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My partner and I have been living in our new apartment for a few months now, and we’ve had a recurring issue with our neighbor on the other side of the shared wall. They seem to be incredibly sensitive to noise, and they’ll bang on the wall for the slightest sound.
At first, we thought it was just a matter of thin walls and a lack of tolerance, but things have taken a strange turn.
Recently, I’ve been experimenting a bit by whispering some not-so-friendly phrases when I come home from work or relaxing in the living room with my girlfriend, and almost like clockwork, there’s a loud bang from the other side of the shared wall. It’s got me wondering if my neighbor might be using some sort of microphone setup to monitor noise in our apartment.
Has anyone experienced anything similar, or does anyone have suggestions on what type of microphone could be used in this situation? I’m genuinely curious and a bit puzzled.
Thanks for any input!
Maybe have a polite conversation with the neighbor first to see what the issues are. You can explain that it seems they react to light sounds at times and you want to work together to find an acceptable level. Then you can both experiment so see what things sound like standing in both apartments.
If they don’t want to do anything like that then tell the landlord to get involved.
It seems weird that someone would go through the trouble of putting a microphone in place to eavesdrop on your whispered conversations only to bang on the wall in objection to unfriendly comments. That kind of defeats the purpose of being sneaky and nosy, doesn’t it? Either that or maybe your test commentary actually isn’t all that quiet.