Miscellaneous: Today, I was woken at 4 a.m. by the sounds of someone crashing...

By LostSleep - 24/05/2016 21:54 - United Kingdom

Today, I was woken at 4 a.m. by the sounds of someone crashing down the stairs. I scrambled out, still half-asleep, to find out that nobody was in an agonized heap at the bottom. The walls are so thin in my house that I could hear the neighbour falling down HIS stairs. FML

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By Oldhouse - 22/07/2014 03:46 - United States - Hacienda Heights

Today, I discovered that the odd creaking noise I hear when I walk down the stairs is actually a crack that had been getting larger over the years. I found out when I fell through and plummeted to the stairs below. FML

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By mdsfkljsfsdrewr - 03/06/2014 19:01 - Lebanon - Beirut

Today, less than a day after my cranky downstairs neighbor passed away, I woke up to banging sounds against his apartment ceiling, like the ones he used to make whenever I walked around during the night. I'm shitting myself in fear. FML

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By edwinduarte1 - 13/09/2010 06:49 - France

Today, I noticed that the walls of my apartment are ridiculously thin, when I heard my neighbor slowly walk up the stairs, slam the bathroom door, lift the toilet cover, take a pee and end with a nice "AAHH." FML

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By Anonymous - 18/11/2018 12:00

Today, I was staying at my friend's house, which is next door. Our houses are the same layout, only mirrored, so tonight when I got out of bed in the dark, I instinctively turned to my left, thinking I was entering the bathroom, and fell down the stairs. Three of my teeth are missing. FML

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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

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By Anonymous - 08/10/2009 04:30 - United States

Today, I went upstairs to scold my boys for running in the house because someone could get hurt. As I turned around to come back downstairs I tripped and fell all the way down to the landing at the bottom. I could hear them laughing in their rooms. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/07/2020 02:02

Today, after a month of things going wrong in my life and finally getting better, I woke up refreshed and ready to face the day. Then, I fell down the stairs. FML

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Who goes there?

By dontbadouche - 01/02/2010 13:45 - Senegal

Today, I heard the sound of footsteps in the basement. Thinking it was burglars I grabbed a baseball bat and hurried down the stairs. I then tripped on the stairs, fell down them and smacked my head on the bat. The sound of footsteps I heard? It was my cat playing in some cardboard boxes. FML

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By Lily - 09/06/2012 23:43 - United States - San Antonio

Today, I fell going down the stairs and hit my head on the wall. My parents came frantically running to my side, but only to make sure I hadn't damaged the wall. FML

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By trickortreat - 01/11/2009 04:23 - United States

Today, while up in my room getting ready to go out, I thought I heard some trick or treaters knocking on the door. I ignored them because I didn't have any candy. The knocking got louder and longer. I walked downstairs, and noticed that the living room ceiling was falling down onto the floor. FML

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Wednesday 25 May 2016 11:41

Well at least you didn't fall when you checked.

george_s_4 30

Wednesday 25 May 2016 12:28

Maybe you can wear something to bed that will muffle the sound so it doesn't bother you so much.

Comments

Witchylady 17

Thursday 26 May 2016 1:02

Did you go over to see if he needed help

glitterscissors 6

Thursday 26 May 2016 2:00

Welcome to the UK where walls are so thin you can hear your neighbours 9 year old sing frozen songs everytime she's in the bath therefore ending my own bath time.

JETarchitect 32

Thursday 26 May 2016 13:29

When I was little, we lived it a house split in half by a thin wall and he used to complain about me "skate boarding" in the house..... what was actually happening was I was pushing myself back and forth from one wall to the other on one of those rolling desk chairs. that's my funny story about thin walls

JETarchitect 32

Thursday 26 May 2016 13:31

I hope you went next door to make sure that he was okay

alexstormbreaker 3

Thursday 26 May 2016 15:21

is he okay?

Rababco 29

Thursday 26 May 2016 23:03

On the bright side, the neighbor has someone who knew he fell down the stairs and could help him. He could've been unconscious or seriously hurt and no one would've known and been able to get him medical attention. Thin walls could save a life. I hope checked in on him and helped, including calling for an ambulance if he needed one. This sounds more like F your neighbors life, poor guy fell down the stairs and may have seriously hurt.