Yell back. Loudly.
This is my suggestion.
Mine as well.
Guess what? You can't control kids.
That's why you shouldn't have any.
Yell back. Loudly.
This is my suggestion.
Yeah... It's just hard because I can hear the parents over there trying to get the kid quiet... so at least they aren't ignoring her. They just suck at parenting
If they were completely ignoring her yelping I would have filed another complaint right away.... guess I just feel bad because their kid is a pain. They are probably fed up with her too.
Guess we'll see what happens.
Is it possible the child has special needs? If so it might not be possible to keep the child quiet all the time.
You sound quite un-American, Sue them, its your god given right to sue, sue and sue.
Sue the parents sue the building owners, hell just sue everybody, it must be someone's fault.
I mean if a person can sue about lost pants for $67,000,000, you should be able to sue for lost sleep.
Im quite sure that there is a lawyer who will take on this on.
Actually, this possibility has also crossed my mind. The child might have special needs which would put a completely different perspective on the matter.
As a European, I must confess that some elements of US culture leave me entirely baffled, too.
Leaving the attitudes of litigation happy societies aside (and I find the ardent and intense US devotion to this practice incomprehensible), another constant on some of these threads is the elevation of relatively minor issues, matters, or complaints to the level of nuclear distress.
While I don't doubt that the noise the child in question is making is quite possibly infuriating, I am stupefied that this has become the subject matter of a thread.
I have worked in Third World countries, and in countries which have just emerged from conflict; sometimes, when I come home, I feel like an alien.
Is it possible the child has special needs? If so it might not be possible to keep the child quiet all the time.
I believe the often over used but seems applicable here, "first world problems" applies quite appropriately.
No disrespect, but the little girl next door to us was not special needs and the only way she could communicate was screaming constantly. She eventually grew out of it (about 4-5 years).
Some people have absolutely no consideration for others, and that happens to describe my neighbors downstairs. First world problem? More like lack of manners and courtesy.