Kids playing knock-a-door-run

DUTR

lulu_92 wrote: »

Get a doorbell, rig it so it gives the kids an electric shock

WeAreGhosts wrote: »

this used to happen to a neighbour of mine across the street. best thing she ever did was fill a bucket of water and sit and wait for them upstairs. just as they were about to knock on the door she opened the upstairs window and drenched them.

they had to make up some excuse when they went home as to why they were soaking wet

Both classed as assault I'm afraid
I find it rather cute that kids still do this, TBH we did it as kids in the block flats every evening stupidly, until the one day the guy on the top floor was waiting for us outside the lift :rotfl:(BTW we called it knock door run, or thunder & lightining)
My cheap suggestion is

Kaimoo

We have cctv so never had an issue, it also keeps away the door step con men

coolcait

meritaten wrote: »

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we got our revenge on the 'Slap Woman'. we posted dog poo through her letterbox when she went to work. on a nice hot summer day............

'chap-door-run' (since we're gathering regional variants on the name) is generally harmless, albeit annoying, behaviour


Posting dog poo through someone's letterbox is not "harmless" behaviour.

Mike86d

We used to call it 'knock knock ginger' sometimes on this one house we would tie fishing line to the knocker and hide in the bush at the end of the garden. I wouldn't be annoyed if kids did it on my door, i used to do it so i wont be annoyed about it.

arbroath_lass

Chickenelly up here and I'd just ignore them. They'll get bored if there's no reaction.

missflirtuk

Mike86d wrote: »

We used to call it 'knock knock ginger' sometimes on this one house we would tie fishing line to the knocker and hide in the bush at the end of the garden. I wouldn't be annoyed if kids did it on my door, i used to do it so i wont be annoyed about it.

Someone did this to our door... my mum's husband's friend answered the door and it blinded him in one eye.... :eek:.

atolaas

I was having trouble with some local kids at my last place. They took to ringing my doorbell at all hours of the day and night. Sadly they didn't "get bored of it". I'm a single mum whose son was 2 years old at the time. I couldn't just sit there and do nothing to protect myself & child so I called 101 and reported them to the police. I found it really scary and intimidating behaviour, the kids were bored and had nothing better to do in the evening so decided to make our lives a misery. They shouldn't be allowed to believe that this type of behaviour is acceptable. It's not a game, there are real consequences for those on the receiving end of their pranks. It turned out that it was a gang of kids who were well known to the police for causing trouble in the neighbourhood. After a quiet word with them, thankfully I never had any further trouble.

bossymoo

Put a sign up saying "smile for the camera" and a fake camera or unhooked webcam lol

chocdonuty

The little girl who lives downstairs used to do it occasionally but only until I once hid behind the door and as soon as I saw her reach for the bell I yanked the door back and let out a loud raaaahh! Scarred the crap out of her and she didn't do it again

gettingtheresometime

I always thought it was called knock knock ginger