“Dear PoPville,
See attached the lovely notes left by my Logan Circle neighbors after the alarm on my parked car apparently went off intermittently one night.
I had no idea the alarm was going off. It’s an older-model Honda, parked some distance from my apartment, so I neither heard it nor have an app that sends notifications as newer models now have. I can certainly understand how the noise would have been annoying to those living nearby. But
I can only assume the snarkiest notes came from Gen Z or young Millennial residents who, having grown up with helicopter parents, missed out on developing basic problem-solving skills or a sense of neighborly concern, while perfecting the art of the clapback, self-centered snark, and mansplaining solutions to an inanimate motor vehicle.
So, a little PSA: The simplest thing to do when a car alarm won’t stop going off is call 311. MPD can both investigate the situation and locate the owner. Apparently, one responsible adult in the neighborhood eventually figured that out eventually.”