If your teen girls are roaming your neighborhood Saturday nights

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How can you justify the behavior? I’d go after the parents and call child welfare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

It’s very harmful to many. You are blessed.

[Anonymous]

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

I just now remember some drama in my old neighborhood where one homeowner hid and sprayed them with the hose. Yeah, everyone took the homeowner's side because it was getting annoying. The fact that he knew exactly when to plant himself with the hose tells you how predicable and frequent these little visits were becoming on our block. When we were kids we knew we were fair game to be counter attacked.

[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 IS harmless. Nobody gets hurt physically from it. Ergo, harmless.

[Anonymous]

Omg dentist guy and hose neighbor are the ones I came here for. More, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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 IS harmless. Nobody gets hurt physically from it. Ergo, harmless.

No, it’s not harmless. You have no idea what’s going on in someone’s home. If your brat did it to me I’d go after them full force. Not ok.

[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.

Teens have done this in our building, but knocking wildly vs ringing. Condo or apartment living doesn’t make one immune.

It was oddly scary. And gave me a completely new appreciation of why adults got so angry when kids did this back in the 80s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How can you justify the behavior? I’d go after the parents and call child welfare.

I haven’t justified the behavior. What you think will happen if you file a lawsuit over this? What remedy would you be looking for? Because teens typically don’t have significant assets, you’d have to sue their parents as well. You’d have to convince a court that a weekly late night doorbell ring has made you so anxious, depressed, fearful, enraged or sleep deprived that you are unable to enjoy living in your home and the court needs to award a settlement. You’re not going to get a high dollar amount for this minor nuisance. You’d have to represent yourself in court to come out ahead. Maybe the perpetrators have turned 18, but otherwise, juvenile records, even in civil court, are often unavailable to the public, and even when the public can gain access, a person might have to show cause for why they should be granted access. Juvenile records also are frequently expunged, especially for small infractions. A lawsuit involving a minor would not turn up in searches by colleges and would not follow the kid for life.

[Anonymous]

It’s fun for the kids but annoying as hell
for the adults.

OP, just post Ring photos on NextDoor and see what happens.

[Anonymous]

Have you tried addressing it directly in the moment? Tell them not to ever trespass on your property again sternly? I feel like that usually works. Next step could be talking to the parents. If I found out my kid was doing that, I would be pissed at kid and make sure it stopped.

This is all to say, lots of steps before legal action.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg dentist guy and hose neighbor are the ones I came here for. More, please.

Andrew Lester shot Ralph Yael in the head, causing permanent brain damage.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Ralph_Yarl

Kevin Monahan killed Kaylin Gillis.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kaylin_Gillis

[Anonymous]

There’s a TikTok challenge encouraging this and also trying to kick the door in. Remind me again why tiktok is still functioning in America when it was supposed to end? Oh yes, Trump violating the law again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

I just now remember some drama in my old neighborhood where one homeowner hid and sprayed them with the hose. Yeah, everyone took the homeowner's side because it was getting annoying. The fact that he knew exactly when to plant himself with the hose tells you how predicable and frequent these little visits were becoming on our block. When we were kids we knew we were fair game to be counter attacked.

One of my neighbors did this recently. It's the right approach, especially as the weather gets colder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Likely outcome? Weird way of looking at it. This isn’t about money. It is about stopping behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How can you justify the behavior? I’d go after the parents and call child welfare.

I haven’t justified the behavior. What you think will happen if you file a lawsuit over this? What remedy would you be looking for? Because teens typically don’t have significant assets, you’d have to sue their parents as well. You’d have to convince a court that a weekly late night doorbell ring has made you so anxious, depressed, fearful, enraged or sleep deprived that you are unable to enjoy living in your home and the court needs to award a settlement. You’re not going to get a high dollar amount for this minor nuisance. You’d have to represent yourself in court to come out ahead. Maybe the perpetrators have turned 18, but otherwise, juvenile records, even in civil court, are often unavailable to the public, and even when the public can gain access, a person might have to show cause for why they should be granted access. Juvenile records also are frequently expunged, especially for small infractions. A lawsuit involving a minor would not turn up in searches by colleges and would not follow the kid for life.

You are really confused. They expunge criminal records. They do not expunge civil lawsuits. (Where did you come up with that?)

Tell your kid to stop if you are so worried about this.