Tangled Up In Blog

Wake Up Call

One of the things that mystifies me about living in New York is what people actually do for a living...what are their jobs? This question comes up because it seems like there are always a lot of people of employable age out on the street at all times. I've noticed this not only in Manhattan where it could be attributed to tourists or people on their lunch breaks, but even in my neighborhood where neither of those things is really prevalent. I know some of it can be attributed to students but it really seems like a lot of people. Anyway, I bring this up because of how I was awoken this morning.

I was laying in bed, sleeping off my Valentine's Day bottle of Cote Du Rhone when I hear people screaming and laughing, namely my neighbor yelling, "Don't worry about the mess, I have hardwood floors, I'll just mop it up later!" This was followed by their apartment door opening and closing about 50 times and then loud music. Usually our neighbors are pretty quiet, other than their recent puppy purchase, so this was really unexpected...especially at FOUR in the morning on a Thursday. Andy and I start complaining to each other and I was like, where the hell do these people work that they would come in from somewhere at 4 in the morning and then just start partying it up at someone's apartment? Aside from the oddity of a party at that hour, it is really inconsiderate. Not everyone has your schedule...most people have to get up and go to an office in the morning. I thought the whole thing was just plain rude. At one point another neighbor knocked on their door and asked them to keep the noise down which only stopped the yelling, not the music. I just kept saying over and over "Where do they work? how are they up partying right now!" It's the middle of the week!Needless to say, this was a pretty shitty way to start the morning.

As we walked to the subway Andy and I started plotting all of the home improvement projects we will need to take care of early next Saturday morning. We've decided there are lots of pictures that need to be hung and that all floors will need to be repeatedly vaccuumed.

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posted by carolyn @ 1:39 PM