This thread is about our new neighbors two floors above us, though it’s not about their yowling dog.
Or the Phil Collins that the woman blasts at full volume while she’s vacuuming.
Or the time they plugged up the crapper at four in the morning, causing fresh feces water to seep down through our living room ceiling, and got pissed at me for calling the landlord about it.
Or the numerous screaming arguments they have.
Or the fact that they haven’t bothered to install carpet, and dude likes to (apparently) lift freeweights at weird hours, and drop them on the floor when he’s done with a set.
Or the fact that they leave their clothes in the communal washing machines for hours on end, and get mad when anybody moves them to the folding table to do their own laundry.
Or the fact that they’re both not some early-twentysomethings who haven’t ever had their own place, but both either over 40, or in their early 30’s and using a lot of meth.
Or the fact that there’s no way in hell our landlord will evict them, because the heating bill was eight grand last month and she’s got three (and counting) empty units already.
If this thread was about any of those things, it would belong in the Pit.
No, this thread is question about the proper etiquette one should display when sharing a communal light and air well with your neighbors who live at the bottom of said air well.
Now, I’ve pretty much got it figured out that you’re not supposed to throw trash, cigarette butts, etc out the window, though they haven’t. Which I will (naturally) be bringing up with the landlord.
What I’m not sure of is whether it’s kosher to dump buckets of dirty water down three stories after you’ve finished, say, mopping the floor. I always kind assumed that if you were worried about dirt and dog hair clogging up the drain, you dumped the water in an old pillowcase or something.
I realize that some people were raised in medieval England, where it was okay to toss your dirty water out the window, and the people below you were on their own. But I’m nearly 100% certain that neither of these people were raised in medieval England, or ancient Sumer, but were instead raised in the Midwestern city where we currently reside, with its indoor plumbing, enclosed sewers, and pillowcases.
Am I off base, here? Is it generally acceptable to dump dirty water thirty feet straight down in front of your neighbor’s open window?
Because if that’s the case, we are so gonna go look for a two family this weekend.