Annoying little brats!

[Gemini]

I know that in my village there are lovely teenagers. However there are also some horrible ones, as posts on the village FB group show.
I have never come across any personally. The ones living near us are well behaved and polite (or ignore you, which is fine too!)

Yesterday OH and I were on the bus into town, just leaving the village . A group of teenage boys, early to mid teens I would say were cycling along and were all over the road, preventing motorists from passing safely. One boy had another smaller boy draped dangerously across his handlebars!The bus driver eventually managed to overtake them and honked his horn. I am not in favour of horn honking at times like this, as I think it may cause an accident. I can see why the driver did though.
The boys then started shouting and jeering at the bus, and spat at it and banged the side. When the bus pulled up at the nearby stop they all jeered at the driver making rude signs. They then rode in huddle in front of the bus, making the driver drive slowly behind them for a while.
Despicable behaviour. Kids like that don't see that drivers are trying to keep them safe and prevent an accident. All of us passengers on the bus, of various ages were fuming about these boys

[Daisy]

I agree, Gem - their behaviour was stupid at best. Any one of them could have been seriously hurt, but they obviously didn't see the danger - or thought they were indestructible.

All you can say is - hopefully they will survive to grow up and be decent sensible people!

It would also help if there were deterrents around - like policemen on the beat. The shout "there's a bobby coming" cleared the street of would-be hooligans when we were youngsters, and was very effective!

[Mimi]

We have two boys very similar to the description of those teenagers living across the road from us. On the whole they ignore us but back last year my BIL was coming to visit us and as he drove his car up the hill they came alongside his car on their bikes. They were jeering at him and holding on to the door handles which was very dangerous.
When BIL arrived outside our flat he stopped the car , with the two boys still giving him cheek until BIL stepped out of the car. Now BIL is big, and when I say big I mean BIG . They cycled away as fast as they could. BIL said he hadn’t even said one word to them .

[Daisy]

Mimi - at least these two knew when to scarper!

[Oma]

It happens everywhere Gem , I personally think it's all down to not being allowed to discipline and keep them in check now ,
No deterrent as they know they won't be punished at most they get a telling off ,
When we were young we had respect for our local Bobby he was called PC Douglas and you didn't mess with him he gave you a right whack around your ears with his leather gloves and if any of the boys were brought home by him they got another whack from their parents no excuse ,

[Clover]

It seems to be gang mentality,egging each other on and wanting to out do each other. Very stupid and dangerous.

[Nanto2girls]

As Oma says,these fools are everywhere now.
If one of the boys had been injured,who would get the blame.

[Qwerty]

Complete idiots Clover makes you wonder what the parents would think if they knew their behaviour, or do they already know nothing surprises these days , I agree with what Gem says they have no fear these days but if you so much as touch them the police are on your back.

[Daisy]

I agree - there are no deterrents and there would be an outcry if a member of the public took matters into their own hands!

[Plantaholic]

Don't see much of that in the village but I have had a similar experience in our local town, a young boy kept swerving out in front of my car, he thought he was very clever holding up the traffic.

[Shemadee]

A young neighbour of ours was totally out of control and his mother always responded “not my Sam”. He was apprenticed to an electrician and told not to touch a certain wire. He ignored the instruction and ended up with appalling injuries. Such an awful way to learn a lesson.

[Daisy]

Shem - what an awful way to learn a lesson.

[Nana]

Some people don't respect themselves so how can they respect others?

[Glammanana]

I agree with everything Oma has said there is no fear in these gangs they just get away with the up-set they cause.
Our local bobby PC.Watson knew all our parents when we where teenagers and anyone caught up to no good was frog marched home to be delt with by their parents. None of my group of friends ever ended up in trouble with the Police we where too scared of them then not like now.