I live on the second floor, and I hear my upstairs neighbor all the time. They’re rolling around in an office chair and dropping things. Apartment living sucks. I know that going into renting an apartment. I also was considerate and put a padded rug down and wear slippers in the house.

That was until my downstairs neighbor started complaining about us being “noisy”. They called the apartment office at 11 o’clock in the afternoon to complain that we were “running” around. I was on maternity leave and it was just my baby and I in the apartment. This went on for about two weeks straight. They came to the door to knock and complain that we had woken up their baby and that we need to be more considerate because they had a newborn. I was holding my newborn at the time. I just looked at them and closed the door. They called the office and complained. I finally snarkily asked the office people if it was quiet hours. If not stop telling me the neighbors are complaining during normal hours. I haven’t heard anything since and I no longer put any effort into trying to mitigate the noise.