Neighbors kids playing basketball at 6:30am

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Go outside:

"Sweetie, we are still asleep at this hour, can you hold off until at least 7:30/8a?
We would really appreciate it -- it's just louder than you think"
Problem solved -- not quantum physics.

I think you're missing the point that the school bus is probably coming before 7. So, you're actually asking the kids to hold off until after they've been sitting still in school for 7 hours.

So what?

[Anonymous]

Move to the country.

[Anonymous]

Actually bouncing basketballs do violate noise ordinances. We have asked our neighbors several times to stop playing after 8:30 p.m. because it keeps our young kids up. Other neighbors have also asked them to stop playing after 8:30 or at least 9:00. It's so loud that at least 4 families on the street are affected, and that is not including anyone behind them. The family is not much for rules or common courtesy though, so if it goes until after 10, the police will get called.

[Anonymous]

There are these women who walk in my neighborhood between 5:30 and 6:00 am and they talk SO LOUDLY they wake me up EVERY MORNING. Do you know what I do? Get up and go to the gym. Because I figure if I’m up I might as well be productive. But also, those women should have some common courtesy and STOP YELLING AT 5:30 am.

Things I do not do, call the police.

[Anonymous]

Bouncing basketballs are one of the most annoying noises and should be outlawed. I want to cut my neighbor’s pole down with a chainsaw.

[Anonymous]

If you have a basketball pole in your driveway and your kid uses it, you should know your neighbors hate you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually bouncing basketballs do violate noise ordinances. We have asked our neighbors several times to stop playing after 8:30 p.m. because it keeps our young kids up. Other neighbors have also asked them to stop playing after 8:30 or at least 9:00. It's so loud that at least 4 families on the street are affected, and that is not including anyone behind them. The family is not much for rules or common courtesy though, so if it goes until after 10, the police will get called.

+1

I have called the cops on kids like that. I’m not sure where their parents are or how they raised them. It’s a cultural thing I guess

[Anonymous]

omg lol I can’t believe what DCUMers feel entitled to, you really never cease to blow my mind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who's asleep at 6:30?

This right here. If you're still in bed at 6:30, you're either a loser, unemployed, or just lazy AF.

I get up at 4. By 6:30, I've already run 3 miles and lifted a ton of weights, come home, showered, dressed, had breakfast, and am now walking to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WHERE THE HECK DID YOU ALL GROW UP? Shooting hoops while waiting for the bus is super common...not to mention healthy? Maybe they can sell pot instead since thats much more quite!

Right because those are the only two activities available to kids waiting for the bus, shooting hoops or selling pot.

[Anonymous]

Wow we are never asleep that late.

[Anonymous]

6 years ago? Those boys must be 25 by now. Do they all still live at home?

[Anonymous]

I don't consider 8:30 an unreasonably late time for someone to be playing basketball on their own property. Put white noise in your kids' rooms.