Seven Year Switch star and mum-of-three Cass Thistleton has just experienced one of those life moments we all live in serious fear of, receiving an anonymous passive aggressive note in her letterbox.
“This letter was left in my letter box today!” Thistleton wrote in an Instagram caption accompanying a snap of the letter. “Funnily enough my children haven’t been home for 5 nights!”
The letter begins, “I am writing to you to complain about the really loud noise your children make. This is a quiet neighbourhood and you and your kids make it the opposite. The constant screaming from your kids is ridiculous. Everyone in the neighbourhood hears every noise you make when you are outside.”
“I have told the people who own your house and so have other neighbours cause they live next to you. But they must be as bad as you cause they haven’t told you to be quiet. Show some respect for the people that live here. Some of us are shift workers and don’t need to hear your kids screaming and yelling. If you won’t stop the noise we will all send letters to the real estate and complain,” the typed note continues.
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Any reasonable person will tolerate reasonable noise. Any reasonable person will also actively avoid causing others distress. Children benefit from learning to be part of a community; that means respecting other people's right to enjoy their homes. Not all behaviour suits all places. What decent parent doesn't teach their children that other people's rights and feelings matter too?
You'd be surprised how often this happens! My mum used to work in the dispute settlement centre and the majority of calls they received were disputes between neighbours just like this. If you wouldn't put your name to it, don't put it out there is my logic. This is just passive aggressive