Misunderstood Neighborly Concern

“POV: You think your neighbor is mad at you… but you’re completely wrong.”

“I live in an apartment, and every time I cook pasta, my neighbor bangs on the wall.

Every. Single. Time. So I stop cooking pasta.

I’m annoyed.” “One day I finally run into him in the hallway and say,

‘Hey, sorry if I’m being loud when I cook.’ He looks confused.” “He says,

‘Oh… I bang on the wall because your smoke alarm is going off, and I thought YOU

couldn’t hear it.’” “I wasn’t annoying him. I was slowly burning my apartment…

and just ignoring the alarm.” “Turns out my neighbor wasn’t angry. He was trying to