To tell the teenagers sitting on my wall to clear off

[sandrabedminster]

This has never happened before, but a group of 10 are sat on my wall in my front garden. Im supposed to be out but I opened the front door saw them, gave them a frown and went back inside.

Wwyd really?

Isn't there some sort of bollard shaped like a penguin someone could install?

I have a teenager, and she's HORRIFIED when she hears stories about people being terrorised by teenagers, and says to me "but mummy, it's just me and my friends" and what she doesn't see is that they are thoughtless, and inconsiderate and very bloody BIG and she doesn't get that this is intimidating to a lot of adults. And I get this, but just this week I was waiting in line at the checkout of a shop (and in a hurry) and a group of 3 -4 teens were in front of me, and they were joined (from the street) by no less than 3 other people ,who all handed things to their mates to pay for, or queue-jumped. And in my head, I was all "THIS is the back of the queue" and "actually, there are people who were here before you" and I was mentally channelling all the MN head-tilts and assertive behaviour, and I did and said not one thing. My blood pressure raised and I ended up late. Because groups of teens are -actually - intimidating, unless you have an actual "in"

Notyoda Where did I say that stilI have teens? been there, done that thanks. But, fwiw, when they were teens, I was very realistic not precious and would have really hoped that some adult would have come out "all guns blazing" if they'd deserved it.

Punkrocker they were sitting on the wall, not kicking the shit out of it.

Thoughtless yes - disrespectful no, not necessarily in their minds.

Respect works both ways and it seems a lot of people on this thread have no respect for teenagers at all, if their initial contact with them would be to tell them to 'clear off' rather than to please move away.

My teenager has just come home with a Maccy Ds how very dare she bring that shit into my house and horror of horrors she's brought her bf here too.

Thanks yoda I'm really not tarring all teenagers with the same brush, but for me it was an awful experience.

Fair point usual

Perhaps all those puddings they were served at school fucked their brains up.

See Portia I would be fuming if my DS brought a Maccy Dees into my house, without bringing some for me.

Now that would earn him the title of disrespectful little shit and rightly so

That is the point worra she knows i like a late night egg Mcstuffin oh I mean Mcmuffin and did not even bring me a happy meal. Have changed the wifi password, that'll sort her out.

Ask them to help tidy the garden. Make sure you're singing Cliff Richard songs very loudly before you "yoo hoo lovely young people, can I join you for a chat".

Portia I don't even know you but I'll still hazard a guess that any offspring that either of us may have, will be far more savvy than we are, when it comes to getting around the changing of a wifi password

She'll be Facebooking right now, whilst slurping on her milkshake...you mark my words!!

Yes worra I will have to go to teen to one-upmanship classes to seek revenge but as for now hiding her phone charger is my only defence.

Cheerfully sit down amongst them and say loudly "I've come to talk to you about Jesus."

Portia it's only a matter of time before she changes the wifi password to 'sniff my pickle'.

. worra i wouldnt put anything past her, I will outsmart her one day I'll cook up a plan .

And I have every faith in you outsmarting her No I don't, I really don't

Smith

Punk

I get that you are an old hand at it "been there done that"

So don't imply that those of us who disagree haven't bothered to teach our kids moral standards (your comment about not teaching them manners until they reach 25)

I wouldn't think shouting at kids sitting on a wall was warranted. And could be totally counter-productive if they aren't my or your "good" kids

But crack right on if you want to imply me, and others who are agree with me are "precious"

Nor would I invite them to stay if they were irritating me (which they would be because I hate noise)

The elderly lady that lives 5 doors to the left of me often sits on my front wall when she does her daily visit to her sister that lives 3 doors to the right of me.

She's never left coke and crisps behind though.

kittens the teens in the OP were sitting on a wall. That is all.

If somebody of 39 once intimidated you would you then hate everyone in their 30s and suggest blasting them with hose pipes for the crime of - sitting and happening to the the same age as somebody who once did something bad.

I used to teach secondary, I know what teens are - people. Some people are horrible but most are nice. None deserve to be sworn at when they are not doing anything wrong just because somebody of similar age was unpleasant at some other point.

Who can tell whether your hosepipe comment was lighthearted when its a line written on an internet forum - "I was only joking, lighten up" - the eternal and automatic go-to reaction of everyone ever called out for making stupid /unpleasant /spiteful comments.

I think it's fairly obvious the hosepipe comment is a joke!

I get groups of teens here because we are near a school and a sixth-form centre. I enjoyed seeing two 11 year olds progress from silent fidgeting to holding hands recently. It was very sweet.

OTOH, the elderly man who sits on my neighbour's windowsill does annoy me. He is elderly, but he literally puts his arse up against her window when he fancies a sit-down (windows open directly onto the pavement). He was most annoyed when we moved in and put a window box on our sill, and knocked on my door to ask me if 'that thing' was a permanent fixture.

I thought he just didn't like flowers until I saw him bum-resting.

So, frankly, I would rather have the teenagers.

No one understands jokes on mn anymore 😉