So my family is moving. Some of the rooms are blue, so I've been going over to paint it every day for the last couple of days. Anyways I go over today, and the back door, side panels, and steps on the back deck are COVERED with smeared black berries.

As it turns out, it was some girl and some boy that did it, who used to be friends with my younger brother.

Why can't they keep their drama on Facebook or in school or in notes that get passed, where it belongs. To actually deface someone else property just because you're upset that a boy won't date you (and lash out because you're the only gay kid in the area, in the case of the boy, which I'm assuming is his problem) is ridiculous. It's not like my brother is the one to clean it. It's me who has to.

Anyone else ever dealt with crap like this? How did you handle it? I honestly just want to put my foot up their ass, but alas, they are both ~16, and I'm an advlt.

Because kids never defaced things in the past?

I'm well aware of that. The title wasn't to be taken literally, but more like an old man complaining about kids, "these days." Way to be a smart ass.

I can't stand the utter lack of hygiene and manners all of my step-siblings seem to have. They always make the bathroom a mess, mistreat my room, and devastate the kitchen. It would be fine if they didn't expect people to clean up after them.

Talk to their parents I guess :shrug:

Kids today are just like kids of yesteryear. They are messy, they have little manners, they have little respect, its not anything new. Hell I was the same way when I was young and if you can't say the same you are either lying or had extremely strict parents. Children are supposed to act that way. Is it right, no but it is expected. They do something wrong, they get a talking too or a spanking, and they learn a lesson, its how children grow.

I wasn't really messy or rude when I was a kid. I was mature, but that had some disadvantages. Especially in middle school.

You never stated that it wasn't meant to be taken literally. You should have either pointed it out in the OP or have chosen a different title. You'll also notice that other people are playing off the title too.

Protip: Dont call a moderator a smart ass

But yes, kids are irritating and always have been, deal with it.

Accidently run over their big wheels with a car?

blackberries should be eaten, not smeared. :nono:

Clearly the only solution is to smear blackberries on their deck. Give them a taste of their own medicine!

Agreed.

I live right across the street from a high school, and sometimes they go behind my house to smoke, I found trash in my mailbox, a banana peel on my fence. I could go on, but I learned to deal with it, kids CAN be odd sometimes, especially when they hang out at the school @ night <_<

I didn't suggest that at all! :C

sorry to hear that. Usually the stains come from the birds and rodents here.

Ah, see! It was vermin!

Actually, it seems to me that the drama doesn't belong in notes, Facebook, nor school. It should be face to face, preferably out of school.
Yes, yes it's rediculous. I'm glad that you're venting here and not doing a retalitory strike. And your assumption that the other boy is doing it because he's gay doesn't make sense. Might he just be doing it, you know, because his friend is doing it? Idle hands? Bored? Doesn't like your brother now, either?
OK, now this seems like where parents should step in. I don't kow the full story, but it should at least be the culprits, and possibly your brother. Logical consequences of actions. What's wrong with people nowdays

Um, so act like an advlt and take charge. (are you the guardian? ) After a cool down period, get on the phone to the others' parents and explain your side of the story. See what happens. 1) the other parents will be responsible and get their kids over there asap to clean or 2) you've made a lifelong enemy, but who cares because you're moving

edit: as for kids these days, what, do you think this stuff didn't happen before? You should be proud! You're now old enough to realize just how immature you were Here's your cane you cranky old fart! :poke:

Well, you can call 'em like you see 'em, mod or not, but in this case Ratwar raised a perfectly valid point. So better PROTIP: don't call people smartasses when their point is actually valid.

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Absolutely. Those kids did something wrong, make them fix it. Another PROTIP at no extra cost: solving problems is more constructive than griping about them on fora.

Let's please keep this discussion civil and constructive. There is a lot of junk in this thread - I've removed the worst of it, if this thread needs a second clean up it will simply be locked.

Take satisfaction that they're stupid enough to do that nonsense, their skill's at vandalism aren't going to get them far in life.

from the way i read it, it was the new house that was defaced, which would mean the kids are within walking distance from the new house, so i wouldn't think they are moving far away from the potential enemies

ach, I read it as he was sprucing up the old joint before it gets sold.

So

The new folks in town won't take no guff from nobody
or
The new folks in town are cry babies
or
The new folks in town are push overs

:shrug:

I moved about two years ago. The first couple weeks I lived here, I would occasionally find my mailbox stuffed with roadside garbage, wadded up newspapers, or pine straw. Since I had just moved, and was getting legal paperwork in the mail regularly, I called the Postmaster General, and reported it. My mail carrier stopped at my house one day soon after, and talked to me about it. She said she had delivered flyers to the people on my street reminding them that tampering with another persons mailbox is a felony.

It hasn't happened since.

I assume my neighbors sat down and had a talk with their kids, and told them if they were the one's doing it, they had better stop.

The biggest problem with vandalism is that you have to catch the perpetrators in the act to have any legal recourse. You can buy a "hunter's camera" that is motion activated, and snaps a picture when activated. You can get them at any hunting store for < $100. Once you have some pictures of them in the act, you could go to their parents yourself, or, depending on the severity of the vandalism, have the sheriff make a visit to their house.

It could have been eggs instead of berries. That would have been worse.

It did for me especially. There is a good side.
There is a good side. The Mature ones usually grow to be successful the drug and party animals grow to be ditch diggers.

I agree also.