I hate my neighbors

05.05.2004

I really do. I live in 3-story building. I live on half the bottom. The owner lives on the top floor. Her son lives on the other bottom half. He's mid-20, has a pregnant girlfriend (I've seen a pregnant girl around often enough & late enough). I don't talk to these people.

Here's the deal. This kid has loud music every night. People come over around 3am, yelling "Antonio!" from over the wall, until he lets them in. Or they just bang on the metal gate. Very loud. So. It's always a party. Weekdays included. And it inevitably ends w/ fighting, yelling, and sometimes mom comes down to ask them to be quiet.

Very frustrating. I keep wanting to dial 911, file a noise violation. Then I remember: I'm in La Paz. Bolivia. Those niceties don't work here. So I just listen in on fights about cell phones or whatever. Real petty shit.

I hate these people.

Posted by Miguel at 02:51 PM

Comments

I'm sorry to hear that. You should move and enjoy your last months. We'll talk later about it.

Posted by: Daniel at May 6, 2004 09:20 AM

Walk over at 3am and knock the mother f***er unconcious. --s

Posted by: J.Scott Barnard at May 6, 2004 09:52 AM

Can't really do that, Scott. His mom rents to me, so that makes it awkward. I really want to sometimes, though. But I scolded them the next day, and it was quiet last night.

Posted by: Miguel at May 6, 2004 01:50 PM

f...... crying babies. If you goddamn hate so much bolivia and its people why don't all of you get the f... out of there and never come back

Posted by: pace_nyo at May 17, 2004 02:16 AM

Listen, buddy. I don't like my neighbors. But Bolivia has 8 million people. So get over yourself. I like many Bolivians. Like in any society, some are assholes, some aren't.

And just because not every minute of my life is spent elogizing Bolivia as the greatest country on the planet doesn't mean I don't enjoy my stay much of the time. So get over yourself.

Posted by: Miguel at May 17, 2004 05:45 PM