Downstairs Neighbor Blows Hot As Redditor’s “Normal” Footsteps Turn Creaky Floorboards Into Noisy Nightmare

Our story kicks off in a creaky old apartment that had seen two decades of memories, a neighborly war was brewing. You see, although the apartment had undergone a total makeover, the floorboards hadn’t been replaced.

The walls were freshly painted, the carpets soft and new, but the floorboards? Creaky, squeaky, and as thin as a piece of paper. 

Since our narrator (Original Poster) and their little family lived on the third floor, they mastered the art of tiptoeing to keep the peace with the neighbors below. However, when a new downstairs tenant arrived, even their stealthiest steps weren’t quiet enough.

Armed with her trustee broom, she vigorously banged OP’s floors each time the creaks were too much for her to bear, and in her case, this was every single time. A stroll across the living room? Bang!

The vacuum hums to life? Bang!

Even their dog’s innocent bone chewing earned angry thumps from the mighty broomstick below. The poor champ was always startled.

The bangs and thumps continued until, one day, the neighbor decided it was time to take matters upstairs. She appeared at their door, teary-eyed, and declared their activities were too loud with a trembling voice.

She made them promise to “walk normally,” and walk normally they did. Naturally, the thumps didn’t cease, but that wasn’t OP’s problem anymore; they had only a month left on their lease anyway.

Who knows? The next family might just be a couple with kids. When the sounds of livelier tenants fill her days, maybe she’d finally miss OP’s ghostly tiptoeing.