• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Serious question, what are you meant to do when kids vandalize your shit, cops don’t care and you don’t know the parents?

    EDIT : Not defending the guy, just poor social skills to begin with.

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      6 hours ago

      I had a kid who lives a block over egg my house a few years ago on Halloween. A few weeks later I saw him riding his bike and stopped him and just asked him not to do it again because it was a pain to clean properly. He apologized, thanked me for not yelling at him and then laughed when he saw my house that hasn’t been power washed in years with just a few clean spots where his eggs hit.

      Now he comes over every week and plays soccer with me and my toddler and helps us with yard work in the summer.

      A little bit of human decency and talking to a kid like they’re a person can go along way. Kids aren’t stupid, they just don’t know a lot of things.

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      17 hours ago

      Well, first step is to make sure you aren’t going after the wrong people. 🤷‍♂️

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        17 hours ago

        Also: this dude is defending his apartment complex? He doesn’t even own this shit, most likely isn’t responsible for cleaning it, either.

        So why the fuck does he think he needs to be involved and to solve this through physical violence?

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          So why the fuck does he think he needs to be involved and to solve this through physical violence?

          Significant money placed on stupidity combined with a corporal punishment upbringing. What are the odds he’s also a Republican?

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      9 hours ago

      This is actually a great question.

      But I don’t have the answer as police in my area would try and fix it.

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      17 hours ago

      Personally, I would try to get a clear photo of their face and then I would use social media to hopefully find their parents. They would have to be egging my house a few times a week though tbh, it’s a lot more work then just power washing it away.

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      14 hours ago

      Just clean it off. Kids are kids. If they’re doing it to your house on a frequent basis, there’s a reason for it. If it’s just once, it’s harmless fun

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      16 hours ago

      it’s not like physically attacking a child will neccessarily guarantee an end to your problems anyway. Like with everything: it kinda just depends