r/Maliciouscompliance I Flooded a Karen's House!

[@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339]

Water story: all this mess could have been avoided if they allowed OP to install the *free* alarm system like they offered to do 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@SailorMya]

Right! Just a few minutes to install and then they don't have to do the math every time they call for water. Idiots.

[@rogerbayless]

I think this was an attempt at a scam, in other words they get the water company to damage the property and then try to strong arm them to pay so that the couple could get upgrades in the house for free. And since the company didn’t go for it and they covered their asses by one offering to install the warning device for FREE and by also trying to contact the residents on multiple occasions it ended up just being a wash for the water pumped for the company and a lot of water damage to the residents that they, themselves, have to fix

[@metalhed3815]

Installing the alarm was my first thought. Customers fault all day on this one.

[@Tajarim88]

As a German, hearing about people having problems with loud neighbours, I'm gobsmacked. We have actual laws against noise pollution, people can go to prison in extreme circumstances.

[@eugenehoitt3250]

Most places in the us have noise laws that are fines, outside of like 9am-8pm, that can be used in court to sue the person if it's a chronic issue. During the day hours it's more restrictive on what can be considered a noise complaint, as people work.

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

That's it, I'm moving to Germany!

[@denizfischer36]

when I moved to germany I was super confused when ppl threatened to call police on my for drilling on a sunday. I thought I was being nice for doing work on sunday and not throughout the week so that noone would be bothered if they worked from home.... I was wrong...

[@einherjar4902]

@@denizfischer36 Yup. Sunday is rest day and is especially protected by laws against noise.

[@yuu1584]

@@caolanochearnaigh9804 as a german myself: Don't get your hopes high. Yea we have this laws. But good luck getting the police or "Ordnungsamt" (something like "public order office"? Its like civil servants without the power of the police; but they probably will come instead of the police for just a nuisance. Best case they can warrent a penalty fee) to do something. They can only do something, if they themselves witness the noises. And probably even then they will only give out a warning. But most of the times the neighbors will probably just be quiet the couple of minutes when the police is there; and loud again as soon as the police is gone again. And call the police too often and you will probably get a warning not to bother them with something so unimportant.

[@ponchopeligroso]

They really should’ve pressed for criminal charges that is criminal negligence that would’ve gotten a less observant person killed.

[@barbmck28]

Agreed!

[@IAmTheSkinThief]

They're filing a case for that.

[@barbmck28]

@@IAmTheSkinThief oh good!

[@scuba535]

Not only that but if a place becomes uninhabitable the landlord usually is required by law to pay for someone’s lodging until they find a new place.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

This

[@dracko158]

Landlord: *"I have stuff to do, stop complaining about your neighbor already! God, some people are so persistent!"* Neighbor: **Literally breaks through OP's ceiling** Also landlord: **Surprised Pikachu Face**

[@ret3556]

Also who thinks DROPPING weights on the floor is a good idea. then add the fact that they seem to be someone who lifts regularly so it is not like they are dropping 15 pounds on the floor.

[@WeirdOrangeThing]

That's when you laugh in the landlords face after he went off. Insulting him, calling him every name in the book, and flipping him off. Tf he gonna do? Cry?

[@lightning_skullz]

I would of gone with the local Apartment Association if the landlord didn't do anything about it.

[@taxevader7777]

@@ret3556 yeah I’m guessing the living room floor in their apartment isn’t set up to where you can drop weights without damaging the floor, that guys an idiot.

[@shannonp1656]

My grandfather was severely hearing impaired, 5% hearing in one ear with a hearing aid, none in the other. He lived in an upstairs apartment and heavily padded his floors to not disturb his downstairs neighbors. It was a 2-story building so no upstairs neighbor. Two inches of padding, plus carpet, plus area rugs. This made an actual step up at doors. Common courtesy.

[@christopherjones8448]

Meh when you live in an apartment some noise is to be expected, unless the apartment specifically offers sound proofing it should not be expected for tenants to do so

[@shannonp1656]

@@christopherjones8448 True, but he wanted to be considerate. He had to have the TV and music loud to hear it. He also worked some odd hours at times and would be up between midnight and 4 am some nights. He could afford to live anywhere but stayed. In fact, he was such a good neighbor and tenant that keeping him there was a condition of sale of the building. He lived there for 50 years.

[@KCCAT5]

It would be nice of all tenants in Upper Apartments did this. I live in an apartment and the guy upstairs has children visiting from time to time mind you this is a one-bedroom apartment this is not the family unit the family unit is on the other side. Nothing like children running through the apartment bouncing off the furniture banging into walls things falling all the time from Thump Thump Thump Thump Thump it drives me nuts Also he has arguments with his girlfriends or his family or his friends whomever and I get to hear it because the walls are paper thin. Whenever my neighbor's light up a bone I get to smell it.

[@shannonp1656]

@@KCCAT5 I have been in both positions. When we moved from an upstairs unit to a downstairs unit my son finally understood why I told him to be more quiet if he could.

[@firesong7825]

I would not want to live in a bounce house.

[@songohan3321]

"I'm a Barbie Girl" for 10 hours straight is an actual war crime.

[@Shay_Mendez]

That's crimes against humanity

[@denverarnold6210]

And yet, allowed to deter homeless...

[@jimdob6528]

Not during the day it isn’t lol.

[@AlbRomano]

Everybody knows that anything over 1 hour is considered torture in 420 countries.

[@hukaman88]

Add some leather pants and you got a party instead

[@Lovuschka]

If there's a "language barrier" with the neighbors, then how does the landlord make a contract with them? They make a contract that they don't understand?

[@RiveroftheWither]

Not to mention, if they didn't speak English then why did he scream "Oh f@*$" when falling through the floor. Clearly the guy did speak English as a primary language as people tend to curse in their native language when something takes them by surprise. So the landlord straight up lied to not be bothered, sketchy guy

[@tamsel814]

@@RiveroftheWither oh f@*s is not limited to English. Its has become a common course word in other languages too. I think I learned it before I officially started learning English.

[@slashbat2375]

Lawyer/translators

[@LizzieourWorld]

@@tamsel814 Well, yes, but their point was they wouldn’t have said it in English, but in their language, if there was a language barrier there

[@abigailmillan1456]

As a bilingual, yes, if you get surprised or scared you tend to answer in your mother language

[@mariocraft95]

The story about the queue: That’s actually a regular thing that happens. At least at Walt Disney World Orlando. If a ride has shut down for a period of time, they have a lot of fast passes to catch up on, so the regular queue would only be only allowed like one or two parties at a time. My family made friends. We did the exact same thing.

[@Tricksterbelle]

Not just Disney parks too. Universal, Cedar Fair, & Six Flags all have similar systems (only, Disney's used to be free and on a time schedule).

[@justinsider5744]

man Disney has gotten so bad over the years

[@SailorMya]

@Donny D I remember that some people with actual handicaps would offer themselves for a day at a park for family to use the handicap line. They get a free day at the park plus some money for it and the families would get the perks that families with handicaps get. Pretty sweet deal for both parties.

[@benwagner5089]

@@SailorMya Now that sounds like a good business plan.

[@mehproductions1031]

If the cast member was doing their job correctly it should be by number of people, not number of parties. That’s probably why the ratio seemed so skewed.

[@ryanjamesj44]

I used to live in a house where my next door neighbor had parties... Every night with hundreds of people. Cops never did anything because of some connection they had to that group of people. One day they had hundreds of people over and I could see them jumping to some song... 5 minutes later I see them all disappear as the floor gave out and they all fell into the basement. I wish I could say that was the end of the parties, but 2 months later after repairs they were at it again. We moved out, but I heard from another neighbor that their house finally caught fire and burned down a few weeks after we left. Our houses were so close our old place was basically a full loss. From what I heard, they have a new place in a new neighborhood, but outside the jurisdiction of the old police.

[@charliehedrick6414]

THE ROOF! THE ROOF! THE ROOF IS ON FIRE!

[@Tustin2121]

I wouldn’t be surprised if that guy was repeatedly told at the public gym to not to drop his fucking weights like some lug head when he’s done with his reps. So he bought a home gym so he could drop his weights all he wanted. And now he knows WHY you don’t drop your fucking weights!

[@franl155]

There should be special blocks designated for noisy neighbours, then they can annoy each other and get annoyed in turn, and leave the rest of us to enjoy the quiet.

[@maris7457]

I have never had a quiet or normal noise neighbor anytime I've rented where there's shared walls. I feel like those people don't exist. It's always over-the-top nuisance. i've moved 13 times in the last 8 years in two states

[@franl155]

@@maris7457 - I've got one now, but it took me 60 years to find it! Quiet neighbours, quiet street, quiet area. lol sometimes the silence is a bit unnerving! but infinitely better than having someone who trains elephants to tap-dance at 2am living above you

[@ZtU2455]

honestly. the house next to the one i live in blast music from time to time in the day, to the point we can hear it clearly from our side, lyrics included. usually they wait for when they think we're out (i'm often still home), but others they do it when they know we're both here. it gets annoying

[@AceMoonshot]

If I had a legit suspicion they were going to crash through the ceiling, I wouldn't have just moved important stuff out of the area. I'd have moved all kinds of expensive stuff, that I wanted replaced/upgraded, into the area. Why was my microwave on top of the pc? Aesthetics.

[@SimpyImp]

You damn genius!!!

[@barklet6110]

Or house reshuffle

[@dontage815]

Ah yes, my potted *microwave* , and yes the PC was meant to be on top of my now shattered, but also potted toilet table, don't question it

[@michaelbujaki2462]

I get the feeling that I'm too nice. I would have put the mattress on the floor under the collapse so that the guy landed on something soft.

[@AceMoonshot]

@@michaelbujaki2462 No. I'm just an evil minded bastid. You are fine just how you are.

[@theavatarofinsanity]

That neighbour from the first story is lucky to still be alive.

[@BersealiaDreamheart]

Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing. He could’ve been killed in that fall. He’s the luckiest, unlucky b*******.

[@YesIlikebananasSo]

Yup. He’s also a massive asshole, but a lucky one

[@kenzo_1172]

I think that the guy and the weights had fallen in the same time, so it did not fall on to him, but with him

[@jakstrieder]

with the way they were laughing it off when being told about the amount of water at the start, it was probably "we get them to trash our new house and make them pay for it" scam

[@jimmyrossmeissl6644]

Karen: “We won’t tell you how much water we need” OP: “What ever you say Aqua Lass”

[@LunaBeth97]

I live on the top floor and my anxiety loves to taunt me with the fear of falling through the floor/ ceiling. I can't wrap my head around why someone would think that doing weights like that would be a good idea though, that's what gyms are for!

[@christopherjones8448]

Seriously did this fool not notice the cracks on the floor and it buckling under his weight...?!?! Floors are meant to be walked on, they don't just collapse over night you can feel that shit.

[@paranoiarpincess]

So we have an epidemic of loud neighbours in my apartment. We've been here coming up on 7 years and neighbours have moved in and out in that time frame... so we made up a game. Around this time, because we live near the shoreline of Lake Ontario, we heard a lot of firewords at all hours of many days near or completely irrelevant to holidays. We came up with a game of "Gun shot or fireworks." It was an amusing game so we decided to port it over to our other issue: "what are the neighbours doing?" The first set tapped with their feet, a lot. So they of course were professional salsa dancers. Then came the sex noises, the dancer was having an afair with their dance teacher! (Scandalous!!😲) There was a big argument where stuff was thrown aeound and there was a lot of sqearing. The man in the relationship even had a very loud, heated call talking about his lover and how his partner found out. Sonit was decided out of jealousy of his partner spending so much time with her dance instructoe that he would get her back by cheating with... HER SISTER! (Dundundun!!) hahaha. Currently, there is an entire child ay upstairs who do jumping jacks and have to run laps in their rooms while mommy and daddy got their rocks off, as a way to entertain and distract the kids... Anyway, yeah. It sucks having super disrespectful neighbours.

[@undeadprincess5726]

I live in a neighborhood where ppl just don't care about the law in their cars. Loud engines with no mufflers would speed by during all hours of the day. Not only do I have sensory issues, but I live directly next to a school, which has 2 areas across from each other so kids cross the street a lot. There have been multiple cases of kids getting hit by cars, one was dragged almost 2-3 blocks before falling off the car which sped off. I don't think they survived.

[@Annie_Annie__]

I live next to a defunct golf course that has been left wild. Every so often people play ‘gunshot or fireworks?’ out there. It’s especially frustrating because fireworks are banned in the city (have been for decades) and there’s usually a burn ban due to dry, drought conditions. That also doesn’t stop people from setting fires out there. Usually when it’s warm/hot out and probably not homeless folks trying to keep warm. I’m guessing it’s just bored teens? More than once the fire dept has had to put out grass fires that were set by people. They’ve all been put out relatively quickly, but geez, is it nerve-wracking considering the whole area is surrounded by houses and apartment complexes. I’m nervous that someone is going to set a fire that can’t be controlled in time or shoot through a house/apartment.

[@marjoriejohnston4905]

@@undeadprincess5726 I also have major hearing sensitivity, especially to firearms and fireworks. My parents keep ending up with jerk neighbors that use their yards as ranges. Sure, it's legal as long as the yard is large enough and they have good backstops. Do I care? NO! It would scare me and my pets and I hope the horses up the road don't get spooked by it and get hurt. I'm so glad to be out of there, now I just have to deal with a dog howling all day on the next road over because its jerk owners keep it locked outside.

[@RepellentJeff]

First story: “Hey, Ron.” “Hey, Billy…that hurt.”

[@BenSmith-vd2jf]

So i'm not the only one who thought of that 🤣

[@soulgazer11]

I could have been in first OP's exact situation! The apartment I'm in is the very opposite of soundproof, and I also once had new neighbours who didn't speak French (I'm French Canadian) but spoke poor English. The couple had just moved in and they were SO LOUD. The guy had a habit of putting all his weight in his heel when he walked and he was a *heavy* guy. One day I saw the living room ceiling legit *BENDING* over and over as if he was swinging up and down on it. I got scared of him falling through just like in this story, so I went up and knocked at their door. He was wrapped in a towel from the waist and had nothing else on. He got mad at me for asking him to stop whatever he was doing because I didn't say please 😐. Thankfully that poor woman was pregnant and about to have the kid so they moved, most likely because they didn't want to raise a child in this rat hole.

[@ArchangelPlays]

For the queue story: As someone who worked for the same place: There are 3 phases that attractions have for lines. Phase 1 is that 1:4 ratio. Phase 2 is 1:7. And phase 3 is 1: 10. Each phase is dictated by crowd volume. If the paid line gets too long, you have to bump up a phase to flush it out to guarantee the wait isn’t more than 15 min because they paid. And when a ride gets ridiculously busy or breaks down and just started back up, it pushes things to the final phase. It sounds like the ratio grew while they were in line. Being the position where the paid line and the standby line merge is literally the WORST. You get yelled at so much and there’s nothing we can do about it. I did my best to keep a 60/40 ratio instead and it was the only way to make things slightly more balanced without impacting the paid line. Glad I’m not still dealing with that today. Regardless, it still sucks and that was a brilliant way of getting through.

[@Zeekfox]

And who thought a paid faster line would be a good idea in the first place? I can't imagine anyone in a regular line would have a good experience watching people with more money to spend constantly cutting in front of them. That just sounds like a horrible concept that would make people never want to come back.

[@maieen2665]

*First OP:* What in the Final Destination heck!? I'm glad OP and their roommate are okay. *Second OP:* OP outsmarted the system and made new friends. It's a win-win! *Fifth OP:* Nothing to say about the story; I just like OP's username, lol

[@Twinklethefox9022]

How is that possible in an apartment? I'm so glad I'm not in one anymore but my house isn't really soundproof and I can hear every bump, thud and other noise

[@johngowanjr5303]

Anything from the supports being weak or rotted, to the weights being dropped causing sufficient damage

[@kid10249595]

And this is why you NEVER put a entire weight set on a floor that can't handle the extra weight XD. Sad that the ones involved, minus OP, had to learn a very hard lesson. Always make sure your floor can handle it, or else your going to be in for a very nasty surprise.

[@pixelman6193]

It probably would have been fine if he didn't keep letting the weights down fast and spread out any other home gym pieces

[@Richard_Nickerson]

You're* But yep! That's what basements are for.

[@perfect_harmony4348]

yeah right because obviously you as a tenant expect that falling through the fucking floor, which is usually required by law to be able to hold up at least a ton in most countries, is an option. give me a break . guy did nothing wrong and got screwed by someone elses negligence

[@gruffen4]

@@perfect_harmony4348 refer to the "loud banging sounds" that were mentioned. dude didn't just have a bunch of weight in his living room, he was constantly dropping a couple hundred pounds (presumably anyway, OP never mentioned how much weight exactly). if you're floor isn't built to take that kind of stress, it doesn't matter how much it can hold, because it's a different type of stress.

[@davidperry4013]

@@Richard_Nickerson and one of the reasons why gym memberships still exist today.

[@merlinathrawes746]

Collapsed ceiling story: It really wouldn't have mattered if the building had been inspected after renovations. The building was designed as a residence, not a gym/weight room. That would have required much sturdier floor/ceiling joists to have been installed. While a certain amount of exercise equipment usage can be tolerated by normal joists, constantly dropping heavy weights exceeds what they are designed for. The inspection report is just salt in the already open wounds.

[@francescaperron2003]

The thumbnail made me laugh way too hard. A kid in a bucket on water, with an arrow saying "Karen". Why is that so funny

[@chocosoy8692]

Are you okay though? Just in case no one ask you today.

[@daniellewillis2767]

Because kids are horrible and it's really funny to see them in hilariously dangerous predicaments! 🤣

[@DasSpaceAce]

I think that's a very short haired lady carrying the bucket on her hip, walking through the water.

[@francescaperron2003]

@@chocosoy8692 Thank you, I'm doing good. How about you?

[@francescaperron2003]

@@DasSpaceAce Yeah I know but it really looks like a kid in a bucket and that cracks me up

[@justicedunham4088]

I don’t know how Disney does it, but Six Flags version of the fast line is more of a phantom line. You select on a device what ride you want and it starts a countdown from the current wait time of the main line. So the buyers still have to wait, but they could get food, go to the bathroom, or other things rather than be in line and it makes the ride lines appear shorter

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

nope, it shortens the wait

[@pc4189]

The flooding story. Sounds like they tried to pull an insurance scam. ""Water company flooded our basement. Cut us a check NOW!" Sorry Karen..no cookies for you.

[@eternal8364]

10/10 for Dabny saying juicy butt farts without giggling He’s a true professional

[@wolf9802]

i was thinking the exact same thing, lol.

[@stanleypupgaming5269]

I can imagine a load of laundry was in the dryer when he pulled up. " Damn you must be out, it feels like a desert in your pipes

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

The OP tracks vibrations made by his neighbors and gets pissed... Is OP a Warden? (For context, The Warden is a new Minecraft mob that uses echolocation and sound vibrations to locate it's enemies. It's the strongest mob in the game, it deals the most damage out of any mob in the game, and it's really freakin' scary.)

[@ShadowReignhart]

Is the Warden more dangerous than a Wither or the Ender Dragon? Actually scratch that, Of course it's stronger than a Wither. And Ender Dragon is an actual real Boss... But now I need to go find a Warden.

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

@@ShadowReignhart Load up the latest snapshot in the launcher, open up the chat and type in "/locate ancient_city". Then walk around until you see this funny looking block with 4 white bone looking things sticking out of them. They are called Sculk Shriekers. Activate the block 3 times, (there's a cooldown, mind,) and a Warden will emerge from the ground. (The Ender Dragon has 300 HP. The Warden has... _500!_ And if that's not enough it can obliterate you with a sonic boom if you're far enough away from it! On Hard difficulty, it can kill you when you're wearing a full set of netherite. Just let that sink in. (Those are the instructions if you play Java, I don't know crap about Bedrock...) And the inverted commas shouldn't be in the chat, btw. And if you want to look for the Warden in Survival... I hope you're not afraid of the dark. And to top it off, it's not even worth killing! If you can kill it, that is... It only has 1 drop, and it's completely useless, unless you want to farm the Sculk blocks.

[@FoxValley123]

That is both hilarious and terrifying description of the op lol

[@cuteghost5368]

The Warden of Sleep (you know, because he couldn't sleep, but then he made so the neighbour couldn't sleep so *he* could sleep... HE WAS PROTECTING HIS SLEEP)

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

@@cuteghost5368 Yes.

[@camelon5533]

4th story: the boss saying they’re too stupid to work with got me good 😂🤣

[@jaspr1999]

I've heard and seen videos of, stupid people doing stupid things all my life. Like when I was a kid, a couple of older kids (teens) were rushed to the hospital for siphoning the greywater tank of an RV trying to steal gas, to the guy with a new RV that had a brand new technology (cruise control) and thought that he could just set it and go back and make dinner while the RV drove itself. The flooded house reminded me of these stories. Now, I've done more than my share of stupid over the years, but luckily, I've never been on this level of stupid... So far.

[@Tricksterbelle]

Making friends in line is great at theme parks, and a good way to help others in rides faster. Just try not to be mean to the rank and file theme park workers on your way. It's not our fault our bosses are godless capitalists.

[@charleneblack2792]

Reminds me of my first apartment. These kids would literally run nonstop, from the front to the back, until 3am every single night. We had a newborn & she kept getting woken up. I knocked & asked if they'd make their kids sit still, at least at 11pm. She said it wasn't her kids, then 2 brats came running to the door, panting & sweaty. I leaned down to the sweatiest & said with a sweet, growling voice "Kids who run in upstairs apartments at night just might fall through the floor. Let's hope you land on the bed" and the mother looked at me horrified & shut the door. It didn't help. I had thoughts of burning the apartment building down. 😂😂

[@readjordan2257]

8:45 actually their plan is to discourage you from coming to the park because the math says it's better for business and the bottom line. However it's coincidentally also better for people who don't have the opportunity to come often and are going for special occasions. As regulars tend to not buy all the perks and have much more access to the park than they do. Edit: so, the cruelty is usually somewhat fair and equalizing when you consider everything.

[@emptyblack4620]

Story 1 reminds me of my friends current situation. They live on the second floor of an apartment and do their best to be quiet but if they make the slightest sound the crazy lady down stairs starts slamming on the ceiling with a broom. They've talked to the office (who keep ignoring them) and even tried talking to the crazy old bat but the guy who lives across from her, who is apparently her nephew, threatened them to leave her alone. The real problem comes in that their livelihood depends on one of them who works from home as a call center person or something. All calls are recorded and she could legit lose her job over this stupid crazy woman.

[@michaeldickson8208]

Malicious compliance and petty revenge are my favorite subreddits. Seeing this was really nice👍

[@CheshireEclipse]

Story 1: Neighbor: *Falls through ceiling* Hey Ron. OP: Hey Billy. Neighbor: That hurt.

[@thecraziestcrayon]

Its hearing stories like the first that made me paranoid when I lived in my apartment. I was on the second floor and practically tiptoed around my rooms. Every time I dropped something I winced, and waited a few seconds to see if anyone came to complain. I never played my music out loud, only ever using headphones. I didn't even turn the tv volume up very high because I didn't want to be a loud neighbor. anxiety is a hell of a thing lol

[@reedwaide7305]

I feel like the people in the water story were trying to scam the company and/or their insurance by having the company flood the house

[@davidperry4013]

That renter should’ve signed up for a gym membership instead of risking a floor collapse. Paying 10 to 34 a month for a gym membership is a whole lot better than a collapsed floor and potentially taking a life or lives and suffering legal repercussions.

[@ChaoticNalilitoMC]

Lol my dad once had his leg go through our roof and ceiling once when he was fixing some of the shingles on our old house. He said he hurt a lot due to the scraps and cuts he got on his leg and also from the awkward position (he was fine after awhile though). I can only imagine the pain the neighbor was in after fulling falling with his weights

[@alexcunn77]

i cant stop laughing at the dryer vent 😂 here's your water delivery

[@TrainNerd97]

Rslash: Welcome to R/MaliciousCompliance, where OP's neighbor falls through her ceiling! *Record scratch* Wait, what!? I legit did NOT expect to hear that today!

[@GodlyNib]

The username for the last story was something I was not expecting, and now I want a video of rSlash stoically exclaiming silly usernames like that.

[@4Just1Girl]

And YET, AGAIN, you are reading these stories and intentionally SKIPPING OVER IMPORTANT PARAGRAPHS THAT ARE WRITTEN BY THE OP, and Not allowing your LISTENERS who CAN NOT READ THE SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS which YOU INTENTIONALLY LEAVE OUT!! To be able to GET THE FULL CONTEXT OF THE STORIES!!!!

[@sophierobinson2738]

“Passionately hugging”. Love it!

[@KirbyKips]

I feel like OP in the flooding story is basically working the same job that Jerry from Rick and Morty dreamed of having.

[@Blaxjax21]

We once had an upstairs neighbor who lifted weights. My wife finally called after a week, people from 2 buildings over had already complained, they lasted 2 weeks and the place took 2 months to fix.

[@mr.scarlo2234]

I hope that everyone is having a good Monday!

[@aaronpiper2169]

It’s Monday. I wish I was having a good day too.

[@Presents_fy]

Hope your having a good day to im a vit under the weather today but i should be good by tomorrow

[@vanancio]

You too

[@richewilson6394]

I'm not sure but in some states u have to legally update your home to certain standards in form of utilities b4 selling a home. I guess the old home owners sold to some friends or without a home inspector.

[@bcatbb2896]

the water story is actually something that happened to a cottage neighbor we met a few years back. the difference was the water company screwed up the address and got the wrong house and waterlogged their basement lol

[@Star_Joker]

3:19 is exactly why I love RSLASH

[@inevitableweeb6757]

3:19 love how he put the effort to the extent of the neighbor falling to the floor

[@emeraldqueen1994]

Guy falls through the ceiling story is a PRIME EXAMPLE of what JUSTIFIES a class action law suit

[@darkpriestmusic288]

Barbie girl for 10 hours should be a violation of the Geneva convention lol

[@nickowen7406]

For the water story, company can still be held liable

[@adamb89]

Part of my porch rotted out to the extent that when I went to go open my storage unit off the porch, one leg punched straight through a wooden beam. I was able to catch myself by bracing myself on the back of a chair and by grabbing a doorknob so I didn't fall down to the next floor, but yeah. That woke me up pretty quick. Fortunately the property manager was super cool about it and had the whole porch replaced within 24 hours.

[@charlesblackwell327]

Man: Falls through OPs ceiling. Final Destination Music: Intensifies.

[@adjusttherain]

New fear unlocked!!! I live in a ground floor apartment that was very cheaply built. When we moved in there was no flooring, just plain cold concrete, one of the windows was put in upsidedown, the taps(faucets) were fitted backwards and the was gaps under the doors that lead outside. The place is full of mould and I'm now terrified that my neighbour or her kids could get hurt falling through my ceiling

[@tiredman99]

Here's the thing about noise and renting. Most cities and apartments have a noise nuisance law/ordinance. Most of the time noise during the day isn't an issue but noise at night is, for my city quiet hours is 10pm-6am Mon-Fri and 12m-6am Sat-Sun.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Whoa the hotel costs should have ALREADY been on the landlord's bill instead of OP's *without* bringing a suit into it.

[@lmj2k]

The guy buying the surround sound to play Barbie Girl for 10 hours reminded me of the guy who replaced his living room coffee table with a concert speaker when his neighbors refused to cut down the volume. The OP of that story proceeded to play things like sine, saw, and square waves in clashing chords, sermons of evangelical preachers (the asshole neighbors were fervent atheists), and various songs on repeat - the Washington Post march, the chicken dance, and (what always sets me off laughing thinking about it) the Captain Planet theme song.

[@alicerose5488]

I believe in Rslash superiority

[@Garnetlioness]

on the amusement park story, we are taught to keep the fast pass lines down to like 15min or less. so eh it's probably both company policy and management being management

[@DVankeuren]

8:10 I would never go back. Selling access to a short line is reprehensible.

[@vhaelen326]

first story something similiar happened to a friend of mine, he informed the landlord about slight cracks in the ceiling so what did the landlord do? obviously he filled the cracks with plaster or similiar stuff, my friend complained but the landlord wouldnt budge, so what did my friend do? he bought previously expensive but now broken stuff from his friends at full price, a broken console, broken tv, broken pc parts etc and placed them in the room (living room) with the cracks, he was gone for work 6/7 days a week and he went for a really cheap apprtment because he rarely needed it and he was on the first floor so the chance of him or anyone else in the building (except the upstairs neighbor who didnt seem to care) getting injured was almost 0 and even tho all the hardware was entirely broken... its hard to prove that something was broken BEFORE THE CEILING FELL ONTO IT, so in the end because he bought the things for full price his friends got a good amount of money and because of the negligence of the landlord and upstairs neighbor he got the money for all the things 'destroyed in the accident' and then some

[@Volvary]

For the first story, I would expect the weight rack probably fell alongside the neighbour or before him, considering the floor likely gave out under the heaviest weight first. That means he probably landed on top of the weights.

[@p.a.reysen3185]

Maybe a call to the local Building Department would be on order.

[@niccalee]

I wonder if the water guys were hoping to sue for water damages.

[@jayzo]

I'm sure the second story is against the Geneva conventions. I would pay money to not have to ever listen to that song again.

[@user-sh3kv1lk7d]

I’m calling R/thathappened on the theme park story. I use to work at Disney and that’s not at all how fast passes and the queue work. CMs count bodies, not groups. That’s why you see babies and service animals being counted. Unless it’s a massive attraction like the muppets, a CM wouldn’t let 100 people be grouped

[@blackrex828]

The Neighbor Fall Through My Ceiling story. I heard it not too long ago and called BS due to the whole falling through the ceiling with the whole bench press (for some reason it didn't have the part about him being gruesomely hurt) and the neighbor popped up again to bother OP rather quickly after their fall. Today I stand by my statement that this story is nothing but BS. How does someone survive falling through a ceiling with a bench press landing on top of them? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@thebigbruh779]

The neighbor must've been too weak to have any heavy weights, thus surviving his weight rack falling on him.

[@weldabar]

Seriously the OP should have sent an invoice to his company for overtime. Even if he wouldn't press the issue, it's important for his employer to know / realize what they're asking of OP. I think OP should have pressed it because the employer was petty; meet petty with petty.

[@hualni]

"In a Barbie Girl" made me laugh out loud. That's brilliant!

[@Quietu]

First story: person is a karen that had the tables turned in their favor. Sounds like upstairs neighbor was trying to do some r/pettyrevenge after the neighbor complained to them about moving in noises…..and walking around their own apartment….with their shoes on. Had the ceiling not cracked we would be hearing a story about how I annoyed my downstairs Karen of a neighbor. And first OP is leaving themselves open for a huge lawsuit from the above neighbor. Using a room in your apartment as a work out room would not be something a reasonable person would assume would lead to structural damage. And with all the proof that OP KNEW their was structural damage occurring (with witnesses and evidence to that fact) and didn’t report it to the neighbor (only complained about the noise) 100% leaves them open for criminal negligence.

[@fdm2155]

Why on EARTH would you decline the install of the alarm for the water tank? Crazy. Also wouldn't you be VERY careful about the water refill the first few deliveries if you were living in a new house?

[@ferzinhaN]

For Free! 🤦‍♀️

[@olwynskye417]

I've had a neighbour who complained about me walking in my apartment and using the toilet during the night. Luckily I didn't speak his language, had the sense of ignoring him when walking by and he dropped dead after a couple of years. Either that or he was shipped to a retirement home.

[@paulredinger5830]

Maybe the couple watched the movie Water World, and wanted to see if it was cool living in water like that? Or maybe, they’ve just always wanted an indoor swimming pool?

[@robertsissco2439]

I did something in college similar to the ex-military playing Barbie Girl when my dorm neighbors wouldn't stop playing loud rap music when I was trying to sleep (Loud as in the stuff on my desk would rattle since it was against the shared wall oud). Walked to the school store, found a set of flat faced surround sound speakers. I could, and did, press them flat against the shared wall, and blasted a William Shatner playlist I found. Took a day before they got the hint. Which was good because if it went to day two, it was going to be Leonard Nemoy's Bilbo Baggins on loop.

[@StaitlyNatters]

Now this story takes place some 20 years ago to a friend who owned his own farm, he had a series of concrete tanks all of which were interconnected in sets of 4. Each tank about 20000 litres. There were 4 banks of these tanks. (16 total tanks) On this particular event, he had just finished cleaning out 2 banks and had ordered enough water to fill 1 bank, 1 bank he had found a few cracks and was organising to make the repairs so he hung and painted ‘do not fill’ in big red letters, he then isolated this bank from the rest of the system. Lo and behold, the driver ignored the signs, as this was the closest bank to the driveway, and proceeded to empty his entire truck load of water. He never even noticed the growing lake around the tanks and proceeded to pack up and leave. When my friend came home and found the lake around his tanks, and the sign that had been cut from the fill pipe, he contacted the water carter and ask if the driver who delivered was both blind and stupid. He had the owner come out to see what was going on. When the owner saw the lake and the tanks, he just shook his head, and said that it was his stepson who was home from university trying to make a few dollars before heading back. My friend then received a fresh delivery of water to the correct tanks. Didn’t pay for the initial delivery. Don’t know what happened to the stepson but that company closed its doors the following year. Now normally, yes, water was filled into this bank and distributed to the other banks by both equalisation and pumping, however on the water order it was clearly stated that water was to be delivered to a specific bank of tanks near the home. For those interested, banks were connected to the house and 2 sheds with the 4th being that at the top of his driveway (the bank in question) where they would normally fill from. Or for the fire service to collect from. Banks 1, 2 & 3, were somewhat isolated from bank 4 with one way valves, thus ensuring that water was never completely drained from all tanks. I have worked on property’s where there are many more banks of tanks, and of some much greater capacity.

[@marydegenkolb9603]

Something similar happened in Killeen TX at a military housing. A man fell through the ceiling while he was in the shower. Naked guy in Livingroom while wife is having a tea. This was in the late 1970's!

[@Poop-xc3sj]

Bro who even bench presses in their living room.

[@oldschooldiy3240]

I am calling BS on the new guy hooking hose up to dryer vent! Hoses on water trucks are 2 to 21/2 inches, dryer vents are six inches in diameter....just not possible....

[@whackydumdum]

I did the same thing when I was in the military. Lived in married quarters that were row-housing. My next door neighbour was military police and liked to party hearty all night long. One $1500 Stereo receiver (with speakers with 18 inch subs) later, and using the subs with an AC/DC song to knock crap off his walls during one of his "02:30/ we call the MP's 3 times, music back up 3 times displays of disrespect"...- and we settled that. As his place cleared out, we turned down the noise. Interesting that the MP's never showed up to ask us to "turn it down"... It was funny because the other units in the row-house asked "WTF was that? It shook the whole building" the next day and got a good laugh out of it. I guess I woke the entire street...

[@julianandrefredriksen5848]

I would charge the neighbour with burglary and trespass

[@rachel-in-the-208]

OP was due A LOT MORE MONEY (kind of makes me mad that he didn’t really care - he should have pressed charges AND the stay in the hotel was the landlords responsibility anyway!!) … OP is so naive about insurance! His rates will definitely go up. SMH

[@siukong]

Why would the weight bench fall in _after_ the guy? Presumably he was on it at the time which is what triggered the collapse. Either that or standing beside it. But why would he have been _under_ it?

[@AuntLoopy123]

EVen if it happened as you say, with them mis-reading the markings, their absolute refusal to communicate, and confirm the situation, including IGNORING the person knocking on your door, is STILL ENTIRELY THEIR FAULT. It's danged RUDE, and they deserve the commuppance. Especially when you consider that this is the FIRST TIME, and they should be aware and paying attention, to make sure they get it it right for all future times. AND the boss went over it MULTIPLE TIMES in their initial meeting, PLUS offered to install the alarm FOR FREE, and they turned it down, because reasons. So, math or not, they had the responsibility to 1) communicate, and 2) PAY ATTENTION the first time, to confirm they had understood the math and markings properly. So, yeah, they ARE too stupid to work with, and I don't feel sorry for them, at all.

[@Br0nto5aurus]

I don't think the 2000 gallons in a 3000 gallon tank is an understandable mistake if they went over it 4 times AND called to confirm 4 times. The business did everything they could to clarify the order, but the customers knew less than the minimum required to manage their home, in spite of multiple attempts to educate them from the water company.

[@666toysoldier]

You don't need a fancy sound system to get the message across. One summer night, I was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom with the windows open. It overlooked my neighbor's back yard. They had brought out sofas and chairs and set up video projector to shine on the white wall of their house. At midnight, they started screening the Rocky Horror Picture Show, at full volume. I took my cheap AM/FM radio, tuned to the classical music station, aimed it out the window, and turned up the volume to full. Have you heard what full volume on a cheap radio does to classical music? They turned down their music.

[@chriscox9624]

I once had a temp. job to roof 1 house. I was told I needed to buy the shingles with my money. I was broke and called the owner explaining why. Turns out the guy above me was trying to pocket around $350. So the owner told him that he had to buy and deliver the materials. The whole time I'm sipping tea and chatting with the house owner and the daughters waiting for my boss to find/deliver the materials. Took him around 3 hours for some reason. I was on the clock the whole time.

[@somethingillregret]

With the quick one about the new guy who pumped water through a dryer vent. I'd say thats on their boss/supervisor not them and they shouldnt have fired them (at least based on the info given). It's up to the business to give proper training and supervision to new people.

[@jamesnorman9160]

Lol, that first story is a good one. Also, I'd bet good money on the fact there was no language barrier between OP and the neighbour, the neighbour just didn't give a shit. And maybe if the landlord gave more of a shit he wouldn't have lost a floor/ceiling.

[@waltersmommy]

Thank you so much for marking the different stories for us old heads appreciate you!!!

[@skelybrinegaming8497]

“When cell phone plans had minutes” I had a plan *last year* that had a max of 100 minutes of call time. I am young and don’t call so it would make sense why my parents would give me that but the premise is that limited call time on cell phone plans still exists. (Telus btw)

[@sther9608]

"Back when phones had limits" Wtf, i still pay by the minute (because i talk mainly online, my phone numbers are for emergency - for delivery confusion, and then one for family, one for work

[@10Raccoon]

Annoying neighbors is pretty much the entire reason I did everything I could to buy a house. You still have neighbors, but they aren't immediately beside, on top or below you and you get to be a lot more choosy about them than you do when getting an apartment.

[@idlebrit]

"Through the ceiling"? I would have told him to get out of my flat!