The local municiple council has offered to send an interpreter to
help resolve the problem , so Marjorie waits for improvement.

Beneath her is a man who plays loud music between seven and eight
o'clock every morning, the bass beat thumping constantly..

Her tactfull approach to the man brought the reply that he needed
his music to ' put him in a good mood for his work.'
How does Marjorie cope ?

"I'm working on self - control and patience, "
she says..
" I have rearranged my program,
and I sit down to read in spite of the noise.
I will find that I quickly become absorbed in my book.
Then I don't notice the noise as much.

Heather, on the other hand,
lives in an apartment overlooking a nightclub,
which, after a rowdy night, closes about six in the morning.

Although she eventually complained to the local authorites,
little has been done to stop the disturbance.