Sick of vile, rude teenagers

I was visiting my son at Uni in Lancaster last week and the town centre pedestrianized area was plagued by gangs of rowdy kids on bikes alongside the adult drunks and addicts. It was grim. Most still in school uniform , it was around 3.30.

Our area is currently plagued by teenage shoplifters and kids tearing round on stolen motorbikes. I challenged two trying to steal stuff last night and they did put the stuff back but I've no doubt they tried again once I'd gone. Staff can't do anything they are everywhere nicking stuff.

‘The underclass’? Nice.

I don't think that's fair there have always been badly behaved teens in all walks of life the majority are fine but when a few of the badly behaved ones get together they csn cause havoc.

Tbf I can,t magine there are many adults still alive that fought in the 2nd world war they would have to be at least 98 to have just about seen active service.
But agree people shouldn't spoil thees events.

I was on the thread you started about your pretty “vile” DH and how he responds to even a whiff of stress @Nunaluna

i Imagine he was a teen just like this

YANBu

i live in a town with absolutely vile teenagers constantly causing trouble especially with the police! They’re awful, and the parents aren’t much better (I work in a shop and see them all)

@blushroses6 where I used to live, gangs of these wee scrotes would actually travel especially to go round booting doors, damaging cars and throwing bricks through windows for their evening's entertainment, then leg it to the station when they'd had their fun. Went on for months, police of course did fuck all. Probably still going on but I moved.

Again, you are casually conflating two quite different things. Rowdy anti social behaviour and theft. You started this thread specifically about teens behaving badly, disrespectfully, drunk and swearing in the street. Whenever I give you examples to show that this is not restricted to the demographic you state, you move the goal posts.

I completely agree, it must be very area dependent judging from this thread. In our town, groups of teens keep using catapults to kill birds and other small animals. Incidents are posted almost daily into local fb groups, slightly different areas so lots of different kids involved too. Really worrying! The town centre is pretty much a no go zone after 3pm. Well aware it’s not every teen but it’s certainly getting worse where I live.

She should have just ignored it?

Why?

Then maybe you need to move in more affluent circles. Have you never seen university students protesting? Defacing monuments, urinating in the street, holding signs with disgusting threatening slogans? Do you think they all come from homes with parents on benefits?

Nr me, 7 or 8 13/14 yo's called a young man "gay" and other such names, they then went after him, forced him to the ground, held his arms behind his back and kicked him repeatedly in the head, they then ran off laughing, leaving him covered in blood.

The Police arrested some of them because of CCTV and eye witness cameras but what in reality will happen? nothing at all.

i wish we'd bring back the Birch for these scum, stop using short sentences and teach these thugs actions have consequences.

Yes, for you!

I said that background is not the factor you a framing it as in the behaviour you are describing- specifically hanging around being rude and rowdy. It was you not I that moved that on to arrestable offences by suggesting my point would be disproved by a visit to court. Yes, underprivileged children are more likely to end up in court. But rude disrespectful behaviour is not the preserve of lower income children. So either stick to the point or make another one, rather than conflating two seperate things just to sound as though you're right when ime, you're not.

Another example of the need for a bollocks button!

YABVU to frame this as a problem with working class teenagers. Because that's what you mean, isn't it?

It's not a working class issue. It's what people refer to as the underclass - in not sure if there's a politer term for it.

Working class people are far less likely to handwring and make excuses for it than the well meaning middle class though.

I can’t help but agree, we’re moving house and one of the reasons is the amount of teenagers like this hanging around (admittedly we’re near a corner shop) but they’ve also taken to smoking weed and wearing balaclavas and I don’t want y family anywhere near it.

Kids will be kids but there is a difference in what you see a lot of these days, and OP is right that they thrive because people are too scared to say anything (I am!)

Statistically though she is probably correct that these disruptive people are more likely to be a dis benefit to society rather than a benefit, they are more likely to financially take from the country than they contribute and lastly will most likely provide worse parenting to their children than they received from their own parents.

Of course this is a broad generalisation and there will undoubtedly be exceptions but overall it's broadly correct.

@Nunaluna

"These types are everywhere."

"I know it’s not PC to say it but it’s true - I feel like these types are everywhere,"

Admittedly you do back track later...

As for...

"They’re a lost cause. They don’t even look right, mentally"

How the actual fuck can you tell? Absolutely abhorrent.

You sound understandably disillusioned with your job and could clearly use a career change for your own sake and that of the people you work with.