To find this a bit odd?

[OneTwoBollyMyQuattro]

Our close is very quiet and we back onto forest one side and a bigfield the other.

All the children play out after school which is lovely.

However come tea time there is one Dad who seems to be a bit weird in calling his daughter into the house.

He used to BELLOW until she came back which I always thought was a bit strange as the area the children play in is less than 30 seconds away to walk and find her but fair enough if he doesn't want to leave his doorstep (his wife stands there next to him hollering)

Now he has invested in a megaphone! Maybe his voice has given out with all the shouting of a night but is this a bit odd/excessive?

It makes me and DD jump when it starts and it is not just one shout but several until his daughter comes in.

I just wonder if this is strictly necessary when either of them could walk 30 seconds to where the children play and collect her rather than bursting the ear drums of the entire close!

AIBU in thinking this new development is a bit

a megaphone

that is hilaire

praps he is in training to be next town crier???

Bizarre... Really, really bizarre.

A Megaphone?!? Sounds like a real card! Imagine what a party round theirs would be like.

Maybe he used to be a General in the Army or something.

Attention seeker.

A megaphone? Seriously?

Lazy arse.

We do live near an airbase but he doesn't have an American accent!

Maybe I shoul pop a tricorner hat and a bell on his doorstep and run

Really? That is very odd

I would buy one to attach to the stop of my car and drive the 30 seconds to pick up my children if I were you hollering all the while.

Haha, a megaphone?!
I had an image of Brian Blessed in my mind when I read the word BELLOW..

omg that's awful! i would shove that right up his arse. how embarassing for his daughter

oh yes, Brian Blessed

hahahahah

A megaphone!!! PMSL.

The only possible sane explaination I can think of is he is disabled and can't walk far. Otherwise, total lazy sod.

excellent

I think I will buy a megaphone now

Maybe his daughter has hearing problems?

sounds odd though!

how very odd!! Do they do any other odd things?

Oh might be just a little eccentric nothing sinster or weird. My mum used to shout for me in our close when it was time for tea, and all the kids made fun of her.

(sp?)agorophobic parents?

This is odd, but many parents are (I include myself here. My stepdad bought me a pay phone when I was a teenager even though I said I would pay for all my phonecalls from an itemised bill, he would not have it though and paid £100 for one!

I think that is an excellent idea. However, it could get very noisy if all the other parents in your area decide to follow his lead.

A megaphone? That is genius.

I favour a collar which administers a small electric shock when I press a button. I just have to twitch my thumb. No need to wear out my vocal chords.

Thats mental. I would be very entertained if my neighbours were that crackers!

How bloody shameful for his child.

He's calling a child in for dinner not making a sodding public announcement.

What a cock.

I sometimes type lol, but this time I really did LOL.

I live in a residential area with a nearby green and the thoughts of somebody going out wiht a megaphone,,,, his poor daughter must be 'morto'.

Cadders1, that sounds a good idea to me! he didn't have to answer the phone for Danielle, Charlie and Sam fifteen times a day, plus he didn't have to do an hours worth of admin when the bill came in, and risk falling out