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to have shouted at these girls

28 replies

blushingm · 14/10/2010 21:53

these 2 girls - about 10 years old threw a ball at our car as we turned into our street. Dh had seen them and was expecting it so didn't swerve or anything (it's quite a quiet area)

I got out of the car by our house and went back round the corner and yelled at them - could have caused an accident, young kids in my car etc etc. threaten to go and see thier parents if i saw then do it again

dh thinks i over reacted - what do you all think?

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faverolles · 14/10/2010 21:56

YANBU. Hope you scared them into never doing it again!

Stupid little girls!

IMoveTheStars · 14/10/2010 21:57

As long as your didn't screech at them, and just loudly told them off then YANBU

booooooooooyhoo · 14/10/2010 21:59

i wouldn't ahve yelled i would have actually went and asked then tehri addresses and then gone and told teh parents, but then i would probably have been UR.

luciemule · 14/10/2010 22:00

I would have tried to tell them that their behavious could have caused DH to swerve and therefore hurting them in the process.

Goblinchild · 14/10/2010 22:01

You think they'd have told you where they live b? I think OP probably already knows.
Yelling is understandable, 10 is not a baby and they need to be more road-aware.

Needaname · 14/10/2010 22:02

I had this happen to me as a child. Scared the shit out of me and I certainly didn't do it again. TBF we were stupid little girls who had no idea how dangerous what we were doing was. The woman did tell my parents though and I was in Big Trouble!

hollyweens · 14/10/2010 22:02

yanbu

Me and my mates threw chips at a car once thinking it was funny Blush until the bloke chased us round the corner and shouted at us. Got a bit of a fright and never did it again. You don't get the danger aspect of it at that age though.

Original poster
blushingm · 14/10/2010 22:03

oh i know where they both live - my dh knows one of the dads through work

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Original poster
blushingm · 14/10/2010 22:04

thanks - i'm feeling less of a ranting maniac now Grin

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booooooooooyhoo · 14/10/2010 22:04

probably not goblinchild. it depends on the children. some kids would jsut lauugh and run away from you. some would be scared that tehy were already in enough trouble and tell you.

fastedwina · 15/10/2010 00:01

shouting's fine. Most kids aren't really evillittle toads - they really don't understand the danger. We used to stand, 2 kids - one either side of the road and when a car camewe wouldjump upand pretend we were puling a rope across the road. We thought it was hilarious - realise now what a stupid,dangerous thing it was. Ah, the fun we had, that was one of the more innocent japes!

Tortington · 15/10/2010 02:00

yanbu
i did same thing, twins only babies in back of car, kids decided to throw snowballs at the car.

its not like me to get out and start being shouty - and it was on a ver rough estate where i used to live, which means i am doubly shocked at self, but i got out without a thought and gave them what for.

to give the credit, they were suitably contrite

TechnoKitten · 15/10/2010 02:27

YANBU.

Maybe they didn't know how incredibly stupid they were being, but they damn well should do now. Too many road accidents caused by stupidity.

MadamDeathstare · 15/10/2010 05:15

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FreudianSlippery · 15/10/2010 06:12

YANBU. I'm shocked that they were 10, how did they get that old without realising how dangerous that is? My 3yo wouldn't dream of doing it FGS.

onmyfeet · 15/10/2010 07:11

Well, you know the saying "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time". They deserved to be told off, messing about with traffic isn't smart.

I remember my brother (who was about 3 years old) threw a stone at a car, and the man stopped and yelled at my mother. He never did it again, and I never got any temptation to do so!

piscesmoon · 15/10/2010 07:16

YANBU-they just don't think and hopefully they will in future.

Avantia · 15/10/2010 07:25

YANBU - I did this once when a couple of lad throw water ballons at the car. My concern was that if they did this to an older person driving they would cause an accident - unfortunatey the boys couldn't have cared less , age 12/13 . Sad

Gorionine · 15/10/2010 07:30

I would have shouted as a reflex but I suppose you being U or not depends on the fact that they have done it on purpose (waiting for the car to pass and threw the ball) or by accident (they were playng and the ball got thrown on the road at the very same time you turned in he street).

fastedwina · 15/10/2010 13:16

kids really don't understand the danger. Let's face it, it's not till you drive that you realise how easy it is to have an accident. Kid's throwing water baloons don't see that it's that bad as the water won't damage the car like a stone would. Same with us with the invisible rope, would never had done it with a real rope. Yes, they deserve to be told off and told of the danger. We were left to our own devices and got up to all sorts of silly tricks that looking back were totally wrong, we were all nice kids from nice families but never saw the danger.

JamieLeeCurtis · 15/10/2010 13:20

I agree with fastedwine

Some children, even at this age (and older) can be stupidly impulsive and not think through the consequences of their actions- rather than malicious. Good that you told them off., but ideally not great to shout. No harm done, I expect

FessaEst · 15/10/2010 13:26

YANBU!

I had a similar episode to custardo - 6 wk old DD in back of car, I was scared driving anyway as the road was v snowy/icy, and loads of kids (older than 10) threw snowballs. They were so shocked when I got out, yelled and yelled about my baby and burst into tears. They were even more shocked when the police - who just happened to be driving past - stopped and grabbbed them all for a chat! It happened in quite a "nice" area and I think it was just bored kids off school, not thinking. By shouting at them you have made them think and hopefully not do it again!

Hammy02 · 15/10/2010 14:22

Should've swerved the car into them. Worthless scum.

fastedwina · 15/10/2010 14:24

because your kids would never do anything like that at all, of coarse.

Hammy02 · 15/10/2010 14:25

Erm No. I don't breed ferals.