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Original poster

To get cross at overly confident, obnoxious, rude children?

48 replies

DameDoom · 16/05/2015 14:16

I cannot go on... Bonnie Langford has moved next door. I'm living in a 1970's world with noughties values.
Bonnie is encouraged to express herself in flammable costumes at all times of the day whilst horribly bullying her 'friends'.
We bought her rose petal perfume last Sunday as she knocked on the door for over an hour until we answered and paid a fiver for the pop bottle filled with Tweed and Lidl's Suddenly Madame Glamour,parmesan shavings and toe-nail clippings... I really wouldn't mind and would happily buy a litres of the stuff if it was from a nice, creative child.
I am horrible obvs - and also a teacher to boot.

OP posts:
mrsdavidbowie · 16/05/2015 14:18

You are a mug.

sharonthewaspandthewineywall · 16/05/2015 14:20

You bought it? Why?
Do not feed the Bonnie!!

StickEm · 16/05/2015 14:22

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OutragedFromLeeds · 16/05/2015 14:23

You shouldn't have bought it!!! HUGE mistake!

Pipbin · 16/05/2015 14:25

£5? Shame on her parents for not making her give you that back.

Unexpected · 16/05/2015 14:26

I would have answered the door, told her how rude it was to keep knocking (in fact if I had her parents' number I would have called them and told them you were ill and could they please remove her) and sent her packing! Any reason why you felt you needed to be polite to the little darling?

SavoyCabbage · 16/05/2015 14:27

Five of your English pounds?????

ImperialBlether · 16/05/2015 14:28

Am I the only one who doesn't know what the OP is on about?

TheCowThatLaughs · 16/05/2015 14:28

There's surely a midpoint between giving her a fiver and getting cross? You could have said no, for a start

Fatmomma99 · 16/05/2015 14:28

ha ha ha. Your post is SO funny!

I feel like I can picture it all.

Please give us regular Bonnie updates.

Any chance that Bonnie will be coming to your school???? (I REALLY hope so).

(sorry, too amused to be able to offer any help or advice).

Stillwishihadabs · 16/05/2015 14:29

One word : bounderies yours, hers- what on earth was going on ?

PrettyLittleMitty · 16/05/2015 14:30

Not U at all. Don't answer the door to her next time. And 5 quid is taking the piss!

CalleighDoodle · 16/05/2015 14:31

I think you were rude nit answering the door. Why Not answer the door, say sorry youre not interested and go back to your lives?

thornrose · 16/05/2015 14:32

A fiver! Shock I too would love to hear regular updates on the little horror darling

Original poster
DameDoom · 16/05/2015 14:33

I am not a mug - Bonnie was there with her mother otherwise I would have told the Bonnster to fuck right off. My boss was round so I had to pretend to be nice... not that my boss would have minded but 'Teacher Lamps Kid' is not CV worthy.

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ILiveOnABuildsite · 16/05/2015 14:34

Oh dear, she'll be back now, she knows she can get money from you. Where we lived before we had a neighbour's daughter a few doors down knock in our door and deliver a very good sales pitch for a few daisies and dandelions, we gave her a £1 or 2 (can't remember how much now) for the flowers because she had been really polite and sweet and she told us she was a £1 short for some sweets she wanted and we felt she was being enterprising. A few weeks later she was back this times trying to sell us some sweets from a mini bag of haribos, we paid again because we felt we had too because we had last time, so we handed the money and she gave us one of the sweets (not that we wanted the sweets but it felt like a rip off and quite cheeky because she lost one sweet got the money she wanted and didn't actually have to part with her bag of haribos. The last time we felt happy to have bought the flowers because we felt she was being enterprising rather than cheeky). The third time she came she just told us she needed money to go to get shop and could we give her some. We said no. She tried to spin a yarn about her father forgetting to give her some, then she said her father had said to come and ask us (didn't believe that for a second we hardly knew her dad - just to say hello to really), then she said her father wouldn't give her any to go buy sweet so why couldn't we give her some. Anyway, we said no and she never came back.

Allwayslookingforanswers · 16/05/2015 14:35

My neighbours DD was like this, without me seeing her one day she snuck into my house and put on my shoes, they were gorgeous floral linen high heels that I was about to wear to a wedding, Bonnie then ran across all the wet lawns and in puddles, brand new shoes completely ruined. When I complained mother said "isn't this a great age, so much fun"....

Door firmly locked from then on...

sharonthewaspandthewineywall · 16/05/2015 14:38

Her mother was there whilst she pedaled her wares?ShockShock Bonnie and entitled Mum sound great fun!

Theycallmemellowjello · 16/05/2015 14:38

Tbh I think yabu. Answer the door, tell her kindly you're not interested, get on with your day. Leaving her to knock for ages is not on - a kid doesn't realise you're ignoring it in the hopes she'll go away but prob thought you couldn't hear. And if you don't want to buy something don't buy it. I really hate so hear adults speak about children in such a mean way.

Fatmomma99 · 16/05/2015 14:40

Bonnie AND HER MOTHER knocked on your door for an hour???????

This is going to be a thread that keeps on giving!

Theycallmemellowjello · 16/05/2015 14:41

And if you would have spoken differently to the child if the mother was not around then you're a bully and shame on you. Children are not less deserving of respect than adults, they just have less power. Of course there's a polite way to decline.

Pipbin · 16/05/2015 14:42

The mother was there and effectively encouraged her daughter to mug you for a fiver. The nerve.

As for the shoes Allways I would be livid but too English to do anything about it.

mumofthemonsters808 · 16/05/2015 14:43

I agree with the previous posters, you should not have parted with any cash, especially five pound. This kid will. be back with her next project and expect payment, whilst her Mother stands there smiling when she should be hanging her head in shame. The next time they come calling, do not offer any reward, just say "no thank you" and the odds are that they will not come back again, they will find some other kind sole to haunt. I sound like a nasty piece of work, but things like this really annoy me

ppeatfruit · 16/05/2015 14:50

Theycallmemellow Yes you're right , IMO there's a lot of disrespect about children on MN , it was the mother's fault anyway, I'm glad my dcs aren't\weren't taught by you. Damedoom

Yes you are being very unreasonable

morningtoncrescent62 · 16/05/2015 14:51

Has she thkweamed and thkeamed and thkeamed until she's thick yet?

In (the real) Bonnie's defence, I think it's Violet Elizabeth from Just William who's moved next door to you. I'm sure Bonnie herself was a perfectly nice child - or at least, I have no reason to believe she was more than usually obnoxious.