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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/LawEnvironmental7506 on 2025-02-04 14:03:06+00:00.

So, this story is not something super interesting, but I wanted to share it because it makes me happy.

I live in an apartment complex on the highest floor. When I moved in, I was short on time and painted the walls up until 2AM. The ladder made some sound and my neighbours knocked, we were almost done anyways, so we called it quits and thought everything is fine.

A month in and I get a letter from the company that owns this building that says something along the lines “Disturbance of Peace - We got a complaint from your neighbours about construction sounds and regular use of the washing machine in the middle of the night. Please be respectful towards your neighbours and don’t be too loud between 10PM and 6AM.” I was pissed, since the “construction sounds” were only ONCE and I never used my washing machine in the middle of the night, especially not regularly. But I didn’t want to start an argument with the company or beef with my neighbours so I thought, since I wasn’t doing that anyway, I would just ignore it and if there’s an other complaint, I’ll reach out.

A few weeks ago, I had my sister over on a Saturday and we watched some TV at night and she accidentally kicked over a glass bottle, happens. Instantly there were three loud and angry knocks coming from below, which somehow ticked me off really bad. Now, since I am obviously too loud, I decided to strictly adhere to the rules and time my washing machine in a way, where it ends exactly at 10PM and starts at 6AM, especially Sundays. Usually I did laundry at around 5PM, but I got a change of heart and hope that my neighbours are annoyed when my machine wakes them up at 6 in the morning on the weekend, just like they obviously wanted me to and they can do nothing about it, since I’m not breaking any rules ☺️

Edit: I get that they are probably trying to sleep and I know that the 2AM painting session was a mistake. I am upset, that they reacted with complaints to the company and banging on the ceiling instead of talking to me.

People are clumsy and drop stuff. I heard other neighbours vacuum and drop things at night and I simply don’t care, things happen. But if they want to be childish, I’m going to be childish… by sticking to the rules 😅