A university student has been widely praised online for executing what many are calling an 'epic' and perfectly justified act of revenge against an inconsiderate neighbour.
The dispute centred on a fellow student named Sarah, whose habit of playing thundering music until 2am made life miserable for those living nearby.
The Noisy Neighbour Problem
The original poster, who shared her story on Reddit, explained that she lived in university halls with a neighbour, Sarah. She described Sarah as not being evil, but simply loud and lacking consideration for others.
The issue was a near-nightly occurrence, with Sarah blasting deafening tunes at 1am or 2am, often when the student had an early class the next morning.
"No matter how many times people asked her to turn it down, she'd laugh it off and say, 'Relax, it's college'," the woman recounted. The situation came to a head one night before an important exam. After the student knocked on Sarah's door to plead for quiet, the neighbour responded by cranking the volume up even louder.
The Perfect Plan for Payback
Lying in bed, absolutely fuming, the student devised her scheme. She knew Sarah's key weakness: the noisy neighbour was notorious for sleeping in late until noon and hated mornings more than anything.
The very next morning, after her exam, she put her plan into action. For the following week, she set her alarm for 6.30am sharp. When the hall was dead quiet, she placed her Bluetooth speaker directly against the thin wall they shared.
She then proceeded to blast the cheesiest pop songs she could find, specifically targeting early 2000s bubblegum boy bands.
A Taste of Her Own Medicine
The results were immediate and deeply satisfying. On the very first morning, Sarah emerged from her room "groggy and furious". By day three of the sonic assault, the tables had turned completely, and Sarah was the one pleading for the music to stop.
The student's response was a masterstroke. She simply smiled and echoed Sarah's own dismissive phrase back to her: "Relax, it's college."
The revenge was both petty and profoundly effective. After that week, Sarah's late-night concerts mysteriously stopped. While she never formally admitted defeat, the newfound silence was, as the poster noted, "golden".
The Reddit post attracted hundreds of comments from users applauding the move. One person shared a similar experience, noting they had used the same tactic against partying neighbours when working night shifts.
Another commenter praised the revenge as "petty, harmless, but effective," while one user suggested they would have used Yoko Ono or bagpipes for maximum impact. The story serves as a classic example of giving someone a taste of their own medicine to resolve a neighbour dispute.
