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NYC Apartment Drama: The Petty Airbnb Revenge
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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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NYC Apartment Drama: The Petty Airbnb Revenge

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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The 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.
The script — as said out loud
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.
How it's built10 beats
  1. 01
    The Time-Based Hook

    Establish how long things were going well before the first problem occurred.

  2. 02
    The Sudden Disturbance

    Describe a confusing event that happened at an odd time.

  3. 03
    The Logical Check

    Show the narrator trying to rationalize the situation with a logical explanation.

  4. 04
    The Escalation

    Show how the annoyance persisted until someone had to take action.

  5. 05
    The Villain Reveal

    Identify the source of the problem and mention why it is specifically annoying or illegal.

  6. 06
    The Empathy Fake-Out

    Briefly acknowledge the other side's perspective to build credibility.

  7. 07
    The Audacity Reveal

    Highlight the rudeness or entitlement of the villain that justifies revenge.

  8. 08
    The Transformation

    Declare that the narrator/partner has reached a limit and is turning 'petty.'

  9. 09
    The Revenge Execution

    Detail the specific, repetitive way the person got revenge.

  10. 10
    The Final Word

    Show the persistence of the revenge and end with a summary of the situation.