As with the even bigger fire described in yesterday’s blog
post, I’m poaching a section of an earlier View Towers anecdotes post and
expanding on it
In early 2008 the neighbours directly above me were always
being noisy, usually fighting and bouncing things around (though once it was,
er, a possible attempt to procreate). This went on for about a few weeks and I
later found out that they had gotten an eviction notice as a result.
One night I found myself wishing that they'd finally do
something to get kicked out (not knowing that they had already been given
notice). The next morning at 4:15 I heard a lot of crashing, far worse than
usual. Annoyed at having been woken up by them, I phoned security but no
answer. I went to the bathroom as I debated whether to call security or the
police, but then the fire alarm went off.
When I went outside I confirmed what I had suspected as soon
as I heard the fire alarm go off: they had set their apartment on fire! This nicely got rid of them, even if that
wasn’t quite what I had in my when I made the wish the night before. Well, it worked. Unless the woman in the previous post, this
couple at least closed their door. So while their room was unlivable for a
while after, most of the rest of the floor was still okay. And despite living directly below them, only
a few drops of water came into my apartment.
So for a short while, aside from a little bit of
construction noise, I had the peace and quiet I desired. Sadly only a few weeks
later my schizophrenic neighbour who keeps shouting about burning in Hell moved
in next door and he’s been here ever since, so the silence was short lived. But boy did I savour it while it lasted.
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