The kid over the road is driving me nuts

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I just watched the little sod whatsit stomp up the garden, all over my newly dug over and planted flowerbed, all its little bulb labels flapping in the wind showing me what I planted and where. He's 11 and his feet are a size 6. I shudder to think how many little green shoots he's stomped on.

Was I being unreasonable to hector him from the upstairs window?

'to hector'? never heard that expression before, so can't say if YABU or not.

But I would find it annoying if a child came uninvited into my garden and walked on my plants.

YANBU. What the hell is he doing running all over your garden in the first place?

He was coming up to see if my DS was available to play. (don't even get me on the topic of why he expects my 15 yr old to be instantly available for his amusement at any time)

to hector- to address him in an elevated voice

How on earth do you know what size feet the kid over the road has? That is well impressive.

We pass our son's outgrown stuff on to him, Merry.

I think addressing him in an elevated voice is entirely reasonable! Hopefully telling him to bugger off and stamp on his own plants.

YANBU in that case

I guess if "hectoring" meant "to cast heavy and preferably painful objects at", it wouldn't be OK, then?

I often bawl out of my bedroom window at random kids knocking on my door ' oi ' i yell ' put them balls back on the tree right NOW!!' -WHEN THEY TRIED TO PINCH THE BAUBLES ON THE TREE AT THE SIDE OF MY PATH!!!.

I think I shall 'hector' instead of bawling my 'ead off manchester style in future- sounds much classier ....... tell me do you hector with a posh accent or does any voice do???

by the way you aNbu

'Get awwwwffff my land'.

That's hectoring.

Now about admonishing these youths?

That would be even posher, like, innit

No need to "hector" him, just politely ask him not to do it.

Take a picture of him doing it so you have proof if necessary.

does 'get awffff my balls' sound ok hectored???

Should have been "kindly don't tamper with my balls" and got your OH to say it!

tum tum dh is a cockney lol so hed have to say/hector it like ray winstone or grant mitchell ,.......

As in "Hey, kids, leave them balls alone!"?

is that pink floyd!!

yup

do you work for the government? i think you're a little overoptimistic expecting green shoots already...

hehe- I was just waiting for someone to pick up on that. What does that make stompy kid over the road then?

um, consumer apathy? lol i dunno.

you just planted them they won't have sprouted yet ergo yabu :P

elevate away

Ah, but I bought them late and very, very cheap on NYE, and they were already shooting in their packs.