The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

That wasn't here...

What he/siblings/friend do is...

Yes, I realised it couldn't have been occurring in the parking area where the worst of the trouble bothers you, but it's the same kids, isn't it? So therefore relevant to a discussion of "how can the parents allow this to continue?"

silvercar wrote: »

Kids behaving badly: When we sold our previous home, we had a small snooker table set up on the landing. The buyers visited with kids in tow. 2 boys about 6 and 8, who decided to throw the snooker balls around the room and at each other!

:eek:
And to think I was mortified, on a house viewing, when a then 6yo DD, having been asked to remove her shoes on entering the house and then perceiving a long straight narrow corridor with a laminate floor, decided to take a bit of a run at it and slide along in her socks. (The owners said it was fine, but I made her stop anyway.)

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Me neither
It's not my job.

I did have some viewers for a previous house I owned, who turned up with a child so chaotic and savage that he was pushing/shoving and punching the parents at the doorstep. My face must have said it all "Oh ... I didn't know you'd have a child with you.... " and the bloke told the wife to take the kid to the car. In the end, from memory, they're the couple that bought it... visiting 6 more times.... when I had to grit my teeth as it got closer to "the date" and they brought The Devil Incarnate with them a couple of times

We took our children to see any house we were thinking of buying. They needed to see where they'd be moving to. We would have been pretty put off if the owner had refused.

GDB2222

LydiaJ wrote: »

Yes, I realised it couldn't have been occurring in the parking area where the worst of the trouble bothers you, but it's the same kids, isn't it? So therefore relevant to a discussion of "how can the parents allow this to continue?"



:eek:
And to think I was mortified, on a house viewing, when a then 6yo DD, having been asked to remove her shoes on entering the house and then perceiving a long straight narrow corridor with a laminate floor, decided to take a bit of a run at it and slide along in her socks. (The owners said it was fine, but I made her stop anyway.)

As long as there was nothing breakable in the corridor, doing what your DD did was just high spirits. Quite sweet, really, when a 6yo does it, but less so if an adult does.

I walk around in socks a lot. Maybe we should get a laminate floor, as it could be fun?

Pyxis

GDB2222 wrote: »

As long as there was nothing breakable in the corridor, doing what your DD did was just high spirits. Quite sweet, really, when a 6yo does it, but less so if an adult does.

I walk around in socks a lot. Maybe we should get a laminate floor, as it could be fun?

Wear thick socks, then you can polish the floor as you're whizzing along.

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

.. same kids ..

Yes.
Neighbour's lot are told the rules, but then are trusted to keep to them, so not monitored.

Up the road's kids are savage beasts, who aren't monitored at all.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

We took our children to see any house we were thinking of buying. They needed to see where they'd be moving to. We would have been pretty put off if the owner had refused.

But were they pulling at you and kicking you and screaming when the door was opened?

We were 7 and 9 when dad was looking for a house. Never knew when/where/if he was seeing one - that was a conversation between him and mum after we'd gone to bed... all we knew is that dad was looking to buy a house - and I doubt we even knew that until he'd started viewings. We certainly weren't aware of much until boxes started to appear.

Then, having picked one, the first time we saw the inside of it was the day we moved in. I do remember being driven there once just before we were due to move in - and I had to sit in the car while dad went and had "the adult conversations with the man". The old house and potential new houses were about 3-4 miles apart, so it wasn't a big drive out to get there.

Back then parents did all their "adult talking" when kids were in bed or not about. The adult world was a secret. If we'd been asked we'd have moaned and whined and shouted and cried no doubt "about nothing" ... without actually having a clue what it was all about - and they'd have binned several houses based purely on our uninformed tantrums

Dad would've preferred to never buy than to involve us in the process. You did what you were told back in those days! And children weren't given decisions/choices ... they were told what would happen.

PasturesNew

Just randomly turned the telly on - haven't turned it on to try for about 3 days - and it worked... however, in the meantime, I've moved the freestanding shelf the aerial was on, so now I need to get it retuned.... it was never easy to get a picture. Ah, it's spotted it needs tuning and done it itself, I have some channels (won't know until I go through to see what I've got).

But it looks like the telly's back for now.

Wet here; cool, overcast and wet as it rained overnight.

silvercar

Wear thick socks, then you can polish the floor as you're whizzing along.

There is one nationality of cleaners round here (maybe Romanian?) that dry the floor after cleaning by putting cloths under each foot and sliding around the floor!

PasturesNew

Faux bed position decided ... and base mostly laid out ready for topping. Position was most important, not finishing it, as everything else has to work with that size/location.... so just having the boxes on the floor and being able to measure their coverage is a step forward.

Done some bits and bobs in the kitchen ... binned a few "keep that in case" things as I now know there won't be a time when it comes in handy. "In case" tend to be plastic pots saved from food purchases.... 90% of "might come in handy" never does though does it - UNTIL you've binned it!

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

We were 7 and 9 when dad was looking for a house. Never knew when/where/if he was seeing one - that was a conversation between him and mum after we'd gone to bed... all we knew is that dad was looking to buy a house - and I doubt we even knew that until he'd started viewings. We certainly weren't aware of much until boxes started to appear.

Then, having picked one, the first time we saw the inside of it was the day we moved in. I do remember being driven there once just before we were due to move in - and I had to sit in the car while dad went and had "the adult conversations with the man". The old house and potential new houses were about 3-4 miles apart, so it wasn't a big drive out to get there.

Back then parents did all their "adult talking" when kids were in bed or not about. The adult world was a secret. If we'd been asked we'd have moaned and whined and shouted and cried no doubt "about nothing" ... without actually having a clue what it was all about - and they'd have binned several houses based purely on our uninformed tantrums

Dad would've preferred to never buy than to involve us in the process. You did what you were told back in those days! And children weren't given decisions/choices ... they were told what would happen.

I'm very, very sorry that you were treated like that. I'm not suggesting that you should have been involved in the buying decision at such a young age. But, moving house is pretty traumatic, and you should have been shown the new house, and your room pointed out, well before you moved in. Most sellers would understand how vital that is for the children's feelings of security and would want to cooperate.