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mumof2monsters

8 replies

mumof2monsters · 17/09/2010 16:51

Really worried I have upset my neighbours and my road. We live in a road where most people keep themselves to themselves. Have lived here 10 years. My hubby and I work shifts and we have to sleep sometimes during the day. I have never exptected my neighbours to be quiet they have to come and go afterall.
We have the odd annoyance a dog a few doors down who is shut out all day and barks but have never approached the owners as these things happen.
Today a neighbours burglar alarm was going off for a couple of hours and it was very loud. Hubby was sleeping off nights and it woke him up and he could not get back to sleep. The house where is was coming from is an oldish couple who do not work but have a camper home and when I went up and knocked on the door there was no answer and no-one else around. It kept going off stopping and going off again. I was worried but could see nothing untoward. I called the police and they said contact your council so I contacted the council to see what to do. Well later today a man came round and visited the house no-one there so he spoke to their neighbours and whilst checking he found none of the alarms in the street were registered so he may write to owners to get them registered. Meanwhile the neighbour he spoke to referred to me as scum of the earth and now I am worried I have upset people which I hate doing. Do not want to step outside the house now. What I did was not vindictive I was a concerned neighbour and I was worried the alarm may go off all night if the owners are away as it looks like they are. Feeling really bad.

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looseleaf · 17/09/2010 18:23

that neighbour's comment was totally unjustified and ridiculous in my opinion. You did a very normal thing. I doubt anyone else would have any bad feelings and such a shame you were made to feel like this but there are so odd people about!

MummyDayAndNightCare · 17/09/2010 18:39

Mumof2 you did a good thing and don't let someone make you feel that you haven't.

I often think what is the point of these alarms as everyone just listens to them blast out and does nothing.

Our alarm is linked to the police so at least you know it will be dealt with but anyway, I digress, you did a really good thing x

LittleMissHissyFit · 17/09/2010 18:46

FGS, it would really worry me if I had an alarm that went off - DAY OR NIGHT - and bothered my neighbours! Alarms are annoying when they go off, they are supposed to, but I bet they would all be up in arms if it was at night and they were woken up all night...

Just ignore them, if it were your alarm going off and one of your neighbours did what you did, nobody in their right mind would say anything.

perhaps that bloke is just the resident miserable old sod.

perfumedlife · 17/09/2010 18:56

Did the neighbour call you that to your face, or did they tell the council man who then told you?

mumof2monsters · 17/09/2010 20:34

Was the council man who said that to my hubby. I think he was really unprofessional

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mumbar · 17/09/2010 20:48

FFS I bet if it was a burglery and you ignored it they'd be calling you a few more choice names Confused

Anyone who ignores an alarm could be endangering someone elses life - YADNBU and yes coucil man was unprofessional.

emptyshell · 17/09/2010 20:58

I don't think there's much they can do if the alarm shuts off after 20 minutes from when I've rang in before about one going off. Even if it keeps repeatedly going off - if it's got the 20 minute shut off that's enough (or used to be).

Having said that - I'm suffering from severe insomnia at the moment and it feels like everytime I nod off someone turns the volume up on our street.

As for what neighbours say about you - who cares if they all keep themselves to themselves anyway?!

fedupofnamechanging · 17/09/2010 21:02

I think the council man was just letting you know that a neighbour is bad mouthing you, which I think is okay. Or have I misunderstood and he was the one who told the neighbour that you called the police. If so, then he should also have told the neighbour that you did it out of concern.

I would be tempted to talk to the neighbours whose alarm it was and make clear why you called the police.

You didn't do anything wrong, you were being a good neighbour and the one who insulted you appears to have misunderstood your motives.

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