One month ago (literally days after moving in) we got the first note left on our doorstep. It mentions a noise complaint on a night we weren’t even in, and in addition, we are objectively quiet. Similarly, it mentions previous noise complaints, which were never made, as we asked the old tenants, two timid Asian women. Finally, it mentions a banging, which there never was!
At the time, we were puzzled, but learned to laugh about it! We spoke to the flat above us, and they seemed genuine when asked if they left the note. No one had. Whilst we didn’t ask the flat opposite, we were confident it wasn’t them from our small interactions with them: again, two young Asian students.
We also thought the language in the writing was strange. “You fucking assholes!!” It sounds completely American, which is hardly typical.We even left a reply note the very same day, which was collected from outside our door within two hours. To us that surely meant that it was in fact someone in the building. We also wondered if it was some weird scam
Fast forward one month, and I get home from work to find this second note. And, it just doesn’t make any sense at all. It is quite casual ‘Yesterday I had an intruder in my room’ WHAT?! What the fuck do you mean you had an intruder in your room?! Then today, you happened to see the SAME person looking through my letterbox, and you called the police? This all happened without anyone formally alerting me or the building manager??
Also, we thought the use of ‘Cops’ instead of well, police, was again, very American.None of this makes sense. I don’t want to knock on flat 1, honestly, I fear they’re in there, dead, and the note-writer knows an obvious next move is for me to go knocking.
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Hello everyone
,Please help me solve this. I am freaking out.
One month ago (literally days after moving in) we got the first note left on our doorstep. It mentions a noise complaint on a night we weren’t even in, and in addition, we are objectively quiet. Similarly, it mentions previous noise complaints, which were never made, as we asked the old tenants, two timid Asian women. Finally, it mentions a banging, which there never was!
At the time, we were puzzled, but learned to laugh about it! We spoke to the flat above us, and they seemed genuine when asked if they left the note. No one had. Whilst we didn’t ask the flat opposite, we were confident it wasn’t them from our small interactions with them: again, two young Asian students.
We also thought the language in the writing was strange. “You fucking assholes!!” It sounds completely American, which is hardly typical.We even left a reply note the very same day, which was collected from outside our door within two hours. To us that surely meant that it was in fact someone in the building. We also wondered if it was some weird scam
Fast forward one month, and I get home from work to find this second note. And, it just doesn’t make any sense at all. It is quite casual ‘Yesterday I had an intruder in my room’ WHAT?! What the fuck do you mean you had an intruder in your room?! Then today, you happened to see the SAME person looking through my letterbox, and you called the police? This all happened without anyone formally alerting me or the building manager??
Also, we thought the use of ‘Cops’ instead of well, police, was again, very American.None of this makes sense. I don’t want to knock on flat 1, honestly, I fear they’re in there, dead, and the note-writer knows an obvious next move is for me to go knocking.
CAN YOU HELP?