not what’s up
We’re still all messed up, sleep-wise, from vacation. So you can imagine how shocked I was to glance at the clock last night in the midst of helping the sister-in-law work on her resume and cover letters and see that it was nearly 1:30 a.m. I did a few more things on my laptop…very pressing issues like playing Word Twist, etc., but I was heading for bed.
You know how there are certain business locations that just always fail no matter what kind of business goes into it? There was a Seinfeld episode about this phenomenon and I’m fairly certain that every neighborhood has at least one of these locations.
Of course, in my neighborhood, the only locations that are immune to this phenomenon are those that house the CVS, the Sunoco, and the CoGo’s.
Anyway, there’s an apartment on my street that is always, always rented by the biggest turds on the planet. Every year, new tenants move in, and every year, everything’s fine for a week or two and then the noise starts. There are arguments, fights, parties, crying babies, whatever.
The current tenants aren’t too bad in that respect, but the one dude who lives there is a jerk. He creeps me out. He lurks on the street, stares at people, yells at the husband to turn down music when it’s still early in the day. But after last night, I completely detest him.
He sat in his parked (gigantic, ugly, $500-to-fill-up-the-gas-tank) SUV and blasted…sigh…I have a hard time even forming the word…Creed.
CREED!
God-awful, melodramatic, no-shirt-wearing, “CAN YOU TAKE ME HIGHER?” CREED. At 1:30 a.m. On a fucking weeknight.
I seethed at the husband that if the dude was going to have such horrible taste in music, he could at least suck at a reasonable volume.
The husband cocked his head at me, puzzled, and asked, “Are you sure it’s not Nickelback?”
“What difference does it make?!?!?”
“Well, how do you know it’s Creed?”
“I watch too much MTV.”
“This is like a nightmare.”
“I KNOW!”
After 15 more minutes the husband finally said, “Fuck this, I’m calling the police.”
“Be sure to tell them that he’s listening to Creed. Maybe they’ll get here faster.”
Of course, at that point, the dude turned the music off and, I don’t know, wept over his I <3 Scott Stapp armband tattoo, but I still had a hard time getting to sleep.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Straight to hell. Do not pass go. Hate that guy!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
indeed!
July 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
wow, that guy has some balls. possibly the worst thing a neighbor could EVER do.
July 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
i know. such a dick move.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
and depriving you of the pleasure of the cops showing up and making him turn off Creed? LOW.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:13 am
dude, what I wouldn’t give to hear one of Pittsburgh’s finest say, “Sir, you must cease and desist with the Creed.”
July 30th, 2008 at 6:52 am
The cops are not enough. You need to call in a SWAT team to take this guy out.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:13 am
very good point. or maybe the National Guard would be better?