Ok, I know I'm being unreasonable so this is more light hearted than serious.
I live on an estate and am where the kids seem to congratate. I don't normally mind, means my kids have playmates and want to play out more than on screens now a days. But I do make sure they're not being to rowdy or noisy, try to be respectful to neighbours etc (although most here are families).
Tonight my kids are with their dad and I'm desperately trying to study, but one lad has been CONTINUOUSLY bouncing a blinking basket ball (no net or game going on) for about an hour!! It's seriously beginning to get to me, with visions of walking out and just taking the damn thing off him and lobbing it into the inaccessible woods at the back. I know that's wrong but an hour of bang bang bang bang 🤬
Any kinder suggestions of how to deal with it? I love that they all play out as much as they can but I do think it's up to other parents to at least teach them to respect other people. If I had a baby I'd be particularly annoyed as it would be waking them up.