Anti-social behaviour

[NOG]

I would wait behind the door with it on the latch one night and as soon as the bell went suing it open and jump out and scream "what the **** do you want?" In you most scaryest way.

Just make sure its not the Vicars wife first....as you will have to pay to have a dress washed if it is......been there done it.

[rustylady]

Yes, scare tactics can work but may backfire. I caught three lads scaling my back fence after a football. I lost it completely and just went out there and yelled at them. Asked for their names and told them I was going to report them to the police. Could have backfired on me I suppose, but I was so angry. Why the hell didn't they just knock at the door and ask, instead of climbing over a 6 foot fence. Anyway, haven't seen them since. (and yes I did get their names, but didn't report them). They were also gobsmacked when I escorted them out through the house and out the front door instead of expecting them to trample the borders again on their way out over the fence.

[Two_Sheds]

They were also gobsmacked when I escorted them out through the house and out the front door instead of expecting them to trample the borders again on their way out over the fence.

That was ace

[smallblueplanet]

Yes, scare tactics can work but may backfire. I caught three lads scaling my back fence after a football.....

Did you give them their ball back?

[rustylady]

Did you give them their ball back?

Actually, yes I did - and I didn't even stick the pruning knife into it.

[smallblueplanet]

Actually, yes I did - and I didn't even stick the pruning knife into it.

Lol! probably for the best, there's some stuff on Beebs website about such a case....

A Derbyshire grandmother was arrested after being accused of stealing a £60 football which, it is claimed, landed in her back garden.

Angela Hickling, 56, from Heanor, was arrested on suspicion of theft over the lost ball.

Neighbour Christopher Salisbury had reported her to police, claiming his sons had kicked the ball into her garden and she refused to return it.

Derbyshire Police said it was looking into a complaint made by Mrs Hickling.

The theft case has since been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service.

Grandma steals football? - you've gotta laff?

[rustylady]

Sad, isn't it? The law now seems to be on the side of the criminal.

[Peter]

Other means......

Used to work in an ground floor office near a pub, we had people working shifts and one chap got a bit fed up with the idiots peeing in the car park and peering in the windows.

This chap was into sci-fi, battle re-enactment, role playing games etc and had very long hippy style hair.

One night two drunks started tapping on the windows at one end of the building and moving along to a new window every few minutes.

So, he got out the excellent set of prosthetic teeth and red contact lenses he had aquired for playing a vampire in some role playing thing and nipped along to the last window, closed the blind, readied his torch and waited.

Tap-tap went the drunks on the window, swish went the blind and "Hissssssss!" there was a floodlit red eyed vampire clawing at the glass...... as two sets of high speed feet dopplered away dwon the street.

[Two_Sheds]

Peter - superb!

[Two_Sheds]

Waffler - what about this? You know where the kids live right? Next time it happens, go round the parents house, knock on the door and ever so politely, non-aggressively and innocently ask if you can help? You thought you were needed because their child just knocked on the door?
Repeat as necessary until it stops.

[Waffler]

Waffler - what about this? You know where the kids live right? Next time it happens, go round the parents house, knock on the door and ever so politely, non-aggressively and innocently ask if you can help? You thought you were needed because their child just knocked on the door?
Repeat as necessary until it stops.

Good one!
Unfortunately I only know they live down the street (the dodgy end! ) but not exactly where.
They saw me arrive home last night and rang a few times, but nothing tonight luckily. Mind you, we seem to have half a moat around our property today (the same one we had in the summer, running up to the wedding, which we were so worried about) so that may have perturbed them somewhat.

[NOG]

Waffler - what about this? You know where the kids live right? Next time it happens, go round the parents house, knock on the door and .

Run away before they answer.

[Tracey]

Hi Waffler

Jeremy Vine today on Radio 2 12 - 1pm is going to be taking about 'yob culture'.

[marialittlebzz]

I have been reading all ...and I am about to propose something that I would do but which will seems rather ( radically) opposite of the rest of you :
-you live in a village, so I suppose you know these kids more or less...at least they want to be known, attract the attention.
-If they have this kind of games, it must be pretty boring life for them, and basically they dont seems to be really "sharing" anything interesting with others .

For me, they want your attention, well ...give them! but in a positive manner... find the way to welcome them, and introduce yourself with a smile!!
whats the best way to answer to someone being aggressive with you? for example someone shouting at you? shouting in return will just escalate the process of violence, but if you speak soflty and keep perfectly calm, the anger will just die out like a blowing a match.
These kids are bored, they are in this age where they want to be recognized by the adult much more than when they are younger, they are most of the time on their own and bored...this are just attention seeking...
In my opinion, the more you will try to NOT listen to them ( police, violent reaction) the more the problem will deepen...
Try this, a smile, a door open,an invitation to help in with your garden, a cake?
Believe me, it works...I've done it!

[rustylady]

Have to agree with you Maria at least to a certain extent. However, I do still believe that we are all entitled to our peace and privacy, and to feel safe in our own homes. If the problem can be dealt with locally and tactfully all well and good, but if not then the police must be made aware of what is going on. After all, what is harmless fun for some people can actually be very frightening for some maybe elderly and vulnerable residents.