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To find pavement chalking by neighbour unreasonable?

414 replies

Hanji83 · 19/08/2026 20:29

We are in a row of houses which have a footpath running in front of the road with a grassed area either side. One of the neighbours has two kids, who for the past week have been drawing on the pavement using chalk. It looks an utter mess. Would it be wrong of me to say something to the parents?

OP posts:
Shedmistress · 19/08/2026 20:32

Oh no Chalk! Whatever next? Little piles of flour?

BlossomLeaves · 19/08/2026 20:31

Get over yourself (or stop doing reverses)

beaglescurleduplikebagels · 19/08/2026 20:31

This is a reverse, right?

Cluelessfirstimer · 19/08/2026 20:31

... its... chalk? It will pias it down in a few weeks and be gone anyway

tilypu · 19/08/2026 20:31

Blimms · 19/08/2026 20:30

Is this a reverse?

I was going to ask that too

Ponderingwindow · 19/08/2026 20:31

Pavement chalk is joyful and temporary.

Complaining will not make you popular on the street. My suggestion is to get some chalk and make some designs of your own.

Blimms · 19/08/2026 20:30

Is this a reverse?

Yolo12345 · 19/08/2026 20:30

You couldn’t be more wrong here… please get over yourself and let those kids have fun.

IHaveTraumaFromAlfredHitchcocksTheBirds · 19/08/2026 20:30

If chalk is a typo for spray paint then yanbu, if its just chalk you need to get a grip.

AssassinsEyebrow · 19/08/2026 20:30

Did you never draw with chalk on pavements as a child?

Its totally harmless

Softcream · 19/08/2026 20:30

Lighten up OP.

Octavia64 · 19/08/2026 20:30

Yes

Santasbigredbobblehat · 19/08/2026 20:29

Yes.

JudithsDead · 19/08/2026 20:29

FFS

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