Brain concussions leading to erratic/violent behavior anyone?
Be nice... until its not time to be nice anymore.
Are you under some sort of delusion this is some sort of recent development? Did they have TV when you were young? Did you not see that that was a trope even then? Have the kids torn up your lawn and broken your windows? If so, then why didn’t you mention THAT to the parents, instead of an incident you admit caused no damage.
get out of the house away from video games
But they will need to be watched 24/7 or else someone will call the police on you. God forbid we have free range parenting.
I remember leaving the house after breakfast and not coming home until the streetlights came on. And I survived!
Pickup trucks are unique in that they are the only vehicles that actually look better with a few dents and scratches.
I work insurance claims. It is never the fault of the precious, little kiddies.
Had to bring Trump into this. Did any balls fall into a Bush? Were there Cars-on the road? Did any kids use a Walker?
You keep saying you don’t have property rights anymore, but then say your car wasn’t damaged? Had your car been damaged, the father would be responsible for it. I don’t understand the beef?
Move to Decatur, trust me you would be much happier.
Fences make for good neighbors. High fences make for even better neighbors. Clean out the garage and park your vehicles inside where they can’t be hit by kids.
This behavior from kids and parents has been going on for years. Thirty years ago, I parked on a shared private drive off the street. That didn’t matter to the neighbor kids who would ride their bikes from across the street to trespass onto our drive and crash into the vehicles. The parents acted like the damage was my fault. I moved within 3 months.
I’ll trade your footballer for a house of illegals renting next door to me driving their POS vans down the side yard and turning it into a mudpit. At one point forcing me after two martini’s to abandon my normal ladylike presence to go out on the porch and scream the “F” word at them until they got the van off our side of the yard and Mr. GG2 put iron rods out.
See now the footballer doesn’t seem so much like fallen society compared to me does it? :-)
If you had no damage, an appropriate action would have been to ask the kids to move their game if you couldn’t move your truck.
Then, if they mouthed off, speak to their parents.
Approaching a father on his way to work when no damage was done is overkill. His statement telling you to call the police makes that pretty clear.
Your statement about how America has ‘fallen’, using this as an example, makes it even more clear.
This is proof of nothing except that kids are clumsy and adults are in a rush in the morning.
It is also proof that no one likes to be cornered or ambushed by a neighbor wanting to talk about how their truck wasn’t damaged, and “What are you gonna do about the non-damage?”
You had better call in the SWAT team. Several of them.
I began finding BBs in my front beds, around my driveway, and in front of my door.
You have good eyesight and should call an EOD team in to clear the area.
I did not know what to do after seeing that.
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles; scream and shout.
Respect for other’s property is vanishing.
Years ago I kept a basketball goal on the cul de sac at the edge of my property for my kids and the neighbor’s kids to use.
After time the kids lost interest and a bit later a group of older kids from farther away in the neighborhood started using it and leaving their soda cans and snack trash in my yard.
I went out the next day and told the kids they were welcome to use the goal so long as they picked up their trash.
That worked out well for two days. When the trash showed up again I moved the goal to the backyard.
Stupid kids.
If there was no damage to your truck or your property, you probably should have not brought it to the father. I’d be irritated with you, too.
Are the kids old enough to go to a school yard to play football (12 years old or older)? Is there a school yard near by for them to play in? It’s really good they are not sitting in front of the video games and tv.
Kids do need land to play on. The yards are so small now. That’s sad. My sons grew up on five acres in the middle of the woods, so they did not have a problem like this. All the kids played out there. Thank You, God!