Yes, my clock says it's Sunday. It is. But this happens on plenty of weekdays too. Any time of any day is apparently game for the tenants upstairs. No regard to their three nextdoor neighbors. 🫠
Whether I'm trying to fall asleep, it's disrupting REM, or the first thing I hear in the morning. Only way to drown out the thumping of my ceiling is ear buds with white noise maxed out, which I find less than ideal when trying to sleep.
I don't want to dictate what people do in their own homes, but I feel like shaking my ceiling and screaming at 4am is crossing a boundary.
Oh well. At least they're having fun.
EDIT-Wow, lots of people are finding this video. I guess here's some more context.
Q: How often does the couple upstairs do this?
At the time I recorded this, the couple upstairs predictably did this every Friday and Saturday night, between November 2023 and February 2024. It was all-the-more frustrating when it would happen in the early evenings or early mornings on workdays.
Q: Has it happened since?
Miraculously, it's only happened once or twice since I uploaded this. One time, it might've been in the early morning-and I was able to fall back asleep. The other time, it might've been an early evening, during which I was already listening to music. By complete coincidence, I recorded one of their last sessions. I don't think the couple broke up though. I've still heard both of their (loud) speaking voices through my ceiling. Yes, sometimes in the middle of the night.
Q: What did I plan to do with this recording?
The night I filmed this was the last straw. I caved in and recorded the noise, and I planned to show it to the landlord in the form of a noise complaint. When I voiced my intentions on Reddit, someone called me a "narc" and said I should confront my neighbors first. 😅 (Another person recommended I pound on their door to spook them haha.) I indecisively uploaded this video to UA-cam instead, for temporary storage. I really didn't expect the algorithm to recommend it to others. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping at least one person would come along and offer their sympathies. 🥲
Q: Do I have other recordings?
I vowed to record follow-up incidents; I figured having a repository would prove how frequently this occurs. But cosmically, they up-and-stopped soon after I recorded this. (However, I may have jinxed myself by implying they've stopped for good.)