Comments on: Court Orders Man to Pay Over Noisy Toddler’s Footsteps

By: Montsan

Montsan — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:27:22 +0000

It’s difficult to reach a valid conclusion based on the details provided in the article alone. On one end, if this was only an occasional occurrence, then I think the people living below should have pursued other avenues to arrive at a better solution (assuming they didn’t) or just accepted it.

However, on the other end – as a person who lives below a very noisy and belligerent family – I definitely understand how constant noise can be a huge distraction and ultimately become a huge detriment to your daily life.

If the family on the second floor was only asked once to try and keep things down, that’s one thing. If they were asked multiple times and made no attempts to better the situation, then there’s a big problem. Also, the fact that this noise supposedly caused insomnia seems to hint that this wasn’t just during the normal daytime hours, but late into the evening as well. Either way, not nearly enough details.

And yes, I realize toddlers have lots of energy and aren’t old enough to actually understand what’s going on here (they’re basically a giant id with arms and legs), and that should definitely be factored into this equation. But there is a thin line between letting a kid be a kid and being grossly inconsiderate to those around you.

By: Aki

Aki — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:35:19 +0000

Can I sue those guys with the megaphones outside of my house? Surely, their sound pollution is much louder. I wanna get the sweet potato guy too.

By: D-san

D-san — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:42:19 +0000

I wish i could get in one of these “unfortunate” situations, so that i can make a little money.

Whatever happened to “Life’s not Fair”?

By: wes

wes — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:09:13 +0000

While I agree it seems like a harsh overreaction, the parents really should let the kid tire himself out outside at a park or something, not running around in an apartment. But the building seems like it obviously needs better insulation if a toddler can bother someone that much.

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:41:38 +0000

Maybe for a second offense they’ll judge that the toddler should have his feet chopped off – that would silence the noisy little scofflaw.

By: Joe Blow

Joe Blow — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:07:58 +0000

Kid bashing, Shame on you…If you dont like noise get out of the city, “the dad ignored him” you mean the kid is being a kid, a regular toddler. Its hard for kids to understand who likes hearing their own footsteps that it is disturbing the probably cant have children or anti children or just decided to be selfish and not to have children for a career or have a dog and call it a baby people who live downstairs. They should sue the owner, designer of the crappy and cheaply made building.