LogFAQs > #947949029

Of all the obnoxious noise-related issues I've ever experienced, this was something else just for how fucking brazen it was.
Usually it's like...they're playing music within their own apartment really loud or something.

This time? From like 1 am until nearly 2 am (when I put a stop to it, who knows how long it'd have gone on otherwise?), two women were sitting on the stairs in the common "hallway" area (3 floor apartment w/ several units arranged the same on each floor), talking at full volume, laughing, talking on their phones on speaker, playing music....

I could hear it all very clearly inside the apartment, everyone there surely could. Our apartment has in the past specifically said not to be noisy in the common area b/c it disturbs everyone, and we were well into state-mandated nightly "quiet hours".
I decided anyone with the slightest bit of decency or empathy would fucking realize what they were doing was wrong, and thus trying to talk to them first would just make me the target of ass holes going forward. So I called the cops at 1:50 am. They fucking scattered quickly when he arrived (only took like 5 min, I was shocked), back to their unit. Unfortunately, I didn't realize the cop was there and had no idea why they left all of a sudden, so I waited till I heard them open their door to open mine and try to peek out and see where they lived, but the door was shut by then and best I could do was narrow it down to a couple units. When I looked out, the cop was walking back downstairs. I didn't even hear him say anything, so I guess they scrambled the moment they saw him.

Also, upon sticking my head out, the air smelled...off.... I don't do any drugs so I have no idea what the smell was, but it wasn't normal cigarette smoke. They were definitely doing something.... It was a pretty strong smell, despite the common area being outside exposed to the open air.

Mostly just felt like ranting about what fucking ass holes these people were. And maybe wondering if police report noise disturbances to the apartment complex or if I should do it. My apartment never seems to do jack shit about noise issues besides send generic letters to everyone to be considerate, and I can't pinpoint which renters were doing it w/ certainty so it'd probably be extra useless to try.
Getting pre-approval for a loan to buy some vacant land to build a house on, I can't wait to move out of here.