Noisy Kids vs Night shift workers

deravarra · 31-10-2010 8:35pm #1

Hi guys/gals...

I can normally sleep pretty well after doing a night shift. Today, I couldnt do so because of the kid next door and his mates.

I got into bed around 9 am, fell asleep only to be woken around 2 hours later by the kid next door and his mates as they were kicking a tin can up and down the road outside my house and screaming, shouting and laughing. Thought it might end after an hour, but no. So I sent an sms to his dad asking if they could pipe down a little as I only had two hours sleep at that stage. No chance of that! They kept on at the shouting and roaring... so I had to go downstairs, speak with the lad in question and ask him to try and be quiet or go elsewhere if possible. A few minutes later his mother knocked on the door giving out to me for telling her son to keep quiet, and that they had every right to play outside.

I have no problem with kids being kids, and playing outside - however, when you have a boisterous group of lads around 14 years of age - they aren't playing as quietly as the parents might think.

What should I do to address this?

AlmightyCushion · 31-10-2010 8:38pm

Buy some earplugs and quit whining. If it was 4am or something like that I might understand.

wyndham · 31-10-2010 8:38pm

Invest in some earplugs

starbelgrade · 31-10-2010 8:38pm

deravarra wrote: »

What should I do to address this?

Get a day job.

Dudess · 31-10-2010 8:38pm

You can't expect kids to play quietly outdoors during the day for the sake of one night-shift worker - the majority of people work during the day and sleep during the night, and that's unfortunately what most people are going to live their lives by. It sucks, but majority rules. You might have recourse if it was 2am but not at all at 2pm. If it gets really bad, consider moving somewhere quieter.

oppenheimer1 · 31-10-2010 8:40pm

deravarra wrote: »

Hi guys/gals...

I can normally sleep pretty well after doing a night shift. Today, I couldnt do so because of the kid next door and his mates.

I got into bed around 9 am, fell asleep only to be woken around 2 hours later by the kid next door and his mates as they were kicking a tin can up and down the road outside my house and screaming, shouting and laughing. Thought it might end after an hour, but no. So I sent an sms to his dad asking if they could pipe down a little as I only had two hours sleep at that stage. No chance of that! They kept on at the shouting and roaring... so I had to go downstairs, speak with the lad in question and ask him to try and be quiet or go elsewhere if possible. A few minutes later his mother knocked on the door giving out to me for telling her son to keep quiet, and that they had every right to play outside.

I have no problem with kids being kids, and playing outside - however, when you have a boisterous group of lads around 14 years of age - they aren't playing as quietly as the parents might think.

What should I do to address this?

Buy ear plugs? The children have every right to be loud and boisterous, there is no law requiring people to be quiet during the middle of the day.

KeithM89_old · 31-10-2010 8:40pm

Go out and do the same at 3am

Willie Stroker · 31-10-2010 8:40pm

maybe the mother read the fathers text .. and got jealous :rolleyes: look outside with a phone in your hand and they will think you are ring the guards !
edit :
Read the OP wrong ... haha tough luck - be lucky you have a job and stop complaining !

starbelgrade · 31-10-2010 8:43pm

So, essentially, the OP is asking....

"Why can't the world be quiet during the day, when I'm asleep?"

I'm sure even he / she can see the stupidity of that question.

Muckie · 31-10-2010 8:48pm

Here you go http://www.movingsoundtech.com/

zap the pests :pac:

deravarra · 31-10-2010 8:51pm

starbelgrade wrote: »

So, essentially, the OP is asking....

"Why can't the world be quiet during the day, when I'm asleep?"

I'm sure even he / she can see the stupidity of that question.

I can see the stupidity of your reply ...

I not asking the world to be quiet, dont be so silly.

What I didnt like is a constant 2 hour tin kicking and screaming match outside my window.

Maybe you would be more accomodating to them ...

deravarra · 31-10-2010 8:53pm

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Buy ear plugs? The children have every right to be loud and boisterous, there is no law requiring people to be quiet during the middle of the day.

Yes, of course they do. Like I have the right to make loads of noise at 8am during the summer - but I didnt, because I knew the family liked their lie on in the morning.

Maybe it would be asking too much to consider others ...

Caliden · 31-10-2010 8:53pm

If you've been doing night shifts a while then you should really have a pair of earplugs mate.
They're not expensive

deravarra · 31-10-2010 8:53pm

Caliden wrote: »

If you've been doing night shifts a while then you should really have a pair of earplugs mate.
They're not expensive

Maybe screaming is acceptable?

the purple tin · 31-10-2010 8:54pm

Move out to the country (and eat me a lot of peaches).:p

monkeypants · 31-10-2010 8:54pm

As someone who worked nights for three years, I sympathise. I remember kids running around outside screaming and me cursing a chap who was mowing his lawn at one in the afternoon just because I'd only gotten to bed at 11:30. But there's nothing that you can do. Get heavier curtains and some earplugs. If it gets worse, consider getting a new job or moving.

deravarra · 31-10-2010 8:55pm

Dudess wrote: »

You can't expect kids to play quietly outdoors during the day for the sake of one night-shift worker - the majority of people work during the day and sleep during the night, and that's unfortunately what most people are going to live their lives by. It sucks, but majority rules. You might have recourse if it was 2am but not at all at 2pm. If it gets really bad, consider moving somewhere quieter.

I wouldnt object to normal noise ... but kicking a tin can around and screaming for two hours is not play. it's aggravated annoyance. Even if I wasnt trying to sleep, I'd certainly be asking them to move on elsewhere!

deravarra · 31-10-2010 8:56pm

monkeypants wrote: »

If it gets worse, consider getting a new job or moving.

Yep - loads of jobs out there right now, and houses very cheap. not locked into any mortgage or anything.

deravarra · 31-10-2010 8:57pm

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Buy some earplugs and quit whining. If it was 4am or something like that I might understand.

So, you think it normal for kids to be screaming outside a house for two hours non stop?

Are you a Dub by any chance? If so, I understand your thick reply

deravarra · 31-10-2010 8:58pm

starbelgrade wrote: »

Get a day job.

Yes - loads of work out there at the moment, isnt there?

Saila · 31-10-2010 9:00pm

deravarra wrote: »

What I didnt like is a constant 2 hour tin kicking and screaming match outside my window.

tb fair I think most who would be at home during the day would be a little peeved with this, and Im sure a few would even go out and say "go up the road and play" NIMBY

Agent Smith · 31-10-2010 9:00pm

I usually Find Waving the gun around keeps them quiet....

Serriously tho. i work nights. Earplugs are a godsend

kelle · 31-10-2010 9:04pm

I can sympathise, having worked nights in London - though I began to find the noise of the traffic therapeutic after a while! But the sounds you describe are very irritating.

I'm sure you've checked this out but is there a room in a different part of the house where you mightn't be within earshot of the children playing?

Or could you play a CD which will drown out the noise outside?

If it's any consolation, they'll be back at school Tuesday!

deravarra · 31-10-2010 9:04pm

Agent Smith wrote: »

I usually Find Waving the gun around keeps them quiet....

Serriously tho. i work nights. Earplugs are a godsend

Normally, these neighbours are grand. always had great time for them, and would have done anything for them. but this was crap this morning. it wasnt as if they needed to be right there at that time playing that noisy game for two hours, and then continue on once they knew i was knackered

deravarra · 31-10-2010 9:06pm

kelle wrote: »

I can sympathise, having worked nights in London - though I began to find the noise of the traffic therapeutic after a while! But the sounds you describe are very irritating.

I'm sure you've checked this out but is there a room in a different part of the house where you mightn't be within earshot of the children playing?

Or could you play a CD which will drown out the noise outside?

If it's any consolation, they'll be back at school Tuesday!

the only rooms are either to their adjoing front or back - so the kids are either out the front or the back. cant really tell them to stop playing in their own back yard ...

Always have the radio on ... do find it grand most of the time. even the loudest passing sounds are fine. quick wake up and back to sleep again. thats normal.

this morning was far from normal. it was quite inconsiderate.

kelle · 31-10-2010 9:09pm

deravarra wrote: »

this morning was far from normal. it was quite inconsiderate.

They were probably hyper from all the trick or treating "treats"!

deravarra · 31-10-2010 9:12pm

kelle wrote: »

They were probably hyper from all the trick or treating "treats"!

No, they were just being pr**ks

oppenheimer1 · 31-10-2010 9:13pm

deravarra wrote: »

So, you think it normal for kids to be screaming outside a house for two hours non stop?

Are you a Dub by any chance? If so, I understand your thick reply

So you came on here looking for sympathy, and when none was forecoming you decide to attack the posters. Well done.

Expecting children to tip toe around their house on their holidays because you were on a night shift is a bit much. Let them play their games, they're only having fun. As I said, buy ear plugs.

deravarra · 31-10-2010 9:16pm

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

So you came on here looking for sympathy, and when none was forecoming you decide to attack the posters. Well done.

Expecting children to tip toe around their house on their holidays because you were on a night shift is a bit much. Let them play their games, they're only having fun. As I said, buy ear plugs.

I dont expect children to tiptoe. In fact, I have never complained once before today - in all the 11 years i have been doing nightshift. Just today. I have never needed earplugs before now...

I wasnt looking for sympathy - I was looking for considered response, and for the most all I got was some numpties having a go.

hondasam · 31-10-2010 9:22pm

deravarra wrote: »

No, they were just being pr**ks

just like you are being now, the are kids you are an adult or maby not!

deravarra · 31-10-2010 9:30pm

hondasam wrote: »

just like you are being now, the are kids you are an adult or maby not!

just like I am being? Highlighting an issue, then having to defend myself makes me one?

So, if the kids next door to you decide to have an all nighter and wake your kids up at all hours - will you come back here and say "ah sure they are only kids?" I dont think so...

monkeypants · 31-10-2010 9:32pm

deravarra wrote: »

Yep - loads of jobs out there right now, and houses very cheap. not locked into any mortgage or anything.

I didn't say do it, I just said consider it. If you have it you can't, that's okay.

PanchoVilla · 31-10-2010 9:35pm

Well you kinda screwed things up by trying to be diplomatic with them. You should have chased them down the street with a hammer screaming your head off and threatening to kill them. This tactic has two advantages. The kids and their parents will think you're a psychopath and avoid upsetting you in the future. Also, if you end up having to kill one of them you'll be found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Amateurs. :rolleyes:

kelle · 31-10-2010 9:36pm

Look, OP - hopefully they'll calm down once they're back in a routine.

Mine have been hyper the last couple of days (I wondered if there was a full moon!), however we live in the country so thankfully they haven't been upsetting neighbours.

Have you to work tonight? If not, you may get to bed early and catch up on your sleep. Hopefully, the witches will send these kids into a trance for a couple of days!

Dudess · 31-10-2010 9:39pm

deravarra wrote: »

I was looking for considered response, and for the most all I got was some numpties having a go.

deravarra wrote: »

So, you think it normal for kids to be screaming outside a house for two hours non stop?

Are you a Dub by any chance? If so, I understand your thick reply

What the fuk difference does coming from Dublin make? Oppenheimer is 100 per cent right - you got a bunch of replies you didn't want to read so you're throwing your toys out of the pram and even resorting to insults, yet insisting you're not acting the prick, just defending yourself? The replies were considered responses, just not ones that take your side. Answers you don't like aren't the same as attacks.
You can't expect kids to stay quiet during the day outdoors - especially a weekend day. Wanting them to stay quiet for the night-shift guy is just laughable. You're assuming others would react the same way as you - well I can assure you I for one wouldn't. I would hate it, no doubt, but I wouldn't be so self absorbed as to expect people nearby to keep quiet in the afternoon just for me. It's not so much "Ah shur they're only kids", it's "Ah it's a bit ridiculous to expect people to keep quiet in the afternoon for one guy".

Seeing as you asked the question in the first place though, I had a fair idea you'd be insulted by people not giving you the replies you wanted to read.

hondasam · 31-10-2010 9:40pm

deravarra wrote: »

just like I am being? Highlighting an issue, then having to defend myself makes me one?

So, if the kids next door to you decide to have an all nighter and wake your kids up at all hours - will you come back here and say "ah sure they are only kids?" I dont think so...

I work shift myself but I do not expect anyone to consider the fact im in bed during the day. I feel sorry for you because it happens to us all but you are been unfair on the kids. You dont know how I would react.

newtoboards · 31-10-2010 9:49pm

My dad did shift work and always used ear plugs for the day time sleeps to drown out the noise from us. You should really give them a go and if you still hear the kids with the plugs in then perhaps you should have a reasonable chat with kids in question and their parents about the noise levels.

hondasam · 31-10-2010 9:53pm

deravarra wrote: »

just like I am being? Highlighting an issue, then having to defend myself makes me one?

So, if the kids next door to you decide to have an all nighter and wake your kids up at all hours - will you come back here and say "ah sure they are only kids?" I dont think so...

It was during the day !! I dont have kids, the are to noisy and would keep me awake:rolleyes:

hondasam · 31-10-2010 9:55pm

newtoboards wrote: »

My dad did shift work and always used ear plugs for the day time sleeps to drown out the noise from us. You should really give them a go and if you still hear the kids with the plugs in then perhaps you should have a reasonable chat with kids in question and their parents about the noise levels.

Be fair here it is during the day and kids are allowed to play, people who sleep during the day cannot expect the rest of the world to stay quiet.

deravarra · 31-10-2010 10:19pm

hondasam wrote: »

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It was during the day !! I dont have kids, the are to noisy and would keep me awake:rolleyes:

It doesnt matter whether or not it was in the middle of the day or not. a simple text was sent - the first in 7 years - asking for a little bit of quiet. But no - their rights to make noise comes first.

Typical!

deravarra · 31-10-2010 10:21pm

hondasam wrote: »

Be fair here it is during the day and kids are allowed to play, people who sleep during the day cannot expect the rest of the world to stay quiet.

I wasnt expecting them to be silent ... just a normal level of noise is fine ... but a heightened level over a protracted period of time is not right

hondasam · 31-10-2010 10:24pm

deravarra wrote: »

It doesnt matter whether or not it was in the middle of the day or not. a simple text was sent - the first in 7 years - asking for a little bit of quiet. But no - their rights to make noise comes first.

Typical!

for the last time yes during the DAY !!!!!

hondasam · 31-10-2010 10:25pm

deravarra wrote: »

I wasnt expecting them to be silent ... just a normal level of noise is fine ... but a heightened level over a protracted period of time is not right

define normal in your world !

deravarra · 31-10-2010 10:26pm

Dudess wrote: »

What the fuk difference does coming from Dublin make? Oppenheimer is 100 per cent right - you got a bunch of replies you didn't want to read so you're throwing your toys out of the pram and even resorting to insults, yet insisting you're not acting the prick, just defending yourself? The replies were considered responses, just not ones that take your side. Answers you don't like aren't the same as attacks.
You can't expect kids to stay quiet during the day outdoors - especially a weekend day. Wanting them to stay quiet for the night-shift guy is just laughable. You're assuming others would react the same way as you - well I can assure you I for one wouldn't. I would hate it, no doubt, but I wouldn't be so self absorbed as to expect people nearby to keep quiet in the afternoon just for me. It's not so much "Ah shur they're only kids", it's "Ah it's a bit ridiculous to expect people to keep quiet in the afternoon for one guy".

Seeing as you asked the question in the first place though, I had a fair idea you'd be insulted by people not giving you the replies you wanted to read.

Oh FFS ...

maybe if you werent so self absorbed in pushing your own twaddle, you could see that I was not expecting anyone to be dead quiet or silent.

Read the damn posts again. Once in 11.5 years of night shift I take issue with a heightened level of noise over a prolonged period of time, and then you have people saying "they are only kids" ...

You think I was living in a vacuum over the past decade where I didnt hear any sounds at all? Wrong! I was woken lots of times before, but didnt have a bunch of idiots shouting and roaring outside my house for hours on end.

Take the damn blinkers off again and read the post.

Grrrr.

deravarra · 31-10-2010 10:27pm

hondasam wrote: »

define normal in your world !

Normal is not kicking and screaming and shouting for two hours straight ...

its talking, running, kicking. things like normal kids do. not spawns of satan.

starbelgrade · 31-10-2010 10:30pm

I'm glad the kids woke you up. In fact, I hope they keep doing it.

nlgbbbblth · 31-10-2010 10:32pm

Why do people on night shifts usually go to bed soon after they finish work?

Why not stay up for another five or six hours like people with day jobs do?

hondasam · 31-10-2010 10:32pm

deravarra wrote: »

Normal is not kicking and screaming and shouting for two hours straight ...

its talking, running, kicking. things like normal kids do. not spawns of satan.

have you a stressful job, did you have a bad day. what would you like me to say to make you right and them horrible kids wrong.

because it wont happen:D

starbelgrade · 31-10-2010 10:32pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Why do people on night shifts usually go to bed soon after they finish work?

Why not stay up for another five or six hours like people with day jobs do?

Because they are freaks of nature.

ejmaztec · 31-10-2010 10:34pm

deravarra wrote: »

Normal is not kicking and screaming and shouting for two hours straight ...

its talking, running, kicking. things like normal kids do. not spawns of satan.

What's stopping you sleeping now?

hondasam · 31-10-2010 10:35pm

starbelgrade wrote: »

Because they are freaks of nature.

we are not all freaks !! maby if kids move in next door I might be one!

Noisy Kids vs Night shift workers

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