Your Saturday Cocktails & Game Night with your close and mutual friends that gradually turned into a fun kickback was interrupted at 10:42pm when your landlord knocked on your door to let you know that “you need to keep it down.”
“Yeah, I’ve been getting tons of noise complaints about you guys playing King’s Cup too loudly. Tons. I think Randy from 203 feels left out, so you might want to be considerate of the others in the building. Since some of us feel left out. I mean, THEY feel left out. I mean, Randy.”
After being confused and mentioning you were pretty confident that Rowdy Randy would have no problem with your level of noise, your landlord continued to scold you.
“Well, it’s actually a rule that you can’t throw a party unless you invite everyone in the building. To avoid noise complaints. And to be considerate. Just in case they can hear you playing King’s Cup and it sounds really fun. I mean—whatever game you’re playing. I mean—just don’t exclude your neighbors.”
After clarifying that you did actually extend invitations to all the residents in the building, your landlord proceeded to double down.
“Oh, what I meant is that there’s actually a clause in your lease agreement that you can’t have more than 2 guests in your apartment at once. So I guess party time’s over. Unless, of course, the landlord is present to supervise. Then you can have as many people as you can fit. I don’t know, those are just the rules.”
After inviting your landlord in with hesitation and confusion, they seemed pretty stoked as they ran straight to an empty chair at the table and excitedly pulled a card from the center deck.
“Five, Drive! Uh oh, steering wheels up, guys! SKIRRT! Ah, you missed it. —Four, FLOOR! I touched the floor first! Ha, you guys are slow!”
While you are relieved you will not be penalized for your party, it seems that you will be hosting again as your landlord got everyone to agree to “same time next Saturday.”