Night Noise
An ordinary noise complaint becomes less ordinary when property management tries to determine whether the problem is music, machinery, or simply the neighbor’s new leg.
An in-world document. Its claims retain their fictional perspective and may be incomplete or contradictory.
Recurring knocking after 23:00 from 4B.
INVESTIGATION
No music.
No construction work.
No industrial equipment.
Resident in 4B is undergoing the break-in period for a new left leg. The sound occurred while walking over a loose floor tile in the hall.
ACTION
Floor repaired.
4B has also voluntarily stopped “test-walking” in the corridor after midnight.
COMMENT FROM 4B
I didn’t think anyone could hear it.
COMMENT FROM 4A
We hear everything, Dav.