Last night I was woken from a sound sleep at 1:00 am because the people in the apartment next door were making so much noise. I sat up in bed and listened only to hear things like...
"I'm gonna kill that white trash bitch, where you at bitch, where you hiding? YOu're gonna fucking DIE"
and "I'm coming for you"" ( in a singsong voice )
I went to my window and saw all the neighbors on their balconeys too wide eyed, wondering if they were witnessing a sick and twisted murder....
So I did what any responsible citizen would do.. I called the cops, told em somebody was threatening to kill someone else and stuff, told em where it was...
Did I mention all the banging and grunting going on? We're talking, my walls were shaking.
I listened when the cops came out my window
(you can hear absolutely everything here)
apparently a couple of guys were drunk and one wanted to beat up another and the other friends were attempting to hold him back while he went berserk.
Dude almost went to jail cause he was screaming at the cops but eventually he calmed down and they let it slide...
Glad everything turned out okay but this is what I wonder. My first reaction was to go back to sleep and mind my own business then this intense fear went through me, What if somebody died next door and I could save them but did nothing?
THat's when I called.
THe disturbing thing is that I almost didn't and I wonder what that says about my character as a person and a fellow human being...
Am I one of those people who shuts their window when I hear someone screaming help, rape! in the alley?
I hope not.
ps. My parents fly in today... tHey'll be here this evening yayayayayay!
VIEW 3 of 3 COMMENTS
Anyways.......have a good time with your parents......this is the first time they're meeting daze right? Fun fun fun.....
The what-ifs and what-may-haves don't count. You did the right thing. Questioning what you should do is natural.
Nope, don't think you are one of those window shutters.