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08 June 2007

I actually just told some kids to goml →[More:]
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Yeah, seriously. I am showing my age. I was out on the roof deck having a smog and looked down over the edge and there were these 3 kids hanging out on the wheelchair ramp to my building. Here's this kid standing on one side of the wall of the 3' tall ramp, about to attempt a jump either to or over the next wall. I yelled, down "Please get off of there", and he just looked at me like yeah, right. I told him that WHEN he falls there is a chance the building owner will be sued, and I, as the building manager (which I am really NOT, heh!), needed to ask him to get down from there. He just looks at me, like F you, which I understand as I was an obnoxious youth once myself. Finally, I said in as authoritative voice as I could muster "You've got 2 choices, either get down or I will send Security out to help you down". He got down. Damn kids, goml.

post by: getoffmylawn at: 17:45 | 5 comments

too funny. i wave my cane in solidarity!

/former skateboarder

posted by lonefrontranger 08 June | 18:50

At the supermarket where I work a few kids with a video camera were attempting their own "Jackass" stunt: One kid would sit in a cart, and another would run with it, slamming it into the curb to see how far the inside kid would fly out. They gave us a hard time about stopping, then later came in, stole eggs, and egged our windows. Damn kids, gooms. (get out of my supermarket)

posted by redvixen 08 June | 18:51

A couple of months ago I was in line at the car wash and some Embry Riddle kids were on the hood of the car while the carwash was in progress. One kid was videoing outside while another kid was on the hood getting battered and soaked by the swishy swashy car wash things. Another kid was in the driver seat. They were all laughing their asses off. I would say get off my car wash, but it was good entertainment, not my carwash, and they're really not kids are they? You know you're getting old when you refer to 20-year olds as kids.

posted by LoriFLA 08 June | 19:57

Well played, goml. There's an opening for a Dean at my school next year. Interested?

Frankly, I'm often amazed when the kids do what I ask. It's all in saying it like you believe your own authority. Giving a clear choice like that, one of them less pleasant than the other, is also a proven technique. When you don't know the kids, though, it's much tougher.

Now, wanna ride our bikes off the dock?

posted by Pips 09 June | 09:02

Fantastic responses.

Pips, I most certainly am, and I most certainly would! I am so there.

posted by getoffmylawn 09 June | 09:48

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