# My letter slipped under a neighbor's door **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120 "2010-03-03T14:36:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/101 "2010-03-04T22:22:52Z")
You’re putting us on about this whole episode, right? Anyone that concerned that a neighbor was dead, would have just gone and knocked on the door… Especially after you identified what apartment you were in. I might understand it if you wanted to remain anonymous and you really were complaining. Oh yeah, maybe there’s some kind of rodents living in the floor/walls. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/102 "2010-03-05T02:24:03Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Try sticking an empty paper towel roll to one ear, and cover the other one. > > Yes, I’m still interested in the noise. Although I do think you should just call the girl already. I suggest you remove the paper towel roll from your head and uncover your other ear before you meet the girl. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/103 "2010-03-05T03:26:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I was once plagued by an upstairs mystery noise. It was a tapping sound that came from the upstairs apartment. A tiny, rapid tikking sound like beads bouncing on a tile floor. The tiks would rapidly cross the room, pause, then cross back again. They would start about 10:00 at night, continue for about an hour, and then stop. > > tiktiktiktiktiktiktiktiktik [Pause] tiktiktiktiktiktiktiktiktiktik [Pause] tiktiktiktiktiktik… > > The upstairs apartment was inhabited by several young women in their 20s, and I could not for the life of me imagine e out what they were doing up there to make that noise every night. I didn’t figure out the explanation until after they moved out. The new tenants told me the girls were dancers who worked at the big strip club a few blocks away. The noise was made by their high heels as they were getting “dressed” to go to work for their shifts that started at 11:00. This sounds like a _Dirty Duck_ strip. Did you send Weevil up to check on them?😛 ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/104 "2010-03-05T03:40:41Z")
Nothing new to report, except that my other next-door neighbor (not the naked chick) is listening to country music right now. Something I don’t understand about that guy. His unit is a one-bedroom like mine, but I’ve heard at least 5 or 6 people there overnight on work nights. And sometimes I smell really bad, flavored tobacco. Regarding 1602, I was about to send her a text as a way of establishing context, but my friend said that would be stupid. I dunno, I think it’s only stupid if this is me trying to approach a chick, and not (as is her perspective) me trying to figure out wtf the thumping noise is. Her note said, or insinuated, that she sleeps at 9, and I usually don’t have free time for calling ladies until around then. Thus, text. That way she’d at least have my name and number. I dont know what an opening phone conversation would be like. “Hi, my name is Aaron and I live below you” or “Hi, I’m 1502 but my real name is Aaron” etc etc. I hate how bad I am at everything. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/105 "2010-03-05T03:43:27Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > This sounds like a _Dirty Duck_ strip. Did you send Weevil up to check on them?😛 I actually did go upstairs once because the drain on one of their air conditioners was stopped up and the condensation was seeping through my ceiling and dripping on my printer. I knocked on the door in the middle of the afternoon and woke one of the girls up. While I was explaining the problem to her, another one of the girls came home with a John in tow (who looked very embarrassed when he saw me). At the time I figured they were just University students (though unusually hot ones, with unusually little furniture even for students). ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/106 "2010-03-05T03:47:50Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Nothing new to report, except that my other next-door neighbor (not the naked chick) is listening to country music right now. > > Something I don’t understand about that guy. His unit is a one-bedroom like mine, but I’ve heard at least 5 or 6 people there overnight on work nights. And sometimes I smell really bad, flavored tobacco. > > Regarding 1602, I was about to send her a text as a way of establishing context, but my friend said that would be stupid. I dunno, I think it’s only stupid if this is me trying to approach a chick, and not (as is her perspective) me trying to figure out wtf the thumping noise is. > > Her note said, or insinuated, that she sleeps at 9, and I usually don’t have free time for calling ladies until around then. Thus, text. That way she’d at least have my name and number. I dont know what an opening phone conversation would be like. “Hi, my name is Aaron and I live below you” or “Hi, I’m 1502 but my real name is Aaron” etc etc. > > I hate how bad I am at everything. A phone call takes about five minutes. “Hey, I’m Aaron, the guy that left you the note about the mystery noise. It’s going on now, can you hear it? Where is it coming from in your place? Sure, c’mon down, you can hear it here and see if you recognize it.” ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/107 "2010-03-05T03:55:52Z")
I’m just trying to build tension and pad out the plot a little before I get to the horses on the beach. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/108 "2010-03-05T04:05:05Z")
I say resort to that which you know works- Leave another note! ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/109 "2010-03-05T04:11:59Z")
That’d turn me into some kind of grocery store novel character. “Though I’ve never seen him, he leaves such wonderful letters for me every night. Why can’t he face me? Oh, what is his terrible secret?” The secret is that I’m a split personality of hers. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/110 "2010-03-05T04:40:39Z")
This thread is scratching me right where I itch. To the posters bringing logic, a lack of creativity, or lack of egging 1502 on, please keep it to yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/111 "2010-03-05T04:54:58Z")
What is it with the sound of beads or ball bearings dropping on the floor above one’s apartment, as someone mentioned upthread? I’ve had it happen in more than one apartment, and I’ve heard others relate the same experience. I think some people have even attributed it to ghosts or something, for lack of any other plausible explanation (not that I would, but seriously, what’s up with that?) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/112 "2010-03-05T05:02:52Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Nothing new to report, except that my other next-door neighbor (not the naked chick) is listening to country music right now. > > Something I don’t understand about that guy. His unit is a one-bedroom like mine, but I’ve heard at least 5 or 6 people there overnight on work nights. And sometimes I smell really bad, flavored tobacco. What do you need to understand? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/113 "2010-03-05T05:05:41Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > What is it with the sound of beads or ball bearings dropping on the floor above one’s apartment, as someone mentioned upthread? I’ve had it happen in more than one apartment, and I’ve heard others relate the same experience. I think some people have even attributed it to ghosts or something, for lack of any other plausible explanation (not that I would, but seriously, what’s up with that?) Check for strippers walking around wearing high heels. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/114 "2010-03-05T05:09:50Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > What do you need to understand? Nothing wrong with curiousity, in my view. Denizens of this thread are finding it entertaining enough. If everybody just went around minding their own business, what a dull world it would be . . . ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/115 "2010-03-05T05:36:09Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > This thread is scratching me right where I itch. To the posters bringing logic, a lack of creativity, or lack of egging 1502 on, please keep it to yourselves. Agreed. Also, I disagree with those who say that she does NOT want your junk. I think she does. ---
**Author:** ![Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zuzu_s_Petals)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/116 "2010-03-05T12:15:35Z")
If I’d received your letter, I’d have been all ‘WTF?’ and annoyed at first - but then I’d have gotten about halfway through and started laughing, and wouldn’t have been able to stop. Then I would have composed a similarly amusing note in response, seeing your letter as a comedy writing-gauntlet that had been thrown down. Marie’s note was instead pretty much on the dull side, so I think it’s clear that the two of you aren’t right for each other. She may laugh at your jokes, but she probably has a laugh like that chick George dated once on Seinfeld. Don’t go there, it will all just end in disappointment. HTH. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/117 "2010-03-05T13:38:47Z")
> [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](#): > > If I’d received your letter, I’d have been all ‘WTF?’ and annoyed at first - but then I’d have gotten about halfway through and started laughing, and wouldn’t have been able to stop. Then I would have composed a similarly amusing note in response, seeing your letter as a comedy writing-gauntlet that had been thrown down. > > Marie’s note was instead pretty much on the dull side, so I think it’s clear that the two of you aren’t right for each other. She may laugh at your jokes, but she probably has a laugh like that chick George dated once on Seinfeld. Don’t go there, it will all just end in disappointment. > > HTH. 🙂 I thought kind of the same thing. Was a little sad the note didn’t bring teh funny. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/118 "2010-03-05T15:47:41Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > A phone call takes about five minutes. Plus, if you call around the time she gets ready for bed, you might find out if she sleeps au naturel! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/119 "2010-03-05T16:01:16Z")
I agree that this thread is fascinating… it’s a rare peek inside the exciting world of nerd dating. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/120 "2010-03-05T16:34:10Z")
It’s curious to me how nobody has posited the notion that 1602 could be, like, 50 years old. I’m not comfortable with the notion that I’ve become old enough that the appropriateness of a female doesn’t take strictly into account what grade she’s in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120.md?page=7)