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Ideal_Rock
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So I'm walking across my front lawn, and realize there is a family of four helping themselves to my mango tree!
On bicycles, a dad, his two girls, ages 10 and 12, and another child being towed behind in a child carrier. I start to run and yell "NOOO! Don't steal my mangoes! You are stealing! NO!" and they don't even look at me, they just hop on their bikes and drive off down the sidewalk.
I can't believe it! The mango is near the sidewalk, but they have to walk onto my lawn to get at it, and they were there, just tromping around. And I WAIT all year for this! I water when it's dry, fertilize, and take care of this tree. They are just coming ripe and we've enjoyed a few, but in the last few days, I've noticed a lack of mangoes. Apparently, this is some kind of habit for these people! Or maybe other rude people.
This happened last year, too, and I had to put up a No Trespassing sign and write "Do not steal the fruit!" on it. I don't know why people need a sign to realize it's stealing! I will have to get a new sign tomorrow. Honestly, it's like children!
Seriously, what is the thought there? "It's in someone's yard, but I can have some." What? I mentioned this to a friend of mine, and she said that when she was in college, she and her friends came across a cherry tree and "we just stripped that tree." She said it like it was okay to do that and kind of laughed. What was that dad teaching his girls? "You see something you want, you can just take it"? "Don't be considerate or think of others, think only of yourself." I don't even pick the flowers in a park, I think they are there for everyone's enjoyment. But I've seen people take away bouquets!
What the heck?!!
On bicycles, a dad, his two girls, ages 10 and 12, and another child being towed behind in a child carrier. I start to run and yell "NOOO! Don't steal my mangoes! You are stealing! NO!" and they don't even look at me, they just hop on their bikes and drive off down the sidewalk.
I can't believe it! The mango is near the sidewalk, but they have to walk onto my lawn to get at it, and they were there, just tromping around. And I WAIT all year for this! I water when it's dry, fertilize, and take care of this tree. They are just coming ripe and we've enjoyed a few, but in the last few days, I've noticed a lack of mangoes. Apparently, this is some kind of habit for these people! Or maybe other rude people.
This happened last year, too, and I had to put up a No Trespassing sign and write "Do not steal the fruit!" on it. I don't know why people need a sign to realize it's stealing! I will have to get a new sign tomorrow. Honestly, it's like children!
Seriously, what is the thought there? "It's in someone's yard, but I can have some." What? I mentioned this to a friend of mine, and she said that when she was in college, she and her friends came across a cherry tree and "we just stripped that tree." She said it like it was okay to do that and kind of laughed. What was that dad teaching his girls? "You see something you want, you can just take it"? "Don't be considerate or think of others, think only of yourself." I don't even pick the flowers in a park, I think they are there for everyone's enjoyment. But I've seen people take away bouquets!
What the heck?!!