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I can hear next door coughing

101 replies

Likeacatoutofhell · 05/09/2020 07:58

My neighbours (a young couple) seem to have a developed a cough over the last few days.
Obviously in recent times I wouldn’t have cared, but they’ve been going out in the car most days. They have a small child who I think they struggle with as I’ve seen the mother crying on more than one occasion.

What can I do? They should be isolating if they have coughs and they definitely sound continuous.

OP posts:
Bollss · 05/09/2020 08:32

What can you do? Mind your own sodding business. For all you know they've been tested and are negative.

Flibbitygibbit · 05/09/2020 08:34

Better than hearing them having wild sex at 2:00 am which was what I used to hear !

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 05/09/2020 08:36

I've got an awful cough at the moment but I've had a negative test so presumably it's my hay fever. The neighbours must have heard it and seen me going out but they can mind their own business!

What is this country coming to? There's another post where someone with PTSD is getting grief from some posters because she can't wear a mask and now people are treated with suspicion for coughing in their own homes

fartyface · 05/09/2020 08:37

Ah this reminds me of the stasi.

Jrobhatch29 · 05/09/2020 08:38

I didn't realise there was so many busy bodies until covid.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 05/09/2020 08:42

@Jrobhatch29 I wonder what they are going to do when this is over!

annabel85 · 05/09/2020 08:43

Phone the police.

MadameBlobby · 05/09/2020 08:44

How do you know one of the times they were going out in the car they weren’t going for a test?

How thin are your walls that you can hear this anyway? Maybe stop listening with a glass at the wall and stop spying on them.

As for what you can do - nothing. Just keep away from them if you’re worried.

TheKeatingFive · 05/09/2020 08:44

Wow, this is going to be a loooong winter.

exLtEveDallas · 05/09/2020 08:48

Hell. You’d hate to live next door to me OP. I have almost permanent Catarrh. I cough at night at least 50% of the time. In summer it’s bad because hay fever, in autumn because it’s wet, in winter because cold.

Ive also left the house every single day (work). I’ve never had a test, and won’t unless I have any other symptoms alongside my cough.

primabloodydonna · 05/09/2020 08:49

Oh christ almighty, please get a grip!!!

Waxonwaxoff0 · 05/09/2020 08:50

You mind your own bloody business, that's what you do.

I cannot believe the amount of busybodies this virus has brought out. Unbelievable. This is not a police state.

tearinyourhand · 05/09/2020 08:51

Some people won't be satisfied until we have a secret police force, who can disappear people.

Heyahun · 05/09/2020 08:54

Ffs I have had a cough for a week - I had a test and it came back the next day negative so I’m not Isolating anymore - I don’t have to - I’ve just got a cough not the virus! Ffs

yawnsvillex · 05/09/2020 08:56

OMFG!!! Report them quickly OP @Likeacatoutofhell to the cough police

Get them fined immediately

Seriously .... are you going to "do something" about people coughing? You know we are coming into cough, cold and flu season?

Pinkmakeupbag · 05/09/2020 08:56

Ffs is this what the world has come to?

Have you honestly got nothing better to do?

yawnsvillex · 05/09/2020 08:57

@Pinkmakeupbag I know! I'm more pained by what this world has come to .... "my next door neighbour is coughing"

Dial 101
Report immediately

Russellbrandshair · 05/09/2020 08:59

I think you should call the police and alert the CIA.

Neighbours coughing is really very serious and the army should probably get involved. Especially since you live next door to them and should have full access to all their private details and medical records.

Good work with the surveillance, I'd recommend some recording equipment too so you can record some of their private conversations if at all possible and store them for later use. I'd also definitely be making a wall shrine to them with captured photos, maybe some candles and if you can develop a nervous tic that would also help create the atmosphere- you could even snatch some laundry off their line too. Good luck!

022828MAN · 05/09/2020 09:02

I've had a cough for 2 weeks now. I had a negative covid test 2 days after it started. My neighbours wouldn't know about my test but I can't hide my cough.
Get a grip.

LynetteScavo · 05/09/2020 09:05

If you're that concerned about them going out you could offer to do their shopping and errands for them so they can stay at home if they need to isolate.

AriettyHomily · 05/09/2020 09:07

Jesus Christ. I've got a chest infection, my neighbours can probably hear me. I don't feel the need to go and explain to them.

butterpuffed · 05/09/2020 09:07

They may have had a test, you don't know.

A year ago you probably wouldn't even have noticed whether they were were coughing, doubt if it would even have registered.

Plussizejumpsuit · 05/09/2020 09:08

My sister had a caugh so got tested and was negative. Maybe they have done that? Her child goes to nursery so I suspect she got it via them.

lookatallthosechickens · 05/09/2020 09:14

I develop a cough when my allergies act up, due to postnasal drip and the refusal of the NHS to do anything about it (when I lived in the states I got allergy shots every year that sorted me out, now I just have to suffer). Usually this is in the spring because of pollen but sometimes in the autumn due to mould spores. I've got a right hack on now, please do feel free to report me to the authorities.

BigThunderMountainRailroad · 05/09/2020 09:29

Wind your neck in OP. This whole thing has really got out of hand. People just seem to be turning against one another constantly judging others and reporting people for stuff that frankly isn’t their business.