Neighbour talking on phone in garden all day and taking calls on speaker phone

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Since the lockdown the neighbour has decided to sit in the garden and work. He talks all his call in the garden, talking loudly. Its 6:30 pm and he is still on his phone. I can hear him in my living room! I can also hear all the the participants on the phone! It starts at 10 am and goes on till 7 pm. I cant keep the patio doors open or the noise will be horrendous! Talking to him wont work, they are not the type you can reason with.Its driving me mad! Any suggestions? Maybe I should play music, loudly!!

record his calls and replay them back as loud as possible!!

Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On, on a loop, in the garden. Techno radio station? Eastenders theme tune extended remix? Have you got kids who need to play on the trampoline? So you need to phone all your friends in the garden just before he starts?

I can tell when my neighbours on the phone in the garden as i can hear him at the front of the house with the doors and windows shut. He literally shouts and its not even on speaker!

SunflowerSeedsForever

That happened to a colleague. She was on a train and realised the two people opposite her were lawyer discussing the very contract she was negotiating. She said nothing on the train but said there faces were a picture when they walked into the negotiating meeting later

SunflowerSeedsForever you're kick-ass amazing!

blacksax I actually like those songs. The NDN might have dubious musical taste too!

I agree with the worst music ever. You could make an annoying neighbour playlist. We could give you suggestions...here’s one to start

Shuddupa ya face

Get one of the echo tape recorders (bands used to use them, the trade name was a Copycat) and it can record their conversations and plays it back with a variable - say 10 seconds - delay with a diminishing echo. You'll need an amplifier and a loud speaker but it will be worth the cost - or investment I'd say.

Peppa Pig theme tune on repeat.

Haven't RTFT so sorry if this has been suggested, but could you play recordings of loud farts and plops - must be something on YouTube.

Did you really have to do that failedasaparen?

Bloody Barbie Girl.

I can't get the fucking thing out of my head now.

OP, that's very worth using. Your neighbour will hate you though.

Oh, I know! Pressure washer!
My dc was practicing the piano, and my dh oblivious to what's happening inside, he started using it to wash the patio. Pissed him off big time, he stopped playing everytime the sound started. I asked him why he is stopping, and he said he didn't want to disturb the lovely melodic sound of pressure washer dh was making.

My neighbour has been sitting in their garden LOUDLY discussing every aspect of their miserable lives and then when I go out to do a spot of gardening in my garden they started yelling 'Can't we get any privacy! People so nosey they need to spy and listen in!' Go into your house if you want a private conversation!!

Wasn't there another post about a child's music class having zoom recorder lessons? You need to join that zoom call OP. In your garden, 15 kids loudly and badly playing the recorder. I have a headache just thinking about that.

Play Goldie Lookin Chain song- Your Mother’s got a penis, on repeat, all day, really loud!!

Play music. Or... Record his conversations and play them back when he next takes a call on speaker phone.

Band called steel panther hahah you need hahahahha I now cut the hedge when neighbour is playing shit music in the garden with her friends

Has anybody suggested Rammstein yet?

Play Hanson on repeat. “MMMbop baby uhhuh....”

Add The Bad Touch by Bloodhound Gang to your list of top tunes

Darude - Sandstorm.

Max volume.

He has to work from home. It's not ideal, his whole life has been changed too. Maybe try having some patience and compassion?

If you have kids I'm sure their noise in the garden is as unwelcome tbh.

And Ding Dong Song by Gunther

Stand outside and shout Fenton or is it Benson over and over again
Pretend you have a dog

My neighbour has been like this for ten years or more. And his wife. Not just phone calls but non stop bellowing at each other across the garden. But he especially turns the volume up x10 for phone calls. I know all about his genital problems. They also do loud workouts in the back garden and have the radio/Spotify on most of the time blaring out music.

I cope by being out the house as much as possible or sitting inside with the windows closed even when it’s baking hot. I ordered noise cancelling headphones the other day and hope they turn up soon.

Stick some Bob Marley, on maybe Redemption song at full volume. On repeat. Leave it playing while you go on a walk for a couple of hours.