Pesky kids

By Kyle - 03/12/2013 06:09 - United States - Seattle

Today, I set up a motion-activated sprinkler to drench the neighborhood kids who have been ding dong ditching me for years. Because they couldn't get close enough to ring the doorbell, they decided to start egging me instead. FML
I agree, your life sucks 46 329
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Same thing different taste

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I think the sprinkler idea was great, but kids always have other tactics. Try calling the cops to scare them.

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chat_noir_fml 5

Lieutenant Gordon's worst fear: escalation.

*sigh* I've said it once, I'll say it again. Bear traps.

Point a camera out the window. When they egg your house again, show the video to their parents and ask for the kids to stop, or the parents to repaint your house.

castleofg1ass 19

Set up security cameras to catch them in the act, then call the cops on them and then send a copy of the video to their parents

Friend had same problem. Since he lived on edge of town kids would be gone before cops would arrive. 2 months into dealing with this issue and nearly 3k in damages to the house and cars. One night his dad asks me to come stay the night as a hang out night with him and my friend (his son) and that I bring my paintball gun. The layout of the house was that it sat on a hill. On the main floor it had a patio/deck that overlooked the face of the house and the road that you had to come up to get to the house. we got lucky that we choose that because the kids had also chosen this night. about halfway through their egging they discovered that two full auto paintball guns where shooting at them from above. they panicked and ran down the street only to find my friends dad waiting for them halfway down the street hidden in the bushes with a paintball gun. (before you yell we had gotten permission by the police to use non lethal methods to deter them). in their fear the continued to run and jumped into a car and raced off. the police came. took statements and photos estimated nearly 1500 paintballs had been fired vs 30 eggs and several unopened cartons. The nice thing about a small town. is small grade counts. when someone is absent suddenly. its easy to notice.

Turn off the sprinklers, put up a sign saying "do not ring door bell" and electrify the door bell

Buy a gun and fire off some warning ***** next time lol

Yes, because nothing helps a situation with pranking children more than a gun... You are the reason we can't have nice things...