The other old man is not exactly a stranger. We met on the bus about 3 or 4 years ago. We have talked quite a bit since then.
The young guy OTOH, I met when I moved in. Mostly, he tries to be quiet when he gets home at night when I am asleep and I try to be quiet in the morning when he's asleep. We've only had one issue with that. I fell asleep with music playing through my BT speaker and it was a little louder than I realized. So, I just make sure it's turned way down now. The funny thing is that he didn't notice it when he went to bed, but it woke him up early in the morning and I slept right through it.
One thing that concerns me that I haven't gotten any complaints about is my notifications. I have a custom notification tone which is the sound of Louis Armstrong singing "Hello" (from the song "Hello Dolly"). Anywhere between 3 and 5 am, I get 3 messages from a person who is currently in Norway and apparently forgets that MA is 6 hours behind. Not only that, but instead of typing everything in one message, she sends 3 separate messages in rapid succession.
So, I hear "Hello... hello...hello". Meanwhile silencing the notification is not an option since I usually don't feel vibrations because the phone is not in a pocket or somewhere where I can hear it vibrate at that time.None of us have company very much. The first Sunday I was here, we had a couple of guys that the other old-timer knows over, but that was it.
The young guy works weekends at the restaurant. I see very little of him. He's a good kid and very respectful.
So, it's not too difficult.
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