Fuppin Kids !!

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Meself and the girlfriend live in a townhouse, which is basically situated in the middle of a green area in a housing estate. There are no boundary walls, our garden basically goes out to a footpath to the green area… if you get what I mean. So people can walk freely in to our garden etc. Although they really shouldn’t out of courtesy.

Anyway, there are a bunch of pesky kids (14/15/16 kind of age) hanging around the past couple of weeks at night time. About a week ago, my girlfriend found one of them half way in the downstairs toilet window. They jumped back out, took the air freshener that was on the window and smashed it off the wall. I have approached them numberous times and warned them to clear off blah blah blah. They just don’t listen.

I’ve been home late the past couple of nights and my girlfriend has been driven mad with them banging on doors, walls, windows… shouting and just acting the bollix.

What should we do? I have thought about getting the guards to call out, but unsure if they’ll laugh down the phone!!!

Nevyn

Call the garda, you should have done that when they were climbing in the window.

RedXIV

Tell the guards, seriously, all they have to do is drive by and the kids will scram, the guards know this so it's not like they have much work to do.

And the kids aren't going to learn unless you teach them. either that or get a guard dog

Colonel_McCoy

Call the gardai.............be careful confronting them, they could eailiy jump you.

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Thanks Guys..

We're a young couple ourselves and really didn't give a damn about them at the start, but after a few times I got sick of them and told them to get lost. Both of us have told them a lot of times and are really sick of it at this stage.

The thing is, they aren't scumbag kids. You can tell by looking at them that Mammy and Daddy are sitting at home thinking that the kiddies are out playing causing no trouble.

Think I'll definately call the guards so, the next time they sniff around!

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micmclo wrote: »

If I’ve read this post correctly they do it when your girlfriend is on her own but not when you are there. Seems obvious they have no fear then.

This is only going to get worse and they have this house marked down as an easy touch where they can get away with it.
The gardai won’t do much here. (basing this on Primetime Investigates show on anti-social behaviour)

Call around a few mates for some cards and beer and when it happens again, rush them and roar. Hurleys are optional

To save myself from a banning, this is not advocating violence. Do not touch them or the gardai will be around but for you and not the kids.
It gives them a fright, nothing more. A fright is all that is needed.

They do actually do it when I'm there, but more so when I'm not.

I have been firly 'aggressive' in my tone with them. But they just don't listen!! We have both had the "ah they're only kids" attitude if you know what I mean. But it's hard to not let it get to you after a while!!

Beruthiel

elviscostello wrote: »

What should we do? I have thought about getting the guards to call out, but unsure if they’ll laugh down the phone!!!

Call them.
Myself and my neighbours have also had problems with some teenagers, the Garda were approached and we were told by them to call when ever there is a problem.
They've been very helpful and usually pop up fairly quickly (when not busy with murderers.)
As a result the teenagers have found somewhere else to hang out (for the moment anyway).

Call the cops and continue to do so until it's sorted.
Also, have a word with your neighbours to see if they have any problems. More than one phone call helps the cops know it's a problem to be sorted.

Nevyn

Wellif they are inthe way when you go to water your lawn in the evening then they will get wet and will have to explain that to mammy and daddy.

MadMoss

I'm not sure if this is legal so you you might want to check first;but, if your mobile has a phone, take a picture of them in your garden. Make sure they see you taking the photo, a big flash on the camera helps.
They will hate that you might have evidence that could be used against them. You will be called a few names like "rat" or worse, but from then they will not want to hang around your house anymore in case you take more photos.

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Thaedydal wrote: »

Wellif they are inthe way when you go to water your lawn in the evening then they will get wet and will have to explain that to mammy and daddy.

Herself had half a jar of beetroot juice that she was going to 'dispose of' out the upstairs window last night, but didn't in the end!!

Loopy

omg cheekly little shits - Definitely ring the gards and tell them that they have actually been in your house. They will help..

RiderOnTheStorm

Garden / Lawn sprinklers ;-)


or classical music played through open window, although not too loud or too late in day, or you will be the one that is being unsocial.

Catari Jaguar

^^^ Great ideas. Or try getting one of those super high pitched things they have to keep kids away from shops in the UK. A laser pointer might annoy them enough to leave too

DenMan

Hi OP

Dealing with pesky kids can be a problem. Be careful how you approach it. A nice thing to do would be to take a digital shot of them when they are closeby (using your flash settings at night). Email it to the Gardai, telling them your problem and see what happens. The next night I would imagine a police car might roll by. And even if one of them see them approaching word will spread. Problem solved and nobody gets hurt. Hope it works out for you.

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Thanks for all your replies to this guys.

It quitened down for a few days following my post here, but on Friday evening, the two of us were walking from the car in to the house... the next thing i heard "this'll show the bitches" being roared from the back of the house. I put the big box of beer I had on the ground and walked towards the back. Next thing two of them came running out with half our garden fence and two legs of the garden table.

I was very tempted to run after them, but knew I could do nothing about it!!

We took the beer and went straight in. I called the guards straight away and they were there within 10 mins. They drove around the estate for a good 10 mins REALLY SLOWLY and called in to us afterwards.

Very nice guys, and they too blamed the parents....

Most of the troublemakers had vanished, but they spoke to some of them who were still in the area (but not involved in the fence/table thing)

Haven't seen any of the kids around since, so hopefully that'll be the last of it !!!

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elviscostello wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies to this guys.

It quitened down for a few days following my post here, but on Friday evening, the two of us were walking from the car in to the house... the next thing i heard "this'll show the bitches" being roared from the back of the house. I put the big box of beer I had on the ground and walked towards the back. Next thing two of them came running out with half our garden fence and two legs of the garden table.

I was very tempted to run after them, but knew I could do nothing about it!!

We took the beer and went straight in. I called the guards straight away and they were there within 10 mins. They drove around the estate for a good 10 mins REALLY SLOWLY and called in to us afterwards.

Very nice guys, and they too blamed the parents....

Most of the troublemakers had vanished, but they spoke to some of them who were still in the area (but not involved in the fence/table thing)

Haven't seen any of the kids around since, so hopefully that'll be the last of it !!!

Just wanted to say fair play to you for being calm about it. My blood was boiling reading that !

Sam Vimes

if you know who the kids are who damaged your garden can you sue them or their parents? or does it all have to be done through the gardai?

stovelid

c - 13 wrote: »

Just wanted to say fair play to you for being calm about it. My blood was boiling reading that !

+1

Elvis, your control is to be commended. I'd have probably gone off half-cocked by now, which is obviously the absolute wrong thing to do with a bunch of lads.

Are they locals? Would it be hard to find out who their parents are?

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Thanks Guys ... I'd be lieing if I said I didn't lose the head with them on a couple of occasions. A couple of shouting matches ... but think they enjoyed the reaction.

We eventually resigned to the fact that there was nothing we could do on our own. We don't know where they live, and they wouldn't listen to warnings.

The table was a piece of junk anyway, but that's not the point. It wasn't theirs to break.. and the fence is easily repaired, It was just the fact that they damaged stuff, that we said that's it.

Actually saw it as a good opportunity to call in the guards and get it sorted. We were delighted afterwards that we called them.

If anyone's having similar problems, you should definately do the same. I'm just glad I didn't catch them smashing the windows or something. It was partly our fault it went so far, by not calling in the guards sooner.

Redpunto

Can you find our who the parents are? Call around to them and say youve rang the gardai. As previous said, well done for keeping calm. We havea few kids like that around our place but are much younger with one main trouble maker, probably once a week im yellin out my front window at them
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The_Conductor

Redpunto wrote: »

Can you find our who the parents are? Call around to them and say youve rang the gardai. As previous said, well done for keeping calm. We havea few kids like that around our place but are much younger with one main trouble maker, probably once a week im yellin out my front window at them
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Maybe discretely follow them some evening and figure out where they live and pay a little visit to the parents. Make them aware of what exactly their little darlings have been up to, and that the Gardai have been involved. I would emphasise that you are not trying to cause trouble, but that if further damage is caused (and when describing the damage do not try to minimise the extent of it), that further action may have to be taken as it is private property thats being destroyed.

Victor

Violence is not a solution and even the sprinkler type stuff is likely to have them retaliating.

Put a restrainer on the windows they can access (but not any in rooms where people might sleep).

Consider, with you neighbours, planting hedges or putting in some other boundary.

Potentially, give the children something to do in the evening - organise a sports club with the local community.