If your teen girls are roaming your neighborhood Saturday nights

[Anonymous]

And ringing doorbells and running repeatedly, weekend after weekend, please know they are repeatedly being caught on ring cameras and video by all your neighbors and this will not end well for them.

(Also, this cannot possibly be fun.)

[Anonymous]

It’s hard to believe they don’t realize that (and your post is good advice!)

however, as someone who did dumb things like this (though not exactly this) as a teen (sorry, former neighbors!) it WAS fun (at the time, in my dumb teen mind.)

[Anonymous]

I think they wised up a little because tonight they half heartedly tried to cover their noses with their shirts. But we still can see most of their face, and we all have crisp video and photos from last Saturday and the Saturday before with clear shots of their uncovered faces.

It is like they don’t understand how modern doorbells work.

[Anonymous]

Are these actually teens like 17 year olds or more like 11-12 year olds?

This is definitely the kind of thing we would sometimes do at sleepovers once we aged out of scavenger hunts. Did anyone grow up doing those? You would split into groups and go door to door asking for crazy items on a list and race back at a designated time to see who had the most. We would do it for big sleepovers and church youth group events. In hindsight, super sketchy.

[Anonymous]

Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

[Anonymous]

It's not harmless. It's rude and inconsiderate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not harmless. It's rude and inconsiderate.

It’s inconsiderate and deliberately annoying, but not especially harmful.

[Anonymous]

Hide in the bushes by the front door and blow an airhorn while wearing a scary mask.

[Anonymous]

OP,

My teen girls don't go out like this. But what on earth do you think will happen to teens whose faces are recognizable on camera? Do you imagine they will be branded with a scarlet letter? Are you going to call police and how much do you think they will laugh at you? Are you going to send Ring video stills to the school you think they attend? To the colleges you believe they are applying?

Those annoying little blighters are smarter than you. They know you can't do anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

Not normal and not harmless. Kids and parents should be held accountable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ding Dong Ditch is a normal thing kids do. It's basically harmless - what do you mean it won't end will for them? Are you going to pursue legal action or fire off a round into your front yard over kids playing a prank?

And no, my kid never did this - we live in a city full of apartments where it's not even possible.

Not normal and not harmless. Kids and parents should be held accountable.

It's not abnormal and is as old at time. One the harmless scale of 1 to 10 it is a 1.5, which translates to almost harmless.

[Anonymous]

I did this with my friends and had a dentist who lived on my friends street chase us for a wildly long time.

I’m now probably the same age as he was and have to give him props for his cardio fitness-he pursued us like terminator for probably a quarter mile all while wearing a bathrobe and slippers.

Clearly we were a—holes but it was definitely fun.

[Anonymous]

Omg, the other night, they hit my door so hard, it was loud! They ran away so fast, my ring didn't catch anything 😔 but we got new lights just in case...
We are worried it was the real bad guys!
You never know, I hope they don't come back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP,

My teen girls don't go out like this. But what on earth do you think will happen to teens whose faces are recognizable on camera? Do you imagine they will be branded with a scarlet letter? Are you going to call police and how much do you think they will laugh at you? Are you going to send Ring video stills to the school you think they attend? To the colleges you believe they are applying?

Those annoying little blighters are smarter than you. They know you can't do anything.

Ringing doorbells repeatedly at 11 pm every Saturday is harassment. It agitates dogs, wakes up kids, and ruins the sleep of adults who may be suffering from cancer or performing surgery in the morning.

They can be sued civilly (without needing police to get involved) and the fact that they were sued for harassing neighbors will go on their permanent record. Colleges will know.

It is also just inviting a stand your ground incident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP,

My teen girls don't go out like this. But what on earth do you think will happen to teens whose faces are recognizable on camera? Do you imagine they will be branded with a scarlet letter? Are you going to call police and how much do you think they will laugh at you? Are you going to send Ring video stills to the school you think they attend? To the colleges you believe they are applying?

Those annoying little blighters are smarter than you. They know you can't do anything.

Ringing doorbells repeatedly at 11 pm every Saturday is harassment. It agitates dogs, wakes up kids, and ruins the sleep of adults who may be suffering from cancer or performing surgery in the morning.

They can be sued civilly (without needing police to get involved) and the fact that they were sued for harassing neighbors will go on their permanent record. Colleges will know.

It is also just inviting a stand your ground incident.

You have a wildly unrealistic idea of the likely outcome of suing minors for ringing your doorbell and then running away once per week. In this instance, suing is not the threat you think it is.