A MOTHER has revealed that whilst staying at Butlin’s, she woke up to find a letter taped to her front door.
Anya Rowlands, a mum-of-one from the UK, confirmed that a neighbour had stuck the handwritten note to her door, which voiced a complaint about her toddler.
Posting on social media, Anya shared her confusion at the unexpected note, but has left many totally divided.
Alongside her clip, the content creator wrote: “Am I a Karen for thinking this? I live in a flat myself and have never had issues, considering it’s a toddler based event I wasn’t expecting this.”
As she held up the paper note, the young woman then said: “I’m staying in Butlin’s Minehead and I woke up in the morning to a letter on my door from my neighbours, so I’m going to tell you guys all about it and please let me know your opinions on this.
“This was at my door when I woke up before 8am, sellotaped…Who brings Sellotape to Butlin’s? I can’t help but be impressed with that.”
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Following this, Anya added: “Just hoping this wasn’t put on my door in the middle of the night because my toddler did randomly wake up not long after he went to bed so I’m hoping they didn’t knock on his window at like 11pm.”
Anya proceeded to read out the slightly passive-aggressive note, which started: ‘Hi, I knocked a few times today but you weren’t in. Sorry to have to ask, but please can you keep the music down tonight?’
The letter went on to read: ‘Last night it was very loud, we could hear it very clearly and it kept us awake for hours as it was on loop all night.
‘I don’t think the walls and ceilings and floors are very thick. Thank you so much.’
Reflecting on the tone of the note, Anya explained: “So this message was said quite nicely so I don’t really have an issue, but it does kind of come across like I was blasting music throughout the night.
“I genuinely didn’t think the letter was for me when I opened it at first.”
Hitting back at her Butlin’s neighbour, the brunette acknowledged: “However, we are in Butlin’s, not a five star hotel. You are going to hear noise.
“I always hear people above me and it wakes me up, but like, this is also a Tots festive weekend event in Butlin’s and the letter seems like it’s been written by people who don’t have toddlers.
“If you have a toddler, you are going to fall asleep to a bit of lullabies or white noise – it isn’t going to keep you up all night, and if you have young children, it’ll probably soothe them to sleep as well.
I’m not out to annoy people. But yeah, I was not expecting that at my door before 8am
Anya Rowlands
“This is an event for toddlers so you are probably going to hear a lot of white noise or sound machines in rooms.”
But Anya recognised that from just one room away, she “couldn’t hear” her son’s music, so was “quite surprised” that her neighbour could.
Not seeing an issue with playing her son’s music throughout the night, Anya continued: “I think it’s a very natural thing to do to have lullabies or white noise on wherever you are for your kids to go to sleep.”
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However, eager to keep the peace, the mother reflected: “Obviously I won’t be playing this tonight, I’ll just play it on my phone quietly and then turn it off.
“I’m not out to annoy people. But yeah, I was not expecting that at my door before 8am.”
Big divide
Anya’s TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @aniellarose, has left users divided by the note – while some thought it was “unhinged,” others could see why music would “annoy” someone on a holiday.
One user gasped: “This is so unhinged, what level of entitlement leads a person to do this?!”
A second agreed: “You’re a better person than me Anya. I would have played it twice as loud the next night.”
The accommodation at Butlin’s is not the best quality, so whilst I think white noise shouldn’t be an issue, I’m sure you can appreciate why it may annoy someone else
TikTok user
Whilst someone else explained: “Oh how they’d hate my household. As much as I can see the note was kind, they need to remember it’s a Tots weekend. White noise, TVs, noise in general are going to happen!”
But at the same time, one person slammed: “Music shouldn’t be played in rooms after 10pm.”
Another added: “The accommodation at Butlin’s is not the best quality, so whilst I think white noise shouldn’t be an issue, I’m sure you can appreciate why it may annoy someone else.”
Meanwhile, someone else chimed in and asked: “I’m confused so did you have music on all night on a loop?”
To this, Anya replied and confirmed: “I realised I didn’t explain it well. I had a sound machine on with lullaby music for my toddler.
“It wasn’t loud but I didn’t realise the walls were so thin you could hear it as I hardly could.”
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