Neighbours, Noise and Miscellaneous: Boom boom - FML

Boom boom

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United States - San Francisco

Today, the family upstairs decided to play basketball. Indoors. At 3am. FML

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You deserved it 3 184

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Boom boom

By Anonymous - 18/02/2017 15:00 - United States - Pasadena

Today, after having to call in a noise complaint about my downstairs neighbors talking loud past midnight, the managers fixed the problem. Now all I can hear is two little girls who like to throw a basketball at the building for hours. FML

I agree, your life sucks 5 214

You deserved it 946

Oh no…

By pacelily - 30/08/2016 20:32 - United States - San Marcos

Today, I met my new upstairs neighbors and their 4 kids all under the age of 6. I met them due to all the thudding coming from upstairs. FML

I agree, your life sucks 11 919

You deserved it 892

By Anonymous - 16/10/2017 23:15

Today, I was blaring the radio to drown out the sound of the kids in the apartment upstairs. They then started jumping in time with the music. FML

I agree, your life sucks 3 567

You deserved it 827

By Anonymous - 19/03/2015 15:56 - United States - West Babylon

Today, I found out my upstairs neighbors filed a noise complaint against me for banging on the ceiling every night. They conveniently left out the part where they constantly stomp, shout, and do stuff that sounds like they're dropping bricks to the floor every night. FML

I agree, your life sucks 30 350

You deserved it 2 913

By sleeplessinrichmond - 15/09/2013 06:02 - United States - Bronx

Today, the guy on the floor above me decided it was time for a tuba jam session. Apparently optimal tuba time is 2am. FML

I agree, your life sucks 43 793

You deserved it 2 957

By ineedsleep - 30/10/2014 14:15 - Finland - J?rvenp

Today, I found out that there's a very loud and frisky couple living above my bedroom, and a family with a crying baby living above my living room. At this rate, I'll end up sleeping in the bathtub in my own home. FML

I agree, your life sucks 33 705

You deserved it 2 753

By Yellowsmellow - 22/09/2016 17:57 - Canada - Windsor

Today, and for the past two weeks, the people living directly above me have decided to add rearranging their furniture to their daily routines. Not only that but apparently, 6 a.m. is the most optimal time for them. FML

I agree, your life sucks 10 377

You deserved it 695

By fineillpissthebedthen - 07/02/2013 22:56 - Denmark - ?lborg

Today, my downstairs neighbours screamed at me for making so much noise that I woke their children up and made them cry. The noise was the sound of a loose floorboard shifting as I crept to my bathroom, and again on my way back to bed. They've sworn to get me evicted. FML

I agree, your life sucks 34 129

You deserved it 2 522

We live in a society

By Anonymous - 28/07/2021 06:01

Today, I can't any peace and quiet in any room of my flat. The neighbours on one side are arguing, the other side are having very loud sex, the ones upstairs I suspect are playing some sort of games console, and downstairs daughter has been practising her violin badly all morning. FML

I agree, your life sucks 989

You deserved it 133

By soon to have a fist shaped hole in my ass - 23/01/2016 07:49 - Canada - Cornwall

Today, my neighbors in the apartment above me yet again had a loud fight, well past midnight while I was trying to sleep. I stood on my bed and pounded on the ceiling to shut them up. And now I'll have to explain the two fist-shaped holes in the ceiling to my landlord. FML

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You deserved it 8 668

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Top comments

MxAxRxCxO 30

Monday 21 October 2013 18:54

Which team were you rooting for?

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Monday 21 October 2013 19:13

Team Quiet-The-****-Down-And-Go-To-Sleep

Comments

Welshite 39

Monday 21 October 2013 18:57

Better than football at least.

pokeblazer 2

Monday 21 October 2013 20:10

Not really, basketball is dribbling football is throwing

worldclassrager 39

Monday 21 October 2013 20:33

He means tackle...

Emilystar0298 9

Monday 21 October 2013 18:57

Time to buy some drums and start to play at odd hours of the day!!

JazNim17 18

Monday 21 October 2013 18:58

I feel ya OP, I live in an apartment where the people upstairs scream at each other all hours of the night and at one point I thought they were killing each other up there. But one anonymous cop call seemed to do the trick for me, so maybe give it a try?

thestrangedude 10

Monday 21 October 2013 18:58

Are you sure it was basketball? They could have just been decapitating people or watching the end of Eastenders on repeat.

perdix 29

Monday 21 October 2013 19:03

They would have had fewer kids if Dad didn't double-dribble.

Nyx_fml 23

Monday 21 October 2013 19:35

Or if had stuck to the backcourt.

Enslaved 36

Monday 21 October 2013 20:22

Or adult "Around the World" this game you don't always aim for-- the basket. :P

cakefete2 30

Monday 21 October 2013 20:24

Yep, instead, he chose to pound it inside and drive to the hole hard.

incoherentrmblr 21

Tuesday 22 October 2013 11:05

#20, if only they were the Washington Generals vs. The Harlem Globetrotters would they have less kids.

Rainhawk94 27

Monday 21 October 2013 19:06

Spongebob: who plays basketball at 3am?! Patrick: oh boy.3am! (picks up.basketball)

mando420mun 7

Monday 21 October 2013 19:11

they were black ppl

worldclassrager 39

Monday 21 October 2013 19:13

That must be one massive apartment...where could I find one like that?

Dthsapprntc 23

Monday 21 October 2013 19:22

The people who lived above me in my old appartment sounded like they had a herd of elephants up there. A basketball game sounds rather quiet.

fakedsincerity 32

Monday 21 October 2013 19:26

retaliate with heavy metal music.

Enslaved 36

Monday 21 October 2013 20:43

That wouldn't be a punishment to me or a number of head bangers. (: I say breakout the Neil Diamond.

fakedsincerity 32

Monday 21 October 2013 21:01

but then the OP has to hear it too. I could appreciate some badass guitar but hopefully they'd hate it!

SlapAndTickle 20

Tuesday 22 October 2013 14:48

Hey, I could get down to some Neil Diamond.

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