Storytime about NYC apartment problems from @alliedition

The creator tells a personal story while walking down a street in NYC. She recounts being woken up at 3:30 AM by her apartment buzzer, initially thinking it was a delivery, and describes how the persistent buzzing for ten minutes led her partner to go downstairs and discover the culprits were guests for an illegal Airbnb in their building.

Creator: @alliedition on Instagram

Video format

Yap

Video outline

  1. State a common frustration
  2. Describe a mysterious event
  3. Escalate the annoyance
  4. Reveal the unexpected cause

Narrative framework

The Relatable Problem Cliffhanger

Narrative framework logic

To hook viewers with a common, relatable problem and then escalate it into a specific, unresolved story that encourages engagement through a cliffhanger ending.

Topics: Lifestyle, Local Culture

Concepts: Storytime

Formats: Yap

Elements: Title Text Hook, Jump Cut

Account types: Personal Brand

Transcript excerpt

It took seven months of living in New York City to have our first issue in a non doorman building. Last night, we got woken up at 03:30AM by our door being best, and we were like, did we order anything? What is it? I checked my phone to see if I had any missed calls from, like, an Amazon driver, and then I saw it was 03:30, and I was like, they don't even come this early. They buzzed our door for, like, ten minutes. Finally, Eli gets out of bed to go down to see who it is. There's an Airbnb in our building, which is illegal in Manhattan by the way. And this couple

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