A woman has slammed her ‘entitled’ neighbour who disrupts the entire street’s sleep by starting his car at 4am.
She shared how her neighbour, a man in his twenties, insists on idling his truck to ‘warm up the engine’ for around half an hour before setting off each morning.
The noise from the vehicle wakes her and her household daily, prompting her to seek a solution. Sharing her ordeal on Reddit, she said: “My neighbour keeps idling his big, noisy truck at 4-5am outside my house, waking me and others up regularly.
“It is always for about 30 minutes at a time and most of the time he isn’t even in the vehicle (he turns it on and goes back inside his house). Until now I have said nothing, because my spouse didn’t want to rock the boat. This morning we both went outside and once my partner saw who it was immediately went back in. I couldn’t contain myself and began yelling at him from outside my house – I angrily said ‘stop doing this! ‘ possibly including a few expletives.”
She argues that there’s no need for the neighbour to ‘warm up his engine’ given the warm weather, labelling it a waste of time, energy, and fuel. She added: “I’m not proud of it but I am so tired. Between him and another repeat offender (different issue which I have been to the authorities about), I am completely sleep deprived. I have called the police and council before.”
One user advised: “If the truck is as noisy as you say it is, report it to the police for excessive night time noise. Many communities have laws regulating that.” Another chimed in: “The days of needing to leave your car/truck to warm up before pulling off are long gone.”
A third suggested: “People who do this need to know they are bothering others. You do need to be assertive (without being aggressive) and let the neighbour know that what they are doing is deeply disruptive and not appreciated. Ask them to idle it somewhere else if they need to do that – like maybe a McDonald’s parking lot. Then if it happens again, call the cops.”
And yet another added: “I have no time or patience for clowns like this. I highly recommend an air horn and a Pagan robe. If you have a driveway, paint sigils and put a few on the windows. Make sure he sees you doing this. As a Wiccan, I should be offended by this advice, but as an old woman in South, I say use their ignorance against them.”