Attack of the Psycho Ajumma

There is a women in the hallway of my apartment right now, pounding on my neighbors door and yelling at the top of her lungs. She is trying to yank the door open, or pound it down. She's been at it for over 10 minutes now. I was hoping to get some more sleep, but I guess that's not what I was meant to do this morning.

Arg.

She has slowed down now, like she is going to give up, but everytime I think that, she starts up again just as loud. Now she is on a cell phone explaining the problem to someone else.

I want to know what the hell is going on. I can think of 3 possibilities -- 1) there isn't actually anyone in the apartment, but she thinks there is. 2) The person inside is sleeping, and she is trying to wake them (unlikely, you would have to be near dead to sleep through the racket she is making). 3) Whoever is in the apartment is not letting her in for a reason. Someone's mother who is angry at them perhaps? I imagine her grown son or daughter inside just praying for her to go away.

About two minutes into her tryaid, I went out and tried to ask her (with guestures) to please be quiet. She acknowledged my request, and kept right on pounding and yelling. That's one of the frustrations of being a foreigner, I can't really talk to her because I don't know Korean, and even if I did, chances are she won't listen to me, because I'm a foreigner. On top of it, I am younger than her, so according to the rules, I shouldn't try to tell her what to do. Or perhaps that's not why. I heard a man from upstairs come out and talk to her, and he made no effect either.

Maybe if I bring her some cookies and invite her in, she will chill out and then go away so I can get some more sleep.

Ok, she's quiet now. But I'm waiting.

Nevermind. She's at it again. It's been about 10 more minutes, and she is still trying to get into that apartment. At one point it sounded like she was attempting to use tools to remove the lock. Crazy hag.