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Next Door Plat Football In Garden Ball Came Over Fence And Hit Me. What Can I Do
Kids and adults playing ball comes over regularly however, we normally throw it back. Now adults kicking so hard it is damaging plants and has hit me while eating outside. No reason apology ever given
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Agree with Sqad (yes, im shocked too!)
Kids kicking the ball over is tolerable, just about, but adults doing and not even apologising is just downright rude!
As sqad said, try to have a polite word with the adults, tell a white lie by saying the ball hitting you bruised you, hopefully they'll be reasonable back and try to keep the ball within their property.
If that fails, staple the kids to their garden wall by their jumpers.
Kids kicking the ball over is tolerable, just about, but adults doing and not even apologising is just downright rude!
As sqad said, try to have a polite word with the adults, tell a white lie by saying the ball hitting you bruised you, hopefully they'll be reasonable back and try to keep the ball within their property.
If that fails, staple the kids to their garden wall by their jumpers.
Stop being an ol stick in ta mud misery guts an join in but failing that allow others to have some fun, was only an accident.
//If it contiues then maybe it will land in a very thorny rose bush next time//
Criminal damage is illegal so it is.
//tell a white lie by saying the ball hitting you bruised you//
Why would you tell anyone to lie to another human to scare them? If you were the neighbor or the neighbors were family or friends would your advice be the same? Of course not girl, let's remain adult, truthful and moral bound we should
//If it contiues then maybe it will land in a very thorny rose bush next time//
Criminal damage is illegal so it is.
//tell a white lie by saying the ball hitting you bruised you//
Why would you tell anyone to lie to another human to scare them? If you were the neighbor or the neighbors were family or friends would your advice be the same? Of course not girl, let's remain adult, truthful and moral bound we should
>Criminal damage is illegal so it is.
That's a good point, so it is. Maybe Robby can remind the neighbours of this point next time they damage any plants.
These things need to be discussed before any confrontations, I agree. But if the neighbours become unreasonable then a different approach may be needed.
That's a good point, so it is. Maybe Robby can remind the neighbours of this point next time they damage any plants.
These things need to be discussed before any confrontations, I agree. But if the neighbours become unreasonable then a different approach may be needed.
“Accidental damage vs willful intent to damage are 2 different ball games as it were it is.”
It ain’t quite that straightforward (so it ain’t). Criminal Damage does not require intent. It can be committed “recklessly”. "Recklessness" for the purposes of the Criminal Damage Act is defined as follows:
"A person acts recklessly within the meaning of section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 with respect to:
1. A circumstance when he is aware of a risk that it exists or will exist;
2. A result when he/she is aware of a risk that it will occur; and
3. It is, in the circumstances known to him, unreasonable to take the risk."
So, if the said neighbours had been told of damage committed by their actions but they continued with them (with the accompanying likelihood that similar damage might follow) then it could be argued that they had acted recklessly. They were aware of the risk but, in their view, considered the risk a reasonable one to take. Of course it would be for a court to decide if their decision that the risk was reasonable was the correct one.
It ain’t quite that straightforward (so it ain’t). Criminal Damage does not require intent. It can be committed “recklessly”. "Recklessness" for the purposes of the Criminal Damage Act is defined as follows:
"A person acts recklessly within the meaning of section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 with respect to:
1. A circumstance when he is aware of a risk that it exists or will exist;
2. A result when he/she is aware of a risk that it will occur; and
3. It is, in the circumstances known to him, unreasonable to take the risk."
So, if the said neighbours had been told of damage committed by their actions but they continued with them (with the accompanying likelihood that similar damage might follow) then it could be argued that they had acted recklessly. They were aware of the risk but, in their view, considered the risk a reasonable one to take. Of course it would be for a court to decide if their decision that the risk was reasonable was the correct one.
Surely parks and commons are for football games or is it simply that parents can't be bothered to take/send their children to play in a suitable space? I am constantly startled by the attitudes of parents who inflict their children (the badly behaved ones) on the wider community ... the children being spoken of here are learning from their parents that they do not have to consider the effects, on other people, of their behaviour because their parents don't.......oh dear.
a different snitty neighbour, when the boys were playing kick-about in OUR front garden asked me to tell them to stop it cos the angle of the chair she sat at put her off watching her tv.
However, it was ok for her g/sons to have a kick-about in her front garden.
dear lawd, and what about the parks covered with broken glass and other things?
Parents can't win, either our weans are kept in and don't get any exercise, or when they go out to play it causes chaos for the neighbours who were never children themselves.
However, it was ok for her g/sons to have a kick-about in her front garden.
dear lawd, and what about the parks covered with broken glass and other things?
Parents can't win, either our weans are kept in and don't get any exercise, or when they go out to play it causes chaos for the neighbours who were never children themselves.
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