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My neighbour had her house egged and floured last night for reporting a party to the police

120 replies

Pumkinrumpkin · 18/10/2020 10:43

Deary me.

Birthday party

Police turned up kicked them out. They then went round and egged and floured the neighbours house who they suspected of calling the police. Egged neighbour then back to party house and kicked off.

I just love the drama Mick!

OP posts:
ivykaty44 · 18/10/2020 12:31

See a crime and turn a blind eye, don't report it to the police - what a consensus...

ventanaperrito · 18/10/2020 12:34

@FTMF30

I feel bad for the neighbour if they weren't actually the ones who'd called the police.
I'd feel sorry for them anyway.
Daisychainsandglitter · 18/10/2020 12:37

Neighbour should have minded their own business fancy calling the police!

Cloudybean · 18/10/2020 12:43

The people having parties are likely selfish arseholes anyway, so bothering to egg someone's house is the kind of pathetic that comes naturally to them. Surely rather than someone 'snitching' being the issue, the people having a party are. I am uncomfortable with people reporting having an extra person over or whatever, but quite a difference to an actual party.

WhatamessIgotinto · 18/10/2020 12:43

Meh, they shouldn’t be calling the police on people.

Yes you're right, no one should be calling the police when they see a crime being committed. We should all choose which crimes we think are worthy of being dealt with, that sounds a super plan.

Sarahsah4r4 · 18/10/2020 12:44

@ivykaty44

See a crime and turn a blind eye, don't report it to the police - what a consensus...
This gross oversimplification does not reflect the discussion on this thread
ChardonnaysPetDragon · 18/10/2020 12:47

Of course it’s their business.

The socialising at parties helps spread the virus and the more it spreads the longer we will be in the shit.

ivykaty44 · 18/10/2020 12:52

Meh, they shouldn’t be calling the police on people.

and this is..?

@Sarahsah4r4

HyaluronicHippo · 18/10/2020 12:55

Was it reported for purely having a social gathering, or was it a noise disturbance/anti social behaviour? (Before the flour/egging)

AdultHumanFemale · 18/10/2020 12:56

Absolutely hate people being referred to as 'snitches' and 'grasses'.
Fucking childish and pathetic if you're an adult.
Whenever I hear this in my primary school, literally everything stops, and we talk about how this thinking shames those trying to do the right thing, and diverts attention from actual culprits. It's such a sneaky tactic and we teach pupils not to fall for it.
Referring to someone as a snitch speaks volumes of your values.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 18/10/2020 12:58

Because the new laws are ridiculous and it's a sorry world we live in when having a party is now a crime.

coconuttyhead · 18/10/2020 13:02

Ivykaty44 - “See a crime and turn a blind eye, don't report it to the police - what a consensus...“

I know - I don’t get the people SHOULD mind their own business crap, this IS everyone’s business Angry

coconuttyhead · 18/10/2020 13:05

The irony of people moaning about the covid rules is mind-blowing. It’s the ones breaking the rules and spreading the virus that are forcing these rules Hmm

Branleuse · 18/10/2020 13:05

oh well, thats what happens. Next time she should mind her own business

ChardonnaysPetDragon · 18/10/2020 13:07

Because the new laws are ridiculous and it's a sorry world we live in when having a party is now a crime.

Of course no one likes it that partying is now not allowed, but I like the continuing restrictions and the economic consequences from the virus even lass.

loulouljh · 18/10/2020 13:07

She should have minded her own business unless this is happening daily...not good for neighbourly relations!!!

WoobyWoo · 18/10/2020 13:08

If I called the police on my neighbours morning would happen.

If people living in some of the neighbourhoods I work in called the police on certain neighbours then all hell would break loose. I can absolutely see why people don’t get involved.

StanfordPines · 18/10/2020 13:08

@CtrlU

I personally would have shut my curtains and minded my own business

If your neighbours want to flout the rules and get sick - let them.

Focus on you

But then they send their kids into school infecting school staff, go and visit relatives infecting them, go to work and infect everyone there, go to the supermarket and spread it about.
WoobyWoo · 18/10/2020 13:08

*nothinf.

PenguindreamsofDraco · 18/10/2020 13:11

@Awwlookatmybabyspider

I bet the police were there in 2 minutes flat. Have they not got bigger things to worry about ie rapes and murders ect
Apparently there were some confused tomatoes inside they needed to help.
Makesmilingyourbesthobby · 18/10/2020 13:12

I have a awful neighbour (loud music all day long, leaving mess in the street, swearing and screaming in the street, the kids who have no respect for anyone, kids left home alone for most of the day quite regularly and a lot more to boot, she often has fall outs with our neighbours over her behaviour, quite recently they been reported to rspca for their cruelty of their dog and had a huge row with the neighbours who reported them) I’ve minded my own business for years as fully expected the fallout I would encounter as other neighbours do whenever they say anything to them, but a few weeks back one of their children was sent home from school with symptoms, parent shouted to her child at door I’ll have to make you an appointment to get you a test and then come back out and cleaned car were child had sat and door handle etc, they have another child who attends a different school where my children attend, she never picked up the other child from school that day and later left in the night for her regular bingo, next day she took other child to school and went to work with venerable people, I phoned the school to report that the child had a sibling off school with symptoms, well the backlash I had from said neighbour when she returned that day with the other child for phoning school, she must of worked out it was me as I was only one in street when child come home with symptoms, well the language used and words she used to refer to me, screaming in the street when she pulled up in car, screaming about how she hates some people, I replied yes it was me who phoned the school, she then had both children out the front with her while she made phone calls to people to rant about me and had the child with symptoms on another phone trying to book a test somewhere, she ranted all day but in the evening still went out somewhere and continued to do so the whole time leaving kids home alone, the father continued to travel away for work out of our area, she went on for a couple of weeks her ranting about me to anyone who would listen and calling me all the names going was like listening to a teenager with no respect throwing fits because they didn’t like something, she still has people in her house despite local lockdown and breaks all the rules and still works with venerable people, I wouldn’t bother reporting her behaviour though again as it obviously had no effect just made her worse if you ask me having the child with symptoms outside in street and to be honest If I did I’d be reporting her daily, what’s the point when they continue the behaviour anyways, her performance because she had to fetch her child back from school wouldn’t stop me though as I fully expected it, it’s more it does nothing to stop her anyways, it does still bother me that because of people with her attitude and selfishness its most likely the reason we are still in local lockdown and that she actually works with the venerable just saddens me

Sunnydayhere · 18/10/2020 13:13

Would I report a party - depends.

A few in the garden - probably not.

10s and 10s, noise indicating out of controlness etc. Yes.

I might call discretely, quietly. I wouldn’t go round myself, complain personally and then call the Police.

A person I know is a councillor. She gets people calling her asking her to get in contact with the Police on such matters. ( both pre- covid and now) The Police get called.

wanderings · 18/10/2020 13:16

If Saint Boris the Bellend expects his taxpayers to become unpaid informants for his Stasi regime (while pretending it's not his own regime, and he's Mr Nice who doesn't want lockdown), he can start by sacking his fellow bellend rule-breaker Dominic Cummings.

As the this "mind-blowing selfishness" of people breaking the roolz (which were probably chosen by picking them out of a hat) - how about the mind-blowing dishonesty of Saint Boris the clown and his merry men, who have been lying and gaslighting left, right and centre, and being extremely selective with the scientific information they give us? Saint Boris is constantly trying to distract us from the failings of his own government, by encouraging us to spy on each other, deflection is about the only thing he's capable of doing. He can show some backbone, honesty and moral integrity himself before he expects us to start dobbing each other in.

IAintentDead · 18/10/2020 13:20

Nowhere are we told the size (or age group) of the party. If it had been a big party of adults then I don't think callin the police is an overreaction BUT if it had been, I doubt flour and eggs would have been the calling card. No one hurt and nothing really damaged.

If it was children or if there were only one or two over the limit then, although it isn't something I would do, the reporting neighbours are arses.

And to those who say it isn't up to us to make judgements as to what qualifies being 'enough over' to report. I'd like to see how far you got reporting everyone who was doing 80(ish) on a motorway.

Kaiserin · 18/10/2020 13:21

The 'don't snitch' brigade are morons.
And cowards. And "blame the victim" bully appeasers.

I don't spy on my neighbours. I'm all for live and let live. I wouldn't blame someone for not reporting a crime due to fearing violent retribution. I'm not naive. Being a whistle-blower is hard and risky and not everyone can take that risk. And constantly spying on your neighbours is abusive.
But there's a clear line. Anyone essentially saying that someone reporting a crime, and being assaulted for it, "got what they deserved", is clearly on the wrong side of that line.

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