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to think this is scummy and not normal

13 replies

samandi · 15/12/2013 15:38

Neighbours take down rubbish yesterday afternoon, spilling smelly liquid all over communal hallway. They don't bother to clean it up.

They are up all night having a small party, running around the flat and slamming doors, waking us up about five times in the night. Finally go to sleep (I assume) about 11 in the morning.

Meanwhile another neighbour mops two flights of stairs and the rest of the hallway.

Scummy neighbour hasn't been out to check if the mess has been cleared or to clean it themselves. They're up again watching tv, laughing and shouting, evidently recovered from their nightly exertions Hmm

These are "young professionals" (their term). Am I right for thinking this is code for playing at being a grown up but not really there yet?

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thebody · 15/12/2013 15:51

knock in the door and tell them to sort it out.

SPsWantsCliffInHerStocking · 15/12/2013 15:53

Having a party isn't scummy.

Trailing smelly liquid knowingly and leaving it is.

Do they know they have done it?

Ememem84 · 15/12/2013 16:00

YANBU at being annoyed about the "bin juice" leaking. That's gross.

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samandi · 15/12/2013 16:16

SPS - I'd imagine so - it was pretty obvious and they came back the way they went out. Everyone else saw it.

Having a party in itself isn't scummy but imo it is scummy to prioritise getting ready for a party over cleaning up after yourself in communal areas ... and waking up your neighbours too.

thebody - I would but it's all been sorted out now, courtesy of another neighbour.

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quesadilla · 15/12/2013 17:03

YANBU to be annoyed at them leaking disgusting fluids from a bin and not bothering to clean it up. YABU to imply that this has anything to do with what they do for a living or how they describe themselves. Selfish people who don't clean up after themselves come from all walks of life, "young professional" or otherwise.

MrsLouisTheroux · 15/12/2013 17:59

The title 'Young professional' implies that they have a sensible, mature attitude to life.
Having a party, annoying & waking neighbours, making a mess and not clearing it up is neither sensible or mature..
YANBU.

Latara · 15/12/2013 18:24

Their attitude to the communal areas of the flats does sound scummy. As does their attitude to their neighbours with respect to not caring if the mess is cleaned up or who cleans it up.

Personally I'd get the rage about the mess and be knocking on their door, but it's probably best not to.

If the party is a one-off then fair enough but if it becomes a regular thing then I'd not be happy because regular late night noise nuisance is scummy behaviour too - that's what bars and clubs are for!
Hopefully it will just be occasional.

Sadly I've found that these kinds of behaviours cuts across all age groups and social groups.

Original poster
samandi · 16/12/2013 08:14

Thanks for answers :-) Just having a rant really, but sometimes I do question myself whether behaviour like this is seen as acceptable by some people. They honestly seem to think that they are normal professional people.

Latara - not really occasional, no. They wake us and other neighbours up on a regular basis. Fortunately we are hoping to move soon.

In a way I'm annoyed the other neighbour cleared it up, because they just seem to get away with everything!

Ah well.

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MrsLouisTheroux · 16/12/2013 19:08

sam YANBU. They sound like a PITA.

littlewhitechristmasbag · 16/12/2013 19:11

My DD is a uni student and she wouldn't act like that!

snowed · 16/12/2013 19:46

Some people who call themselves "young professionals" just want to mix with other "young professionals" in their own uniform bubble, pretending the rest of the world doesn't exist.

BrownSauceSandwich · 16/12/2013 19:54

They ABVU for describing themselves as young professionals... Who says that???

And the bin juice is scummy.

lurkerspeaks · 16/12/2013 19:54

Might not realise.

One of my neighbours incurred my wrath because his builders were cutting plasterboard on the communal landing. Which was perforated steel so all the dust just drifted down to the area outside my front door.

Once he knew about it and the fact that the rest of us weren't very happy with the state the lift had been left in either he did a big clean up and the builders didn't leave a mess again.

He then told one of my colleagues at NCT (they had babies at the same time) that he had a scary downstairs neighbour!

When I was much younger (student) I got bollocked by a neighbour (appropriately called Mrs Savage, too) about leaving the stairwell in a mess. i've not done it again in any of my subsequent properties.

Although she also tended to give us a row about stuff that wasn't our fault eg. noise - always blamed us not our alcoholic next door neighbours (he was the Prof. of English Lit and she was v. sycophantic - small academic community). It was of course usually the neighbours making the noise…. She didn't even believe us the night she woke my whole flat up by hammering on the door very loudly, then had the door opened onto a silent dark cold flat and with noise still clearly emanating (along with lots of drunken mid 50-somethings) from the flat across the landing.

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