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AIBU to think you don't strum your hedge at 8.30 on a Sunday morning?

63 replies

UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 20/08/2017 08:55

Was hoping for a lie in this morning but neighbour across the road has decided to strim his hedge at 8.30 am. As it's at the front of hus house and our bedroom is at the front of our house, it's bloody loud and has woken us up.

He's a teacher and so has 6 frigging weeks in which to trim the hedge. But he chooses 8.30 on a Sunday morning.

WIBU to go outside and water my frit garden but accidentally drop the hose so it so sprays everywhere?

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UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 20/08/2017 09:53

Well, the two positive upside of neighbour making a noise at this time is that teenage ds was out of bed before 09 having been woken by noise (usually surfaces around 12 noon!) and d and I have decided to go for a bike ride plus pub lunch to make the best of he morning. So we're off out in a moment and will leave the neighbour strumming strimming away.

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Stickaforkinimdone · 20/08/2017 09:54

Noise after 8am on a weekend I think is perfectly acceptable, although I'd personally wait to do any 'noisy' work until after 9
Weekdays 7am is fine

Yellowbird54321 · 20/08/2017 09:59

OP is this your neighbour?

AIBU to think you don't strum your hedge at 8.30 on a Sunday morning?
WiganPierre · 20/08/2017 10:12

He died a few years ago, at a pretty early age. I'm quite convinced his death was caused by the combined thought power of all the neighbours thinking "I'll fucking kill you one of these days".

That is vile.

Tastesjustlikecherrycola85 · 20/08/2017 10:16

We've had banging and drilling from next door this morning at 8am

Dina1234 · 20/08/2017 10:19

Just talk to him. He is being extremely inconsiderate.

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UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 20/08/2017 10:24

Dina he and his wife are lovely so I don't want to make a huge fuss. I did go over and point out it was a bit early and he was very apologetic. However, next door neighbour then obviously decided that, as other people were mowing, he could so he started his mower. So for the next hour everyone was mowing.

It's now very peaceful though!

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AaarghUsername · 20/08/2017 10:48

I don't think you're BU at all.

This reminds me of a time when I lived in a very student-centric street. The group who lived a few doors down had a party one Saturday night which went on to the early hours, and involved lots of squealing, yelling and running up and down the street, with police turning up at 4am - the works.

To cap it off, they then put notes through all of our (all their neighbours) doors saying "We had a heavy night last night - please could you keep the noise to a minimum today"! I have never seen/heard so many people mowing lawns, hoovering cars and strimming hedges at 8am in my life!

MsGameandWatching · 20/08/2017 10:51

Noise after 8am on a weekend I think is perfectly acceptable, although I'd personally wait to do any 'noisy' work until after 9. Weekdays 7am is fine

So you're basically determining what time everyone else should be up. How arrogant.

SaveMeBarry · 20/08/2017 10:59

MsGame the use of "I think" and "personally" indicate that the poster was expressing an opinion not issuing a diktat Hmm. Op asked for opinions, it's kind of what AIBU is all about!

MsGameandWatching · 20/08/2017 11:04

weekdays 7 am is fine is a definite statement is it not?

MsGameandWatching · 20/08/2017 11:06

And personally waiting till after nine - still determines that others will be waking up at 9.

Smeaton · 20/08/2017 11:44

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Ewanwhosearmy · 20/08/2017 11:45

"We had a heavy night last night - please could you keep the noise to a minimum today"! I have never seen/heard so many people mowing lawns, hoovering cars and strimming hedges at 8am in my life!

Fabulous Grin

motherinferior · 20/08/2017 11:53

Any time before 11am on a Sunday is unreasonable, imo.

And I madly envy whoever is living where it's 'going to be hot later'. Max 20 degrees or so in London, which is hardly that warm.

EastMidsMummy · 20/08/2017 11:56

10 O'clock Sunday sounds about right for me.

TheSassyAssassin · 20/08/2017 11:56

AaarghUsername - oh the poor loves, nasty neighbours waking them up from their hangovers and much needed slumber! If it had been me I'd have tested my fire alarms and then stood in the street outside their house practising my saxophone (and doing it with a broken reed so it sounded like a cat being backed into a corner and coming out fighting!) from oooh....7a.m.? Grin

dinosaursandtea · 20/08/2017 12:04

8:30 is perfectly sensible. Kids will be awake, it's not unreasonable to assume adults will be.

motherinferior · 20/08/2017 12:31

Eh?

Small kids will be awake so it is reasonable to assume their parents will be. However, plenty of people don't have kids. Or have kids, like mine, who are well past the getting-up-early stage.

It's a Sunday. It's fair to assume quite a few people want peace and quiet at 8.30, and to let them have it!

MargaretCavendish · 20/08/2017 12:45

Kids will be awake, it's not unreasonable to assume adults will be.

Ah yes, because people without (small) children aren't really people at all, are they?

PinkGlitter17 · 20/08/2017 12:46

'Strumming your hedge' - is that a euphemism for masturbation??! GrinGrinGrinGrin

motherinferior · 20/08/2017 12:48

My darling girls staggered out of bed long after we did. And we were up a lot later than 8.30!

metalmum15 · 20/08/2017 12:55

Any time before 11am on a Sunday is unreasonable Try telling that to my twatty neighbours. Just because they're up at 5am every day, they assume everyone else should be.

liminality · 20/08/2017 12:57

Noise after 8am on a weekend I think is perfectly acceptable, although I'd personally wait to do any 'noisy' work until after 9. Weekdays 7am is fine

As a shift worker, I have to say, people like you are hell to live next to.
If you had any decency, you would adjust that to a minimum of 10 on the weekend.
I wish it was 10 on weekdays too.
Just cause you have a schedule that gets you ut of bed early, doesn't mean everyone else does. Doesn't mean we're lazy either!
UANBU OP!

FeelingAggrieved · 20/08/2017 12:59

Yeah it's too early on a Sunday.