Got stuck behind a 40 minute leaf blower concert at 7am

My neighbor in apartment 3B decided Sunday morning was the perfect time to attack every single blade of grass with his leaf blower, right outside my bedroom window. I counted the minutes on my phone while lying there, frozen in rage, and it went on for a solid 40 minutes. Finally I got up, made coffee, and just stood on my balcony staring at him until he noticed and gave me this awkward wave. Has anyone else had a neighbor who treats noise like it's a full-time job?

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elliot_patel25d ago

Waking up to that racket is basically a free anger management class nobody signed up for. I bet that leaf blower guy thinks he's some kind of lawn artist, performing his masterpiece at the crack of dawn. Standing on the balcony staring him down was the right move, that awkward wave is the universal sign of "yeah, I know I'm being a jerk, but whatever." Twenty minutes is already too long, but forty minutes is basically a full workout for his wrist and a full mental breakdown for your sanity. Next time, maybe blast some bagpipes back at him and see how he likes a different kind of concert. What's the unspoken rule for how many minutes of that noise before it's legal to start a counter-noise war?