I put a $12 rug pad under my neighbor's stomping ground and now I feel like a genius

Ryan Anderson · 2026-09-23T21:50:03.119772+00:00

My upstairs neighbor has been stomping around for 6 months and I finally snapped last week. Instead of banging on the ceiling or leaving a note, I bought a $12 rug pad from Target and slid it under their door with a short note that just said "for the noise, no hard feelings." They actually put it down that same day and the stomping is like 70% quieter now. I learned that sometimes the cheap fix works better than a confrontation, but now I'm wondering if I just got lucky. Has anyone else tried slipping a gift under the door instead of complaining to the landlord?

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