I love posts like this bc the difference in expectations between people who have kids versus those who don’t is so stark. It’s not black and white.

On one hand it’s reasonable to say no playing in the hallways. That’s a good rule. On the other it’s not reasonable to say you should never make any noise in the hallway ever. I tell my kids to try their best to be quiet when we walk to the elevator. We do our best but I’m not gonna tell my kid to shut up bc they got excited about something in the 30 second we wait for the elevator. It happens. We’re humans. We’re gonna react and make noise sometimes. The young guy in my hall sometimes loudly talks on his phone and my elderly neighbor loudly knocks over the fake flowers we have for some reason on occasion. You know what I do? I go help clean it up bc we’re living in an apt building and it’s part of life.

If you want to live in total silence move to the house in the suburbs or a building that only has one unit per floor.