1) The first letter of the first word in a sentence is capitalised.
2) Whereas "it's" is a contraction of "it is", "its" is a possessive pronoun.

I think asking your neighbours to be quiet for a while is perfectly fine, albeit that you should try to talk to them instead of writing a note. Also, "Geschrei" and "Lärm" easily render the message passive aggressive (which would make most people angry, which doesn't help you at all) so it's more sensible and more effective to actually talk to the people. Obviously they're not partying or anything, so it's not like they'd read your note and go "Oh, right, we totally should stop arguing about the future of our family and our financial situation because apparently there's a student who needs to pass an exam."

I can see your point with "geschrei" but Lärm is like the perfect word for this situation and describes it 100%. AT least thats what I think.
Im not even sure why they were loud , if it was arguing or anything else. I chose to write a note because in my imagination talking to them wouldve been really awkward(+ I thought if my neihgbours tried it, why should it work when I do it). Maybe that's why Im having a bad conscience now.

Deleted User 135096

3624 Posts

March 05 2012 20:44 GMT

#23

not even in the slightest. This is quite manner actually. Many people would have called the landlord or police to complain.

drgoats

United States310 Posts

March 05 2012 20:53 GMT

#24

I don't think you are being a dick in this situation. Your other neighbors scanning and giving the message to the landlord shows that there were other people who were having trouble with the loud neighbors and they used your note as supporting evidence to their complaints.

synapse

China13814 Posts

March 05 2012 21:09 GMT

#25

It's not like they werent given a chance to stop it beforehand. Your letter just sealed the deal, it's not your fault ^^

N3rV[Green]

United States1935 Posts

March 05 2012 21:12 GMT

#26

You are 100% not a dick, just a normal person that appreciates quiet. That's all.

Kleinmuuhg

Vanuatu4091 Posts

March 05 2012 21:14 GMT

#27

Thanks again, going to sleep now. WISH ME LUCK !

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

March 05 2012 21:24 GMT

#28

Good luck on your exams!
P.S. You did the right thing =)

SigmaFiE

United States333 Posts

March 05 2012 21:27 GMT

#29

Seeing as the family brought the nuisance to you, in an enjoining private residence where the expectation to privacy would be less than in 2 neighboring private homes separated by yards and a fence -- you were perfectly justified in your action (in my opinion it was even less of action than what you should have taken). As you already mentioned, the other neighbors had already tried to address the problem. As that had happened, the landlord did retain the right (as a clause in the lease) to evict residents for whatever the reasons are as stated in the lease agreement. The landlord was effectively looking out for the well being of ALL the residents in your building. As such, the landlord was justified as well in their actions.

In short -- not your fault, not your problem, don't feel guilty and hopefully those people learned something and the next new neighbor(s) won't be bad either.

OmniEulogy

Canada6593 Posts

March 05 2012 21:29 GMT

#30

Don't let it get to you man. You definitely didn't do anything wrong.

Cyber_Cheese

Australia3615 Posts

March 05 2012 21:39 GMT

#31

Ideally, I would have told those people directly, but if you put the poster somewhere they would definitely see it rather quickly, you were being very reasonable.

domane

Canada1606 Posts

March 05 2012 21:40 GMT

#32

One of those rare cases where there was zero fault from one party.

Good luck.

Myles

United States5162 Posts

March 05 2012 21:44 GMT

#33

Your intent combined with the fact that you weren't the one to bring to the landlord's attention makes you not a dick. The only thing you could have done better would have been to talk to them directly. However, I think we can all agree that knocking on somebody's door to tell them they need to keep it down after midnight is a just a little bit awkward.

hp.Shell

United States2527 Posts

March 05 2012 21:50 GMT

#34

No, it sounds like the landlord was shocked because of the repeating loud noises, not because of your kind letter. Aside from würde, feven, and sonstige, I could even translate it!

Forgottenfrog

United States1268 Posts

March 05 2012 21:52 GMT

#35

It's not your fault and if there was any percentage of it being your fault... the smiley face took care of that non-existing percentage.

eXeRicH

Germany89 Posts

March 05 2012 22:35 GMT

#36

On March 06 2012 05:00 deathly rat wrote:
I punch babies so I can't really judge you.

wait what..?

HornyHerring

Papua New Guinea1059 Posts

March 06 2012 01:02 GMT

#37

1. Stood up for yourself,
2. They were furnituring their flat in the middle of night,
3. They were screaming loud enough to make a kid cry,

Why would you even feel about them having to move out? You shouldn't sacrifice yourself, so that some dudes might be noisy as shit past the curfew(dunno if it's the rigth word).

Jugan

United States1566 Posts

March 06 2012 01:12 GMT

#38

While you may feel unfortunate about the results, it wasn't your call to make. You had no malicious intent, your complaint and request was quite reasonable. When it came down to it, the landlord decided they needed to go - it was their call to make and you should not feel badly for a decision the landlord made.

Good luck in your studies

MightyAtom

Korea (South)1897 Posts

March 06 2012 01:46 GMT

#39

Not a dick at all! But your note was exploited by others, so that sucks about the family, but when living with others, there has to be some limits.

GL with your exams as well keke.