Sadness

[sad old git]

I don't know if this is the right slot for this chat but here goes.Earlier yesterday I was sitting in my backyard which I believe estate agents call " courtyard gardens" when I heard a crash on my garage door (up and over).I went to investigate and discovered that someone had placed a full wheely bin in front of it making it very difficult to open the door.However I managed to get it open and was was confronted with three chrildren between the ages of maybe seven to ten.I asked them who had kicked the wall against the door and who had put the bin against the door but got no answers just smirks. I told them without swearing what I thought about them and lo and behold!!! the parents arrived on the scene. I explained what had happened and the answer I got was that they were visiting relatives and wouldn'd be here again for a while... no sorry or anything for the kids behavour... in fact the father's last words were " they're only kids mate. But what will they grow into if they are not told right and wrong and respect?..............

[ummmm]

//I told them without swearing what I thought about them and lo and behold!!! the parents arrived on the scene//

Well done for not swearing!!

If you'd told me what you thought of me when I was that age my dad would have told you (probably using swear words) what he thought of you, sad old git!!

[Octavius]

So they put a wheelie bin in front of your gararge door and kicked a ball at it? Is that right?

I agree with B00, that a quick sorry would have done well, but I wouldn't let it ruin my day. For all you know he walked them off down the road and clipped them round the ears.

[missnemesis]

///Hence why they should've been made to apologise MissN, but I genuinely believe that as we grow older we forget that as kids we did equally daft and silly things.///

Agreed 100%

I do however think that sad old git has a right to be saddened by this, if not so much by the children's behaviour then moreso by the parent's nonchalant attitude towards it.

[rowanwitch]

Have to say I'd have pointed out to the children they were thoughtless and inconsiderate but done nothing further. I was brought up with one rule really 'consider if what you do will affect someone else if it doesn't then its ok if it does you shouldn't be doing it' I think my mum was a witch in a previous life as that is the core rule behind the craft

[sherrardk]

I would have told the kids what I thought of them (no swearing, but best 'cross' voice I could muster). Maybe the parents told them off when they got them home? I would have made my kids apologise. I was a right little cow when I was young, I just didn't get caught.

[B00]

I got caught loads of times Sherr, as well as being silly, i was also quite thick and usually got caught, it never stopped me though ;-)

[Boto]

I don't think they should have been hung, drawn and quartered but do think they should have been told to apologise. No, it wouldn't stop them doing the same again but maybe send them a little on the way to be responsible adults. Just because I did something when I was a child does not mean it is right and 'they are only children' is just an excuse.

[cazzz1975]

I agree with octavius, unfortunately I was a right little hellraiser when I was a kid, I feel sorry for my neighbours when I look back.

[Peter Pedant]

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I liked Flumps if it isnt yours, dont touch

IS alive and well - the parents were saying - they're not your kids dont tell them how to behave.

I think you have to put this one down to experience
The alternatives are to nail the bins to the ground but then they will never get emptied (altho they will also never get stolen either)

or to smear the bins with polonium paint
and wait for the kids to get leukaemia - thus identifying the malefactors and punishing them simultaneously - you will have to leave the handles free so you can put them out....

[DJHawkes]

sorry I must be mis-reading the tale in the op as it reads like the little darlings were inside the up and over garage and someone had blocked them in with the wheelie bin

[sad old git]

Thank you all very much for your replies. In one way or another I have to in part agree with all of your answers,I probably did much the same things as those children when I was their age( probably! I know I did) but then if we were caught we usually got a clip around the ear from our dad (not allowed now) or were nearly scared to death by the local bobby on the beat and told to apologise to the offended people usually s.o.g.s like me. My parents brought me up to know right from wrong and to respect your elders and to be polite and sociable when required. When I named this post sadness it is because a lot of parents do not apply these rules to their children so what happens as life goes on? Once more thank you for your replies and all the very best to you all

[boxtops]

there isn't an And, toes - that's it.