There is a fence separating my neighbors to the back. The family consists of an older couple (the grandparents), their loser son, and the two grandkids (about 5 or 6, one boy and one girl). The mother of the kids has ditched out to Ohio. (We know because the loser son is always pacing around his backyard screaming about it on his cell phone to somebody).
Now the problem is that these two little kids are throwing their garbage and toys over my fence almost daily. I've asked the kids politely to stop several times and I've had a discussion with their dad about it too. He seemed to acknowledge the issue and said he's make them stop. He has not.
I keep a motorcycle, a boat, and occasionally a car under a carport close to the fence. The orange peels, candy wrappers, toys, and other junk these twerps are throwing over sometimes lands on my belongings. It doesn't make me happy.
I used to be nice and send the toys back over the fence. I'm not doing that anymore. Any suggestions on how to proceed?
mtn
MegaDork
12/22/16 12:20 p.m.
Call the police and start documenting it. Littering is illegal last I checked and carries a fine in most locales.
Sounds like it's time for a new dog, just deposit his garbage over the fence. Or feed the children to him.
Trap them and take them to the pound.
STM317
HalfDork
12/22/16 12:27 p.m.
In reply to Huckleberry:
I was just getting ready to suggest that this thread be renamed "Should I trap neighbors kids"
In reply to Huckleberry:
Pellet gun.
or throw boiling water over the fence when they do.
Good luck. Took me almost 2 years too get the kids behind me too quit hitting baseballs at my house and cars. Took several chats with the parents, two calls too the police, the second one actually resulting in a vandilism charge before they realized i dont care if there star athalete son ends up with a criminal record.
in all seriousness about sending toys back over, cut them in half with a saw then send them back over. Also how big of a loser is the son, ever hear mention of drug use on the phone? Could child protective services be the easy button for the brats?
Ooooo cut them in half and glue th m back together wrong... make them think you are insane. Like the head of my little pony and the back of a nerf gun. Bizarre.
captdownshift wrote:
in all seriousness about sending toys back over, cut them in half with a saw then send them back over. Also how big of a loser is the son, ever hear mention of drug use on the phone? Could child protective services be the easy button for the brats?
Each day you find crap in the yard, go collect the kids and have them clean up their mess. If E36 M3head dad bucks, explain that the police are the next call. Adults without manners and untrained children need to be taught how to behave. The minor discomfort of cleaning up their own mess should make an impression on their little minds.
Dried out corn cob and Tabasco sauce? 
Sounds like the dad at least accepts it's a problem. Perhaps you can get him and the grandparents to sign off on the idea that you get to collect the kids and make them pick up after themselves?
We're solidly already in the realm of stuff you shouldn't have to do; so how do we get the best outcome for the least strife, right?
I like cutting the toys in half, but it doesn't solve the trash issue. I think Kyallroad has the best solution.
KyAllroad wrote:
Each day you find crap in the yard, go collect the kids and have them clean up their mess. If E36 M3head dad bucks, explain that the police are the next call. Adults without manners and untrained children need to be taught how to behave. The minor discomfort of cleaning up their own mess should make an impression on their little minds.
This. Especially if they are doing just for "ease of use" its easier to chuck over the fence than walk to the trash can, having to come over and clean it up will take that "ease" out of it quickly.
Huckleberry wrote:
Trap them and take them to the pound.
I thought you were supposed to pee on them then release them back into the neighborhood?
mndsm
MegaDork
12/22/16 1:55 p.m.
In reply to ProDarwin:
I'm not sure about that. The response with feral animals here seems to be trap/check for worms/neuter/release
Keep the toys, toss the trash back over.
If you find a way to get a 5 year old to stop doing something, I am waiting with baited breath. Honestly, this is a parent problem and it sounds like he is not too interested. When enough toys disappear and he is shelling out for new ones, perhaps he will do something. If the police show up, perhaps he will do something. If you start tuning cars with open headers after midnight when the kids have school, maybe he will do something.
I would ask him, in writing, a few times, to resolve the problem first. Then escalate it. He had a chance, now the police are involved.
In reply to Mister Fister:
Side note: how did you get around the filter?
Maybe try wetting the ground during times of common disturbance and connect a pulse type electric fence to wet ground that travels under the fence?
If they can't stand close enough to toss, maybe they will find another place?
mtn
MegaDork
12/22/16 2:58 p.m.
Appleseed wrote:
In reply to Mister Fister:
Side note: how did you get around the filter?
E36 M3 berkeley shiny happy person
It's not too hard to work out, but I'd just as soon not make the nice folks who run this place strip HTML out of our posts... C'mon, don't go to such lengths to E36 M3 where you eat. Or, you know, at this nice, GRM-hosted dinner party.
Pick it up, bag it, and hand deliver it to the front door. "Your kids lost this over the fence." Repeat as required
