Thank you everyone. RxM has clarified the situation a bit, and it's just evidently my huge fat feet tromping around that's bugging people.

So, I'll have cooled off by the time I call the management, and will be happy to offer a compromise. Say, if the management sets us up with some Segways, or those "morbidly obese scooters", we'll be happy to use those in the apartment.