conv: One time I was trying to study for a final but my neighbors were being really loud. I found it really hard to focus I was trying to study for a final but my neighbors were being really loud_comma_ and I had a hard time focusing Did you go over and ask them to turn down the volume? No_comma_ I'm shy and try to avoid confrontation as much as possible Well_comma_ I hope you have some really good earphones - or that they quiet down - it's a big egotistical to think that no one around you cares when you are that loud.