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[compo]

Since moving out of my parents house, I've lived in about 10 different houses/apartments. One thing I've encountered in every single one of the places I've lived in is having somebody within earshot of my room who cooks dinner late at night. I expected stuff like that to happen when I was in college, but I'm a bit shocked with how much I've run into it since moving out of college neighborhoods. I don't know if I've had bad luck, or if it's a lot more prevalent than I thought.

Anyway, it's driving me bonkers. The act of cooking dinner produces a lot of bassy thuds from slamming pantry doors, placing things on counters, and pacing around the kitchen. Those bassy thuds are freaking impossible to block out with white noise machines. The bass cuts through everything, and in order to block it out adequately, you basically have to create your own bassy sound, at which point you become the annoying bass sound for your neighbors.

I don't really know where I'm going with this. I understand that people work night shifts and everything. I guess I'm just venting because my current situation is the worst I've had so far. The wall my bed is against is literally sharing a wall with my neighbor's kitchen, and he cooks dinner between 9 and 11pm. I have to wake up at 5:30am...

 

[NoRéN]

That's some wack building design.

Anyway, cook for them or move.

 

[Blablurn]

When I cook something bigger for dinner I gain like 10Kg.

I wonder how those people do it.

 

[HStallion]

They're cooking meth.

 

[JCHandsom]

 

[pantsattack]

Ask them to be quiet? That is weird though. If I make food that late at night there's no way it's a regular meal with multiple skillets worth. It's like whatever I can get in a tortilla and hot (or not) with minimal effort.

 

[Redd]

I get home late sometimes. Deal with it.

 

[Spukc]

That sucks OP, what job do you have ?

 

[Wereroku]

Have you tried talking to your neighbor and seeing if he could be a bit quieter? Alternatively can you move your bed around and put some sound proofing on the shared wall? The nuclear option is of course earplugs/headphones.

 

[Javier23]

I'm Spanish. I wait til they are done and start cooking at midnight.

 

[Bacon]

I mean... Not everyone has the luxury of being able to work 9-5.

 

[LowlySmokeGuy]

If you live with someone and slam shit making a bunch of noise, you're a piece of shit. Tell him to fuck off, OP.

 

[Horse Detective]

That's cool but I get off work at 12 so

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Ask them to be quiet? That is weird though. If I make food that late at night there's no way it's a regular meal with multiple skillets worth. It's like whatever I can get in a tortilla and hot (or not) with minimal effort.

could be someone working night shifts.

 

[Man God]

After 11pm? Yeah, you got a point.

9-11pm? That's a bit of a hard ask. You're the one with the unusual schedule at that point, not the one cooking.

 

[God Dayumm]

9-11 is not late at night

 

[shira]

easy fix

http://nymag.com/strategist/2016/10/best-earplugs-for-sleeping.html

 

[andymcc]

I work a later shift and pay the same rent as you do.

Get over it.

 

[Aske]

I'm with you, OP. People who cook are the worst. I don't want to see your amateur food; I don't care if it's more "real and passionate" than food that's produced for money. Leave it to the professionals.

 

[Mahonay]

I eat/cook late all week since my girlfriend doesn't get home until 9-10PM. Not everyone is on the same schedule OP.

 

[kirblar]

I work a later shift and pay the same rent as you do.

Get over it.

/|

 

[mid83]

Some of us work nights and are up late on nights off.

Night shifters deal with all sorts of noise sleeping during the day (lawn mowers, kids playing, cars drying by, people knocking at the front door etc). You just gotta deal to deal with stuff like that.

 

[erlim]

Definitely don't move to Spain, they eat dinner at like 10.

 

[Seesaw15]

If you ain't cooking dinner for little kids a 9-11pm dinner is pretty normal. Either way get some earplugs OP.

 

[compo]

For the people telling me to ask the neighbor to be quiet, I've thought about that. He just moved in a few months ago, so I'm seeing if his schedule changes at all. I'm also a bit hesitant, because I don't want to start some kind of feud. Also, I've never talked to the guy before.

 

[thekonamicode]

You know, in Spain they often don't start eating until midnight.

 

[brianjones]

apartment living just sucks there’s no getting around it

 

[GoldenEye 007]

I'm going to pan sear the fuck out of some steak just for you, OP. Maybe surf and turf and add fish too.

 

[watershed]

You live in an apartment building. It comes with the territory. If you think your neighbor is unreasonably noisy go speak to them.

 

[compo]

I'm Spanish. I wait til they are done and start cooking at midnight.

Definitely don't move to Spain, they eat dinner at like 10.

You know, in Spain they often don't start eating until midnight.

Wtf, do Spanish people not sleep or something?

 

[Hilbert]

Get some earplugs or headphones you can sleep in.

They are just making food, everyone deserves to do that.

 

[Man God]

Definitely don't move to Spain, they eat dinner at like 10.

More like midnight.

 

[Clockwork5]

Nothing comes between me and my 1am fajitas.

Sorry OP.

 

[Rizific]

apartment living just sucks

Basically. Don't want to share a wall with someone else? Then don't live in an apartment.

 

[compo]

And for the people talking about night shift, yeah, I understand. There's really nothing I can do besides buying a house.

 

[makingmusic476]

What's up with Spain.

 

[Surface of Me]

Sorry not sorry, OP. I dont give a shit who Im waking up when I get off a shift at midnight, I want dinner.

 

[Pau]

Wtf, do Spanish people not sleep or something?

The beauty of the siesta.

 

[KHarvey16]

I mean, you’re just gonna have to live with it. If they were blasting music or watching TV too loud or something that’s one thing, but merely cooking means you’re sorta SOL. Why should your needs as someone who gets up at 5:30 trump his as someone who cooks at 11? There’s no inappropriate time to cook or get up for work. I bet you strolling around at 5:30 isn’t his favorite thing either.

 

[Man God]

What's up with Spain.

They nap like all civilized folk.

 

[theWB27]

That sounds like crappy apartment design. Especially to build a room next to a kitchen.

 

[Earthbound64]

People who mix up countable terms is are the bane of my existence.
(Not really, but still)

my current situation is the worst I've had so far. The wall my bed is against is literally sharing a wall with my neighbor's kitchen, and he cooks dinner between 9 and 11pm. I have to wake up at 5:30am...

You have 3 other walls, no?
Why not move your bed?

 

[Mahonay]

That sounds like crappy apartment design. Especially to build a room next to a kitchen.

For sure. Not great.

 

[DeathPeak]

Are you up early making breakfast, making it hard for them to sleep too?

 

[Ogodei]

Have you tried talking to your neighbor and seeing if he could be a bit quieter? Alternatively can you move your bed around and put some sound proofing on the shared wall? The nuclear option is of course earplugs/headphones.

bassy sounds penetrate earplugs pretty easily. I have that issue in my apartment, right now in fact, this buzzing sound coming from whatever my downstairs neighbor is listening to.

I used to think my neighbor was nuts for claiming she could hear my roommate's ceiling fan through the walls, but since i moved to my current place i've come to appreciate her perspective.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

For the people telling me to ask the neighbor to be quiet, I've thought about that. He just moved in a few months ago, so I'm seeing if his schedule changes at all. I'm also a bit hesitant, because I don't want to start some kind of feud. Also, I've never talked to the guy before.

You've never talked to your roommate?

 

[curiouscharles]

holy shit OP, it's almost like some people don't have control over when they work / play / eat / sleep!

HOLY SHIT!

there is no justifiable reason for you to complain, you live in an apartment, this is life.

people can eat WHENEVER THE FUCK THEY WANT [brah].

Are you up early making breakfast, making it hard for them to sleep too?

teehee.

i mean, it does sound like shitty apartment design, and if you actually talk to the dude this could all be resolved.

i've never had the luxury of eating dinner at a normal time in my adult life, so i'm totally against you on this, but if you approach him super nice i'm sure he / she would be happy to try and be quieter when they cook.

I mean, you're just gonna have to live with it. If they were blasting music or watching TV too loud or something that's one thing, but merely cooking means you're sorta SOL. Why should your needs as someone who gets up at 5:30 trump his as someone who cooks at 11? There's no inappropriate time to cook or get up for work. I bet you strolling around at 5:30 isn't his favorite thing either.

précisement.

we're all just out here livin' man, all sorta the same, all sorta different.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Buy your own, detached home.

 

[BlackDoomShadow]

Knock on their door and ask them if getting caught was part of their plan.

 

[You Pay This Much]

I gotta admit I normally cook and eat about 10 or so, especially after drinking. Normally it's simple stuff when it's that late that doesn't take as long as your making it seem. I would never make some extraordinary meal after a night shift. You've just got a real crappy situation it seems.