Re: Re: I get angry with some sounds but not with others

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Smart woman. You guys are so courageous. I don't know how you tolerate so much. I've been about to lose my mind this week with all the noises, it is keeping me awake and I am so exhausted the last few days. I've missed days at work and, when I do go, my eyes are so bloodshot people are asking what is wrong and what am doing there. This is not right. I cannot not work and pay rent all at the same time. This is just wrong.

But talking to mgmt this morning was really good. She listend and seemed genuinely concerned. In the end, she asked if I'd give a course on "Apartment Living 101".

It made me think of this group. I think everyone here would be highly qualified to teach such a course. (Over-qualified, perhaps?)

Subject: Re: I get angry with some sounds but not with othersTo: Soundsensitivity Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 9:16 AM

Gena, I can definitely relate. When I get home from work late in the evening, and sit and watch TV, I can hear the thumping of the bass from the bar on the main street. I turn the TV sound on mute, and it's hard to hear it. I hear it more, or FEEL it, like you say, when the TV is on. So I get up and open my front door and stick my head out and yup, it's the damn bar. The police chief told me I should call them every time the bar gets too loud (because there's a noise ordinance - what a joke!!!). Last Saturday I called twice, the second time inviting them up onto my porch so they could hear it like I do. But I didn't want to alienate my neighbors (the bar serves patrons that have more in common with some of my neighbors than with me), so I met the cop on the street. He was sitting in his car and told me that he was parked right behind the bar and didn't hear anything! Then I told

him if he would turn off the car he could hear it. I went back inside after he turned off his car, I'm so disgusted. Young, stupid scared cop.

Now there's a FOR SALE sign on my lawn.