Frustrated Man Contemplates Confronting Their Neighbor Over Their Cats Noisy Antics At Midnight

"Would I be wrong if I went and rang my neighbor's doorbell next time their cat cries for 15 minutes straight?"

Jesse

• Published in Interesting
• June 14, 2024

Would you be the jerk if you rang your neighbor's doorbell at 11 PM to ask them to take their cat inside? This is the dilemma faced by our 22-year-old storyteller, who lives in an apartment complex with a particularly vocal feline neighbor.

Picture this: It's a quiet night, and our narrator (OP) is minding his own business when he's startled by a loud, persistent howling. Naturally concerned, he investigates, fearing the worst.

Maybe a raccoon or coyote is threatening the poor creature? But no, he finds a cute cat perched on the neighbor's balcony, howling its little heart out.

OP, being the considerate guy he is, tries to communicate with the cat to turn it down. To his frustration, the cat doesn't seem to grasp the message he is trying to pass.

Interestingly, OP steps away to investigate the building and notices that the neighbor’s door is slightly ajar. So, why is the cat crying when it can just go inside?

A few minutes later, he returns to the scene and gently asks the cat to either go inside or keep it down. But sadly, the cat remains unfazed and continues its serenade to the night.

Now, here's the million-dollar question: Would it be wrong to ring the neighbor's doorbell next time the cat makes such loud and unending noise at night?

Scroll down to find out how the story unfolds.

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OP asks the cat to be quiet or go inside, but the cat doesn't listen. After 30 minutes, the cat finally stops meowing.

"I think you need to wait until the cat tells you what it wants"

OP says he does not understand how the sub works.

"I might be wildly insane for this, but as a cat person….. I’d just pick it up, carry it over, and push it through the door."

"I would call through the open door and knock out of concern for welfare."

"Leave a note that the cat has communicated loudly to the community at large"

"Trying to ask a cat for advice or reasoning with a cat will fail 100% of the time".

"I would just pick it up and put it through the door."

"My little guy loves to go out on the balcony and meow at the armadillos"

"The cat really needs a hit of catnip and a girlfriend "

The Reddit community agrees that OP wouldn't be wrong to ring his neighbor's doorbell next time. They made it clear that the cat is the neighbor's responsibility, and its noise is disturbing the neighborhood, which they need to address.

It's not abnormal for cats to go out onto the balcony at night to meow at Nightcrawler. However, when it starts keeping people up at night, then the owners need to step in.

Ultimately, OP just wants some rest without feeling guilty about disturbing his neighbors. Maybe a gentle knock or a friendly note could be used to communicate the situation to his neighbors.

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Jesse