally.

Everyone deals with stuff in their own way, maybe this was how these people were dealing with it. It might be how they deal with big arguments, I don't know. As for the kids, I do feel sorry for them if they're scared during an argument but as long as it doesn't happen a lot, this kinda shit has happened to all of us. You can try to insulate your children from the world all you want, reality will catch up with them eventually. Kids are smart too, you don't think they noticed there was probably something up with their parents for the past few days?

They'll be fine.

[CYYYFYYY]

A neighbor once called the cops on me because I was having an argument with my lady on THE PHONE! I have no kids or anything. When the cops came I was long off the phone and I knew it was my neighbor because she complains about EVERYTHING. I am basically a good neighbor who does not throw parties or make much nose. However if you hear things breaking and there are kids. I would call the police. What do you lose. At worst the kids are gone and the parents are fighting and this will stop the fight. A 2 hour fight is kinda long.