Upset and worried
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Hi all
Last night for the 2nd time this week an egg was thrown at our front window. We raced outside but of course they'd scarpered. I am so angry about this as its obvious we are being singled out. No idea why
It might sound petty but its a pain having to go out in the cold at 9.30pm to clean egg off your window not to mention the fact that it woke our kids up both times (its surprisingly loud)
Sorry for moaning but i'm angry and upset that someone round here obviously doesnt like us and theres not much we can do to stop it
I'm already dreading tonight. Have contacted the neighbourhood wardens but theres nothing they can do
Thanks for listening
Lou:(
Last night for the 2nd time this week an egg was thrown at our front window. We raced outside but of course they'd scarpered. I am so angry about this as its obvious we are being singled out. No idea why
It might sound petty but its a pain having to go out in the cold at 9.30pm to clean egg off your window not to mention the fact that it woke our kids up both times (its surprisingly loud)
Sorry for moaning but i'm angry and upset that someone round here obviously doesnt like us and theres not much we can do to stop it
I'm already dreading tonight. Have contacted the neighbourhood wardens but theres nothing they can do
Thanks for listening
Lou:(
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This happened to my next door neighbour last Saturday night and is very unusal in my area. It's not vey nice in general to think that people would do that at all
Do you have a security light at the front of your house?
Perhaps you can catch them in the act?
I got a cheap CCTV fitted. It is amazing how quickly you get rid of life's annoyances.
:eek::eek::eek:
It was like living in a goldfish bowl for a few nights but it stopped the egg throwers:)!
They do it so you react I think...no reaction no fun.
That's exactly what I'd do too. Just leave it all there, shells and all. They are probably watching somewhere, smirking and giggling in the bushes. If you don't bother to even come out of the door,they will soon give up.
I had a similar problem to a lesser degree with kids throwing crap at my car on their way home from school, like bubble gum, sweet wrappers, chips, when it was parked in my drive. The first time I saw them do it, I ran out and threw it back at them yelling. So they did it all the more. Despite my blood boiling, I stopped myself reacting, and they packed up after about 4 days.
Oh yeah...I never said I wasn't jumping around the lounge like a loon cursing the little blighters....they just never got to see me!
I had the same when I worked in my local video shop a few years back.
the manager insisted on putting a large rack of 2nd hand ex-rental video boxes outside the shop for sale, and would insist that they stayed out there all night, right up until the 10pm closing time.
now in the area i live in, that was like party time for the local youth and for the first few days i worked there, they'd regularly come along and tip the rack over. i'd dutifully go out, pick them all up, put them back on the rack and pull the rack back into the shop.
obviously, as they were a little way down the road, watching me do this, they got a kick out of my reaction so kept doing it.
a few nights later, they did it again and i decided to leave about 50 empty video boxes strewn over the main high street for 3 hours.
they stopped tipping it over after that
Ask the other neighbours if they have also been victims of this and if so, have the blinds open and try and spot whoever it is the next time this occurs.
The next time I saw the kids I went out and told them that I had seen them throw an egg at my window, they couldn't speak english either but they never did it again either way!
The egg is still on their though, I live in a student house and we don't have a window cleaner, and I live on the first floor so could only stick my hand out of the window to clean part of it off so annoying.
I can only suggest that you keep your windows open, if anyone throws an egg then don't bother cleaning it off, and don't worry, in a few days they will move onto someone else anyway.
Far worse is when kids throw oranges at your window - far more likely to break a single pane if you ask me, and a lot bloody noisier.
i got a camera noted down all the attacks, i kind of became obsessed and would pretend to go out and sit in my sisters apartment up the road and then photograph him doing his acts, i then showed his parents and said if it didnt stop i would contact the police, ive had nothing since from him but god love my nieghbours i caught him last week throwing hand fulls of stones at their windows and kicking their small dog and cats!
the only way to stop it is to get proof, you should get a camera that is connected to your tv so each time someone enters your garden it will switch the camera on straight away that way they cant attack the camera without you realising! also alert your neighbours to the problem and see if they noticed anything, is it at certain times this happens or just any time?!
This happened to me one year, kids at school thought it'd be funny to egg my bedroom window - its horrible. Dad called the police and they put random patrols on our estate. In the end the kids that were doing it got too cocky/loud and were seen by a neighbour. One of them used to be my friend so I knew exactly who it was. Revenge was sweet, I told her that I couldn't talk about any incidents as it was a police matter, never got a peep out of her since!!:p