An entitled Karen lies to the building management claiming that I hosted a loud party in my unit.

And now I'm facing a noise violation by my apartment building, which puts me in jeopardy of my living situation.

And I'm honestly so frustrated and I seriously don't know what to do.

Here's what happened.

Okay, so this story is a bit of a long one, but let me paint a picture for you guys of what is truly going on in my life.

I have lived in various apartments for the past decade in a variety of major cities, both in the

United States and outside of the United States and in New York City before, and I've never

once received a complaint of any kind, whether formal or informal, from any neighbors, the building,

anything. I've always had good and pleasant relationships

with my neighbors, making small talk in the common areas, asking about their lives and all this other

stuff. I've also thrown numerous parties in the past. Typically, a couple times a year, maybe three

times at most, and these things are not crazy endeavors. They're basically glorified dinner parties. My God, the latest one even

had a full-on charcutory board that I curated. I recently moved into a coop in Midtown Manhattan

that I'm renting out, not even two weeks ago, and the resident Karen has already started complaining.

I would understand if there was some kind of repeated pattern of annoyance, but this lady decided

that the Friday housewarming dinner

party that I threw was completely unacceptable. Now, for some more context about this building,

we are in a loud part of Midtown Manhattan. We're near a major university hospital where you can

hear sirens going off at all hours of the day and night, and we're right by the highway ramp

where you can hear trucks bouncing over potholes every few minutes, which is to say that I don't think anywhere here has any experience of pin drop quiet in general. But also, in the two weeks that I've lived here, I have not been able to hear a peep from anything going on in the other units, not from the ones next to me, not on my floor, not from above me or below me.

So unless everyone in this building lives their lives like they're in some kind of monastery,

the soundproofing seems fairly decent.

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