“We won’t stomp next time”... Two handwritten notes that calmed a dispute over noise between floors [Warm Stories]

[Financial News] As cases of disputes over noise between floors escalating into violent crimes between neighbors continue to emerge, a heartwarming story has come to light from an apartment in Daegu, where residents resolved the problem by exchanging handwritten letters and fruit and showing consideration for one another.
According to a report on JTBC’s “Sageon Banjang” on the 3rd, an upstairs resident in an apartment in Daegu recently gave a downstairs neighbor, who may have been bothered by noise between floors, a handwritten letter of apology along with a mango.
A note from the upstairs resident in a photo that was shared read, “We’re from upstairs. We’re so sorry we’ve been noisy over the past few days because of a birthday party, more than we intended.” It continued, “We’ll try to keep it down. We hope your family is always blessed with good things.” Before the downstairs neighbors had even complained about the noise from the party, the upstairs resident had already apologized and asked for their understanding.
The downstairs resident who shared the story responded warmly in turn. “It’s okay. We’re the noisier ones, raising three kids,” they replied cheerfully. Another note placed beside it made the story all the more heartwarming: a child had carefully written, in tiny handwriting, “We’re sorry for being noisy. We won’t stomp next time.”
This story of neighbors resolving a problem that can easily lead to extreme confrontations through mutual understanding and consideration rather than conflict is making waves online.
People who heard the story lavished praise on the two neighbors’ mature attitudes, saying, “When each side gives a little and reaches out first, even anger melts away like snow,” and, “This is an exemplary case showing that the key to resolving noise problems between floors is ultimately communication and attitude, rather than facilities.”


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