A man has left people "in tears" of laughter thanks to a brilliantly dry response to his downstairs neighbour's letter of complaint.
Content creator Shell recently shared her brother's extremely sarcastic quip with her TikTok followers, and just couldn't stop laughing as she relayed the heated interaction.
After his neighbour penned him a curt note asking him to "walk quietly", Shell's witty brother felt he had no choice but to respond with humour.
The nightmare neighbour, who has apparently lived in the building for around one year, begged Shell's brother to "please be kind and respect your neighbour room below with your noise [sic]".
In a TikTok video that has since clocked up 299,900 likes and counting, Shell laughed: "I have tears. My brother has just been sent a letter by his neighbour, complaining."
Shell, who goes by the username @shellrowe, then went on to read the neighbour's brisk note aloud, which reads as follows: "Dear neighbour.
"Please be kind and respect your neighbour room below with your noise [sic]. I'm been living here almost a year and I'm always hearing your foot stepping all the times day and night [sic].
"I have enough with this noises all the time [sic]. I never report about this and I want you to be kind to us as well. Otherwise, I have to report it."
Shell then read out her brother's satirical reply, chuckling that she is now "eagerly awaiting" the neighbour's response.
Not holding back with his own letter, the brother wrote: "Dearest neighbour in flat 19, (Karen). Thank you very much for your note.
"Unfortunately, despite several years of hardcore meditation, a very strict diet and many years of patience, I have not yet grasped the ability to fly/float around my apartment.
"Due to this, I have had to walk as the default method of transportation around my premises - I am curious as to what you would have me do otherwise."
He continued: "I am also curious as to why you have chosen to move into an apartment building with neighbours directly living above and below you if potentially hearing another person's footsteps was going to be such an issue.
"Furthermore, I'm also not certain as to how you thought you were going to live here for an entire year without the slightest 'disturbance'.
"I'm also willing to place a wager that if you are this hyper-sensitive to the sound of footsteps, then surely the neighbours living below your apartment can also hear your footsteps too. Regards, an actual adult."
Shell's followers were left in stitches at the "outstanding" reply, and pleaded with her for an update on the feud.
One amused person commented: "I'm literally dying! Is your brother a lawyer? He should be! This is class!!!"
Another said: "This is iconic. Tell him to print off a screenshot of Amazon favourites noise cancelling headphones and post it through their door, problem solved."
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