Can I ask kids not to use our basketball goal during DL?

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus. Yes, you are a jerk. Is there seriously NO noise in your home? Get some noise canceling headphones or close the windows.

People complain about DL, kids being isolated. Then they try to get out of the house and people still complain.

This! Celebrate that kids are being active in your neighborhood. How noisy can they be??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many noise cancelling headsets also have a noise reducing microphone set up that filters out other sounds. They are a huge help in the age of Zoom. It might be worth trying one since it will also improve the quality of your voice audio.

I have a pair of Bose noise cancelling headphone with a mic and the mic filters out ambient sound as well.

[Anonymous]

My neighbor's kids have a hockey goal near my office window. We agreed that if I have a red piece of construction paper taped to my window it means I am on a conference call and the kids don't play until I take it down, if they are already playing I tell them when I am getting on a call and they take a break. I am very conscious about making sure the paper stays up no longer than necessary. We don't overlap that often and I appreciate my neighbors help on the issue. to me this is like not running a leaf blower before 11 am on the weekend or while a neighbor is entertaining. It is not something a neighbor is required to do, it is nice that they agree to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if this may be around the curb so the kids are bounding balls in the street. Which is totally allowed despite the neighborhood bitty who wants to crush the joyous sounds of children playing.

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Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be! Stop being so hard on them for using that sport goal!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems as if this may be around the curb so the kids are bounding balls in the street. Which is totally allowed despite the neighborhood bitty who wants to crush the joyous sounds of children playing.

+100

Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be! Stop being so hard on them for using that sport goal!

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Seriously people! It’s her basketball hoop on her property. She’s being nice and letting the neighborhood kids use it.

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All the “think of the children” posters would think differently if their kids are the ones whose class is being disrupted by noise at the teachers yard!

[Anonymous]

Yes, you can restrict access to your property however you see fit. Put up a sign or text their parents that they are welcome to use the hoop after X hours.

[Anonymous]

Just get a headset. Even if you do tell the kids to stop playing basketball, you'll sound much clearer over the headset and it will cut out other background noise.

Don't worry about noise cancelling headphones. Any $20-50 headset with a boom mic should be fine. The cheap USB logitech headsets are actually pretty good.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if this may be around the curb so the kids are bounding balls in the street. Which is totally allowed despite the neighborhood bitty who wants to crush the joyous sounds of children playing.

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Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be! Stop being so hard on them for using that sport goal!

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Seriously people! It’s her basketball hoop on her property. She’s being nice and letting the neighborhood kids use it.

We have ... her house.

It doesn't make sense. I read it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the hoop on the street or on your driveway?

I know people who put it on the street - which makes it public use. So you can not dictate when people use it.

If it is on your property - you can set guidelines.

Of course she can ask neighborhood kids to respect the needs of others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor's kids have a hockey goal near my office window. We agreed that if I have a red piece of construction paper taped to my window it means I am on a conference call and the kids don't play until I take it down, if they are already playing I tell them when I am getting on a call and they take a break. I am very conscious about making sure the paper stays up no longer than necessary. We don't overlap that often and I appreciate my neighbors help on the issue. to me this is like not running a leaf blower before 11 am on the weekend or while a neighbor is entertaining. It is not something a neighbor is required to do, it is nice that they agree to do it.

Thanks you for the voice of reason

[Anonymous]

Nobody is being mean or ruining the childhood of others by simply Setting times or boundaries on when others can use their property. Why are we so afraid to communicate with others? Communication because you’re setting boundaries doesn’t have to be negative.

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I’m betting this has more to do with the race of the kids who’ve maybe recently started using the hoop. I can smell OP’s privilege from here.

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus. Yes, you are a jerk. Is there seriously NO noise in your home? Get some noise canceling headphones or close the windows.

People complain about DL, kids being isolated. Then they try to get out of the house and people still complain.

She is the TEACHER, so presumably she has to speak. She says that her students can hear it. Yes, it is her property and she can ask kids to wait to use it without being a jerk. Allowing people to use your things doesn't mean that she forever gives up any input into its use.

Im talking about these https://www.jabra.com/noise-cancelling

She can call into her meetings on zoom or teams but it cancels outside noise.

She can still be heard and they are wireless!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if this may be around the curb so the kids are bounding balls in the street. Which is totally allowed despite the neighborhood bitty who wants to crush the joyous sounds of children playing.

Who provided them the opportunity in the first place. Shouldn't we be saying, "Hey OP - thanks for being a good neighbor!"