Noise overload. knocking on neighbor's door late at night

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So to preface, I live on the third story of an apartment complex, so my neighbors are below me as well as beside me.

I am almost to the point of breaking down. Someone has been knocking on one of my (downstairs) neighbor's door loudly and incessantly for almost 45min. I do not know what to do, Listening to music with ear-buds is not drowning out the noise because I can feel the knocking through the wall and floor. It is 12:30 in the middle of the night. I do not think calling the police is the correct option because I do not think that there is any ordinance or law that is being broken.

I am a bit scared because my apartment was almost broken into while I was in it several months ago after a stranger was knocking on all the doors. The noise is also bothersome, and together I am not feeling safe even though I know I am in a low crime complex and neighborhood.

I do not know why they have persisted for so long in their endeavor. If they live there and are locked out, the other person in the apartment is aware of their situation (most the building is probably aware). The one time I was locked out (accidentally, the deadbolt was turned instead of the regular lock) I just waited outside for several hours until my roommate woke up. This may not be the most comfortable thing to do, but it is better than waking people up in the middle of the night.

The noise has stopped for the past ten minutes while I compose this post, so I hope the person making the noise has given up. Unfortunately now I am on edge and do not know if I will be able to sleep as I am jumping at the slightest sound. I do not know what to do if this happens again. I do not know whose door was knocked on so I cannot talk to them in daylight hours, and I do not think it is safe to confront the person knocking so much.

I always hate having to act in these situations... I've experienced SOME people (but not all) turn their anger to me once I ask them to stop. In my experience, the "soft touch" doesn't work well... if they're drunk, stoned, angry and/or stupid you'll need to come on strong & confident to have any effect. Of course, that can backfire badly... where a polite approach is less likely to cause retribution. *sigh*

I don't know.... but good luck. I have earplugs for similar reasons.

Should I try to talk to the apartment managers about what to do if this happens again? Or should I try to figure out who it was and talk to them in a calm manner?

Lol I love these type of situations, I'm 6 4 270 pounds, and rather intimidating, thanks to my lack of normal body language and the appearance that suggests I haven't slept in 6 months.

Anyhow I feel your pain, my roommate is a 17 year old alcoholic. He's aloud to drink here because were scared what he'll do if he's not being watched. Anyhow had to keep him from beating the shed apart last night. It's so much worst to tell off someone you know, than when it's a complete stranger.

In that situation you open the door, lean out and yell "Hey! Keep it down! Folks are trying to sleep!" If that doesn't stop it, then you call the cops. It's called "disturbing the peace".

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