Should I add my name to a noise complaint when I haven't heard the noise myself?
NeighboursMy neighbour sent me a draft email to the building manager: “The late-night music is keeping the whole floor awake.”
She had put my name underneath it.
I haven't heard the music. My bedroom is on the other side of the building, and I sleep with the door closed. She has sent me messages at midnight saying it has started again. I believe she is upset and tired; I can't independently describe what she heard.
When I asked to remove my name, she said, “You're saying you don't believe me.” That isn't what I mean. I would support the manager looking into her report, and I can say she has told me about repeated interruptions. I can't say they kept me awake.
She thinks an email from one flat will be easier to dismiss. I understand why she wants company. I'm hesitating because the draft turns my support for her into an account of an experience I didn't have.
Can I offer a separate sentence supporting an investigation while declining to sign this version? I'd like to help her be heard without making the group email less accurate.