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Elie is the hardest person to make angry, but their attitude and lack of care of the actual residents of the building…

A Manhattan resident recounts a late-night encounter with rude guests staying in an illegal Airbnb within her non-doorman building. She details how her partner took petty revenge by repeatedly buzzing the guests' unit during his early morning run.

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Hook

POV Vlog

Verbal hook

As said out loud

It took seven months of living in New York City to have our first issue in a non doorman building.

Visual hook

Walking vlog

How the visuals workThe narrator talks directly to the camera while walking down a busy Manhattan street, providing literal visual context for her New York City-centric story.

Script / transcript

It took seven months of living in New York City to have our first issue in a non doorman building. Last night we got woken up at 3:30am by our door being buzzed and we were like, did we order anything? What is it? I checked my phone to see if I had any missed calls from like an Amazon driver. And then I saw it was 3:30 and I was like, they don't even come this early. They buzzed our door for like 10 minutes. Finally, Eli gets out of bed to go down to see who it is. There's an Airbnb in our building, which is illegal in Manhattan by the way. And this couple were out partying for the World cup, apparently came back at 3:30, couldn't get in, decided to buzz the whole building repeatedly. If we were in the same situation, maybe we would have done that too. But when Eli opens the door for them, they were telling him it was his problem that they couldn't get in. They were not apologetic at all. They were dicks about it and be like, well, it's your problem. You need to contact your management to like let us in. Da da da. So Eli has become the pettiest person I've ever heard of. He woke up for his run around like 5, 6am and instead of running to the park, he ran circles our block. And every time he passed our building, he buzzed their unit over and over and over again for like 45 minutes. And now every time we've gone in and out of the house today, he just keeps buzzing it. And he was like, you woke up the wrong person and was a dick to the wrong guy. Anyways, that's life in New York City, I guess. Illegal Airbnbs.

Script structureThe Petty Payback Framework

01
The Time-Based Hook
Establish how long things were going well before the first problem occurred.
Original
It took seven months of living in New York City to have our first issue in a non doorman building.
02
The Sudden Disturbance
Describe a confusing event that happened at an odd time.
Original
Last night we got woken up at 3:30am by our door being buzzed and we were like, did we order anything? What is it?
03
The Logical Check
Show the narrator trying to rationalize the situation with a logical explanation.
Original
I checked my phone to see if I had any missed calls from like an Amazon driver. And then I saw it was 3:30 and I was like, they don't even come this early.
04
The Escalation
Show how the annoyance persisted until someone had to take action.
Original
They buzzed our door for like 10 minutes. Finally, Eli gets out of bed to go down to see who it is.
05
The Villain Reveal
Identify the source of the problem and mention why it is specifically annoying or illegal.
Original
There's an Airbnb in our building, which is illegal in Manhattan by the way. And this couple were out partying for the World cup, apparently came back at 3:30, couldn't get in, decided to buzz the whole building repeatedly.
06
The Empathy Fake-Out
Briefly acknowledge the other side's perspective to build credibility.
Original
If we were in the same situation, maybe we would have done that too.
07
The Audacity Reveal
Highlight the rudeness or entitlement of the villain that justifies revenge.
Original
But when Eli opens the door for them, they were telling him it was his problem that they couldn't get in. They were not apologetic at all. They were dicks about it and be like, well, it's your problem. You need to contact your management to like let us in. Da da da.
08
The Transformation
Declare that the narrator/partner has reached a limit and is turning 'petty.'
Original
So Eli has become the pettiest person I've ever heard of.
09
The Revenge Execution
Detail the specific, repetitive way the person got revenge.
Original
He woke up for his run around like 5, 6am and instead of running to the park, he ran circles our block. And every time he passed our building, he buzzed their unit over and over and over again for like 45 minutes.
10
The Final Word
Show the persistence of the revenge and end with a summary of the situation.
Original
And now every time we've gone in and out of the house today, he just keeps buzzing it. And he was like, you woke up the wrong person and was a dick to the wrong guy. Anyways, that's life in New York City, I guess. Illegal Airbnbs.

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