Noise and Cure?

[JJReyes]

13 hours ago, earthdome said:

Did that as a kid but with the old iron coke cans. They could shoot a tennis ball a long way.

Professors at the University of Hawaii once held an impromptu competition among themselves using 3-inch heavy plastic pipes.  The propellant was some kind of woman's aerosol hair spray.  Igniter was a spark from a battery, and they were shooting raw Idaho potatoes at a target.  The fun part was when the group switched to boiled potatoes for a shotgun effect.  The gathering crowd was enjoying the event until campus security, followed by the police, then the fire department showed up.  Apparently, some sort of permit was needed.  

[Tommy T.]

With all due respect to @Guy F., I think escalating the conflict by attempting to one-up the offenders would likely not work. As Brett, mentioned, they may even like it. And there are noise rules about not before 6am and not after 10pm. So, it is two days now and counting and things are much quieter. The respect word seems to carry a lot of weight. This was also true in many Pacific island countries I have visited. Maybe it's good to be old?

[Gator]

23 hours ago, Lee said:

Wife has talked to their mother repeatedly to no avail. What can you do?

Have the wife go chat with the barangay captain. First inquire what the noise disturbance regulations are, then ask him/her to intervene. Your wife can also express her deep “concern” for the safety and wellbeing of the children. 

[Mike J]

Spoke with the expat neighbor three times and the problem continued.   Called the police and they came out.  Problem solved for close to a year now.  He now turns the music way down or completely off shortly after 9:00 pm.  But getting noise from a Filipino may be a whole different kettle of fish and calling police would be a last desperate measure.

[Tommy T.]

41 minutes ago, Mike J said:

But getting noise from a Filipino may be a whole different kettle of fish and calling police would be a last desperate measure.

I think you are quite right. Once police or even barangay are contacted, then 100% animosity will ensue and probably last forever. One may achieve relief, but there will be little to no neighborly relations. Filipinos hold grudges for a very long time. And you then must watch your own step because they may use 5 year old logic(?) and say, well, he did that (whatever "that" may be) and you (police or barangay) need to deal with him.

[Guy F.]

Has anyone tried noise-cancelling headphones? Good fences make good neighbors. Good perimeter walls are even better.

Some of you have some sad situations. Getting enough sleep is extremely important, for both mental and physical health.

[RBM]

On 11/14/2024 at 5:27 PM, BrettGC said:

I asked our neighbours to tone down the 7 day a week 6am karaoke sessions in a polite and respectful way.  I'm normally up with the dogs at 5-530 but it was loud enough we couldn't hear the morning news. 

The peace lasted just over a week.  

Repeated the process, another week of peace.  

We're now on about week 15 and sometimes it lasts for a month, other times 3 days.  They see me coming and they know what it's about now at least. 

I am sure your neighbours love you to bits.....

[RBM]

On 11/15/2024 at 6:24 AM, Guy F. said:

Has anyone tried blasting the neighbors with your own noise at much higher volume to teach them a lesson? Set the volume on "pain threshold" and stay at a resort for a night. It wouldn't work against a machine shop but assaulting them with classical music or something else distasteful to them would prevent them from enjoying their own noise and might give them pause for thought.

Yes did that a few years ago, was the helpers whom blasted music all day when owner not around. Played operatic music during the day, result they called the police whom gave me a warning, later same night or early am large rocks were thrown on my roof....scared the shi....out of me. Result I gave up. 

[BrettGC]

39 minutes ago, RBM said:

I am sure your neighbours love you to bits.....

They're fine, we get on well even with this little issue.  The key is I always approach it with respect and politeness.  

[Lee]

3 hours ago, Tommy T. said:

Once police or even barangay are contacted, then 100% animosity will ensue and probably last forever. One may achieve relief, but there will be little to no neighborly relations. Filipinos hold grudges for a very long time. And you then must watch your own step because they may use 5 year old logic(?) and say, well, he did that (whatever "that" may be) and you (police or barangay) need to deal with him.

We stay away from barangay complaints----it never works out and no doubt creates animosity as has been suggested.

Early on there was a young man that we called "fan boy". He spent hours everyday fanning himself on the street that passes our house. Most of the time he would camp out at the end of our driveway. It was said that he was "special" so his behavior was to be overlooked.

Eventually FB took to hurling large rocks at our house and later attempted to kick his way into the yard through the gate on more than one occasion.

The wife tried to talk to FB but when confronted he would take off down the street. A conversation with FB parents did nothing. Neighbors told us that there was medicine that would help calm FB down but of course this costs money. Money that the parents would rather spend on tubu which helped fuel their 1 AM fights that we all got to listen to (they live behind us) quite often.

One day FB is seen on our CCTV walking down the street carrying a 8X11 framed picture. He stops in front of our house and launches this unusual projectile. The picture flew high up in the air and exploded on our front porch within a couple feet of our door. We gathered up the glass, frame bits, and picture in a bucket and sought out FB dad and the barangay guy.

They watched the video of FBs latest escapade and both came to the same conclusion.

FBs issues were OUR fault. We were simply not being patient enough with the young man they explained. 

Dad did take the picture back and graciously allowed us to take the busted frame and glass back home with us without so much as a hint of an apology.

YMMV in these situations---everywhere is different I'm sure. But no amount of complaining to anyone on any subject has ever bore us any fruit in the past.