In front of your house? :103:That's just not right.
I have all the neighborhood teens steering clear of my home lately.
Two summers ago they decided to rampage the neighborhood with one of those huge waterballoon sling shots that takes three people to operate. Two holding and one pulling back and shooting the balloon. I just happen to be getting ready for bed and was standing right in front of the bedroom window they shot
(shades closed of course). The thump scared the mess out of me.
I hauled it for the front door and saw kids running down the street. I jumped in the truck
and went after them. I caught them running into a neighbors garage and pulling the door as fast as possible.
Yes, I went up to the home and confronted the adults that answered the door.
They took up for the kids,
saying they had not been out and about but in the house the entire time. Little to say when the police showed up minutes later the jaw dropping started. Other nieghbors that had been hit had called the police and they were out checking the scene. The kids started pointing fingers pretty fast and the parents were lost for words of course.
After this scene I had my kid tell all his friends that I had cameras installed around the house in all locations to monitor just this kind of behavior. If anything like this ever happened again I would be forced to show up in front of parents or police (depending on the crime of course) with my recorded DVD in hand to prove my case. Word apparently traveled fast.
I've not had any further problems. Sad thing is that I live in what's considered a nicer neighborhood where you wouldn't think these sort of things take place. So much for that story.
This was during the kids spring break from school. Apparently they were bored.
I've become that kind of home owner that I use to hate as a child. I didn't even join my friends for toilet paper rolling for fear of getting caught and my Dad putting me through a brick wall for my bad behavior. Thank God my son seems to respect others property and doesn't see the fun in the bad behavior either.
Sorry to get off in left field.
Back to the keying
now.
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