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One more thing.
Our upstairs neighbor has a pretty thumpy walk. I'm not sure, maybe it's two people. Anyway, I finally decided to write a note to ask if they could maybe walk less thumpy. Like more flat-footed (less on the heel, which is where the thump comes from). I had held off for a long time because I don't like ANY sort of confrontation, even the kindest, most functional kinds. And also what if they become very angry, or simply refuse? There were times I would have preferred to just bang on the ceiling a lot.
The footsteps generally don't bother Ben much. Sometimes a little bit, because sometimes things happen that are more extreme. But generally the walking doesn't bother me. Me, walking has always bothered me, even when it's someone next to me, so I'm a little weird, I know. I think waiting a year and half to try to figure out how to deal with it was an okay attempt at accommodating for my weirdness.
I've written this before, but basically for me it comes down to being considerate of other people. And the lack of having that consideration is often what bothers me, which is also retarded in its own way because if you're just not aware that something is having outward effects, you wouldn't know that it's bothering other people. You can't really hold that against someone.
So I decided to write the note after a night of a LOT of thumping around.
Then we left town. Then we got back and it was like nobody was up there, but we'd still hear some light footsteps time to time, so we weren't sure if someone was there or not. It might have been one of the two people, or just someone else somewhere else walking around.
Then as of a couple days ago someone was definately back. It's like they're walking harder on purpose.
Our upstairs neighbor has a pretty thumpy walk. I'm not sure, maybe it's two people. Anyway, I finally decided to write a note to ask if they could maybe walk less thumpy. Like more flat-footed (less on the heel, which is where the thump comes from). I had held off for a long time because I don't like ANY sort of confrontation, even the kindest, most functional kinds. And also what if they become very angry, or simply refuse? There were times I would have preferred to just bang on the ceiling a lot.
The footsteps generally don't bother Ben much. Sometimes a little bit, because sometimes things happen that are more extreme. But generally the walking doesn't bother me. Me, walking has always bothered me, even when it's someone next to me, so I'm a little weird, I know. I think waiting a year and half to try to figure out how to deal with it was an okay attempt at accommodating for my weirdness.
I've written this before, but basically for me it comes down to being considerate of other people. And the lack of having that consideration is often what bothers me, which is also retarded in its own way because if you're just not aware that something is having outward effects, you wouldn't know that it's bothering other people. You can't really hold that against someone.
So I decided to write the note after a night of a LOT of thumping around.
Then we left town. Then we got back and it was like nobody was up there, but we'd still hear some light footsteps time to time, so we weren't sure if someone was there or not. It might have been one of the two people, or just someone else somewhere else walking around.
Then as of a couple days ago someone was definately back. It's like they're walking harder on purpose.