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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 9:24 am
I like Escapee's advice. Shock the little punks. LOL
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 9:27 am
I like Escapee's advice too but one word: illegal. In this town anyway. Hubby wanted me to put dog poo in the mud so if they stepped on it it would get all over them, but I told him if we did that we'd probably find even more on our front porch the next morning. Am thinking about buying some of that liquid fence that keeps rabbits and deer out of your yard. Spray it around the bus stop area. It smells very strong like pee and puke. *L*
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 9:36 am
Yeah, I knew that, but just desserts, right? Honestly, I'd wake up at that time and videotape, secretly for a couple of days. OR, you could hide up in the tree, decked out in all camo and when they start being sh*theads, you could douse them with waters, so they are all wet when the bus comes. ;)
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 9:47 am
HAHAHAHA Escapee!!! I love the camo idea and the water. Problem is, their parents would probably want Serate arrested! That's how some parents are these days. Unreal.. If my kids did stuff, you better believe they'd get it from us! I think sometimes we might have punished them when they didn't do it, just in case. LOL j/k At least I only have an elementary stop next-door. My kids ALWAYS had to walk to the corner for the bus, even in K. Then they shortened the distances for the younger kids and when they were going to go back to corners because of budget problems, boy did those parent throw a fit. I know, I sort of sound like - BACK IN MY DAY... except the HS bus stop was right in front of my house. LOL On the other hand, I had to walk quite a distance after K to get the bus until then. Videotaping sounds like the best AND safest way for you to go, Serate.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 9:56 am
Serate, I would wait outside for the kids and offer them donuts and juice - with napkins and a small trash can nearby. Try some positive reinforcement...
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 10:38 am
Rosie if I gave them donuts and juice I might just have to put exlax in the donuts and a diuretic in the juice. Besides I'm sure their mommas have told them not to take stuff from strangers, and there is nobody stranger than me! My brother is gonna help us set up a video camera this weekend. Pointed right at our tree, so it's not an invasion of anybody's property. Won't get anybody's property but ours, and maybe some of the street. Won't be able to use it as evidence - illegal in our county unless you have a, um not sure if this is the right word, warrant?, but the cops can look at it and take it to the parents. I thought about the going outside every morning but 1. it would probably just make them more destructive when I wasn't outside and 2. I'd have to get out of bed way too early. I'm not a morning person. *L* Only reason I was up so early today was hubyb is gone and the dog wouldn't wait any longer to eat and go out. [Locked the cats out around 4 when I got up cuz they expect to be fed at 5:30 whether daddy works or daddy is here to feed them.]
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 11:36 am
What if you started taking Jack for an early walk? Even if for just a few weeks? Everyone loves a dog and would likely want to pet him. The kids start liking Jack and then they might start respecting Jack's house... It might be worth a try???
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 11:46 am
Or maybe Jack will bite the hell out of them.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 11:48 am
Sounds like with these kids, they'd be more likely to do something to Jack. The video camera sounds like a great idea. Too bad there can't be an official investigation with statements from the kids who have to go to further away bus stops. Comment on some of the above posts about letting the kids know they can't get away with it. IMHO, it looks like the school has pretty much already let them know they can.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 12:01 pm
I'm sorry you're having problems with these kids, Serate. Hopefully the police will be able to help you and get the school to do something about it. I'd definitely get the video camera hooked up, it might get you more results. Last year, picking Caleb up from school, I pulled into a turn lane next to one of the busses from his school. Kid threw something out the window and hit the side of my car. It didn't dawn on me at the time to follow the bus, wouldn't have mattered though since I was already in the turn lane and they were going to straight. I did get the bus number and had the other info like time of day, where it happened, where the bus left from and what direction it was going in. School was useless when I called them. They made me call the transportation office. Transportation office couldn't do much except to say they'd let the bus drivers know to keep watch over stuff like that. Let us know if it happens again. Hahaha, yeah like I'm gonna pull up next to a bus again and wait for something to be thrown out the window?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 12:01 pm
Yes these kids are destructive and that is wrong. However, without having met the kids personally, it's hard for me to say how nasty they are and therefore it's hard to suggest how to deal with it. Are they truly nasty kids or are they bored kids kicking dirt and being destructive while they wait for the bus? I guess you partially answered that when you said that some of the girls would no longer go to that bus stop. You can fight them or you can try your best to ignore them. There is a cost/benefit to either approach and it's a matter of deciding which will result in the better outcome for you.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 12:31 pm
Or maybe Jack will bite the hell out of them. Nope. He might lick them till they drowned on his slobber, but no he won't bite them. What if you started taking Jack for an early walk? Even if for just a few weeks? Everyone loves a dog and would likely want to pet him. The kids start liking Jack and then they might start respecting Jack's house... It might be worth a try??? Tried that last fall after we got Jack and he was a cute baby. Didn't work. Too bad there can't be an official investigation with statements from the kids who have to go to further away bus stops. I actually walk by one of the girl's house when I walk Jack. She came over and asked to pet Jack so of course I said yes. Asked her why she didn't get picked up at the closer bus stop. She just looked at me and shrugged and said "Well you probably know the answer to that question." I took it to mean the boys. I doubt that any of the kids will complain about it because there will be more bullying from these boys and/or other kids from school because they complained. Are they truly nasty kids or are they bored kids kicking dirt and being destructive while they wait for the bus? According to the police it doesn't matter. But she hopes they are just bored, and by trying to correct their behavior now they won't be worse when they get older. If we did nothing and they got away with it, they might be worse later on. You can fight them or you can try your best to ignore them. There is a cost/benefit to either approach and it's a matter of deciding which will result in the better outcome for you. Exactly why we haven't done anything until this now. But we're at the point we just can't take it anymore. So if they do more we'll keep calling the police. And keep calling. And keep calling. Jack is NEVER outside by himself even tho we have a huge fenced in yard. Or maybe because the yard is so huge. We've padlocked the back gate so they either have to jump over the fence or come in the gate by the house. Thanks everybody for the responses, ideas, and support. Yesterday was really rough on me, hubby has been gone since Sunday, and to wake up to this just about did me in. NOBODY saw me cry, but I went out, took pictures, went inside, had a good cry, then called the police. I know it seems to be just a little dirt, but it's the build up of all we've put up with since we moved here Jan 07.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 1:40 pm
Dear Interviewees: Welcome to our establishment. From the minute you walk onto this property, you are being interviewed. Yes, even before you see the hiring manager, you are being interviewed without your knowledge. So that being said, please read the following to help your chances at employment. - Please note that being rude to the person that works at the front desk, refusing to sign the guestbook and inquiring about her wages and what wages you might make, does not bode well with HR. No matter how politely you ask, it is none of your business what she makes, and she will probably always make more than you, my friend. Also, don't tell the hiring manager that she has a bad attitude when she tells you that what she makes is none of your business. It doesn't make her look bad at all, just you. -Failure to fill out the guestbook/sign in log and/or your application correctly and completely will probably result in you not getting a job. If you can't read instructions, simple instructions, and follow them, well you probably aren't qualified to work here. -Bringing your children with you while you wait for your interview and letting them run amok in the lobby will probably not bode well for your chance of employment with us. Always make babysitting arrangements ahead of time. If you can't find someone to watch your heathens while you interview, we automatically think you won't be able to find someone to watch them while you are at work. We don't "Do" babysitting. Do not inquire WHAT we drug test for. If you have to ask, you probably won't pass the Whiz Quiz. Wearing a pair of shorts that barely cover your posterior, a shirt that accentuates the amount of tattoos on your arms, numerous facial peircings and stepping out for a smoke in the middle of filling out your application probably isn't the best choice of actions. So please, in the future, know that whatever you do in front of the receptionist will be reported to HR, as the receptionist is our first form of 'defense'. She E mails us any unsavory behavior, questions and her first impression before we even see you. Plus, we have video survellance, and we DO watch while you are filling out your application and waiting to be seen for your interview. Good Luck! Thank you
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 12:51 pm
This is an UNgripe but I just have to let it out. Our water heater is playing up. The guy came round to fix it and he is ridiculously, RIDICULOUSLY good looking. I tried very hard to behave like a normal human being but I don't know if I succeeded. Of course, because this is the way it goes in life, I had just got off the treadmill, was wearing sweaty exercise clothes, hair falling out of a pony tail and no make up. Sigh.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 1:06 pm
Oh Kitt, most men LOVE the athletic type. LOLOL
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 1:09 pm

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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 1:10 pm
Kitt, and some men like women looking & smelling natural and not permed and perfumed. 
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 1:19 pm
Athletic maybe, but sweaty and dishevelled, not so much! Mame, I hope I didn't actually smell!
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 8:30 pm
I have a gripe. I am getting married on Satuday, 9/13. My fiance and I went out on Saturday night with our friends and wedding party to celebrate the last weekend of being single. Well, the stupid restaurant had a puddle on the floor that wasn't well marked. Add to that, the trash can was not catching the leak. I went down in the puddle, and am now in an immobilizer and taking Percocet for the pain. I have a follor up with my orthopedist, but this is not what I had planned for the last week before my wedding. I called the restaurant manager to see about them paying for my doctor bills (I am with out insurance till after the wedding.) He said he would try to get it expedited, but I have a feeling that I will have to call a lawyer after the wedding. Oh, did I mention for our honeymoon we are going to Disney World for 8 days. ARGH!!!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 8:51 pm
Don't be afraid to ask for extra assistance at Disney! They had The Best Customer Service when we were there at Christmas, and they are very accommodating to make sure your trip is a pleasant one. I hope you're feeling well enough to enjoy it - and that restaurant better pay!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 9:05 pm
You can also get lots of help at airports. They are more than happy to push you around in a wheelchair, just give them a tip afterward.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 10:02 pm
((((MsBullwinkle)))) I hope you are recovered enough to enjoy your special day, and your honeymoon! And I would call your lawyer now, and let them at least know what happened. Kitt, I'm sure you smelled lovely! BTW, dishevelled can be kinda sexy, IMHO.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 10:47 pm
What a thing to happen, MsBullWinkle! Have they told you when you can get the immobilizer off? I'm sure you'll feel a lot more like yourself, even if not properly healed, when that's off.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 11:15 pm
{{{{MsB}}}} What is an immobilizer? That is just awful. Of course, it will make for very colorful wedding stories in later years ... It's just a hiccup in life's journey, and will give you a unique insight into the world of the physically handicapped. It could even change your life. Roll with the punches, MsB, roll with the punches. It could be a lot worse. (the voice of supreme wisdom here has just completed her second stint in a wheelchair while on vacation, broken ankle first time, same ankle sprained second time, ten years apart)

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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 08, 2008 - 11:48 pm
Jooj & MsB, not sure if this is the right one, but I found this pic of an immobilizer online.

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