What A Cheek!
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
June 8, 2017 3:25pm CST
I'd been working in my garden this afternoon, and had just gone in for a cup of tea. While sitting drinking this in the living room with my husband, I saw two men rush by the window and go round to the back of our house.
I did a bit of rushing myself and jumped up to find out what they were doing. They were just standing on the path that skirts the house at the back looking round, and I asked what the heck they thought they were doing. They said they were looking for a short cut to the road at the back of our house.
We live at the end of a cul-de-sac, and they had obviously come up the road expecting to be able to get out at the end. So instead of re-tracing their steps, they thought they would be able to get out through our property.
I informed them in no uncertain terms that this was private property and to get the hell off it. They were apologetic, but told me to 'keep my hair on' which made me more indignant.
I could perhaps have understood it (but not condone it) if they thought we weren't in, but the garage was open with the car visible, and my gardening tools were scattered around.
What a cheek!
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66 responses
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@snowy22315 I did a fair imitation of a rottweiler myself
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@allknowing (136539)
• India
9 Jun 17
Before a footpath was created in your garden, you nipped it in the bud.
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@allknowing (136539)
• India
9 Jun 17
@jaboUK I am with you on this. Give them an inch and they will take a yard
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Jun 17
@allknowing That's true, apart from anything else it would never do to have people trampling my flowers!
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jun 17
They should have asked, not just walked through your yard.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@LovingMyBabies There is a saying here "An Englishman's home is his castle", and as such we don't take kindly to trespassers.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Jun 17
I could understand if they had knocked on your door asking you if your yard had a shortcut, and might they use it. In this case, I would have been just as upset as you were.
I do hope that they won't return.
Our yard features a bank (hill) in the back that is perfect for sledding in the right conditions. For this reason, our neighbors and their friends will sometimes use our yard to sled. They do not tend to ask, but we don't mind so much.
As long as the noise volume stays reasonable, that is.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Jun 17
@jaboUK Yes I understood that, and definitely your unease at their sudden intrusion.
While I do "Know" my neighbors, we do not know their friends and that has made for some unease, atleast in our minds. Certainly not to the degree of yours. I hope if you see them around the neighborhood again you'll phone the police. They did (in my mind) seem to be trying to hurry away from something, very quickly.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, if I see them loitering around I will consider calling the police, but now that I've calmed down I think that it was just a case of them being lazy and not wanting to go back down the road,.
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum If they had asked politely it would have beern a different matter, but these were two young men acting suspiciously so it's no wonder I blew my top.
In the case of your neighbours and friends using your yard, that is completely different, as you know them. I hadn't seen those men before.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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8 Jun 17
Cheeky muppets. You haven't suddenly discovered that something is missing, have you?!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@Poppylicious No, nothing missing, but normal people don't just go round to your back garden, do they?
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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9 Jun 17
@jaboUK They don't. There are some scallywags about, so one can never be too sure.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
8 Jun 17
I would have been annoyed as well.
They should use their legs and go back the way they came and find where it was they were going to another way.
What a cheek they had.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
9 Jun 17
@jaboUK
Well if they cannot walk that what can they do?
No way would they go through the back of anything in my house.
Glad you did not let them that´s my girl.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 I agree, and it's not as if it was far for them to go back - no more than 100 yards.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
8 Jun 17
Crazy to think they could just run through your property.. Were the cops chasing them? LoL
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
I never thought of that, but there weren't any cops in sight. @Marilynda1225
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
i remember "Douglas cul-de-sac". hahah!
those men, if that situation happened here in my country, could be thought of as robbers, and wanting to enter the house. good to know you were there to talk to them.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Jun 17
@ridingbet Exactly - I didn't know what they were up to, they could easily have been intending harm.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
It is really hard to trust strangers these days; they might be surveying something or if there's people in your home.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@acelawrites Yes, strangers on your property is not a good thing, but in this case it was pretty obvious that we were home.
@snowy22315 (180805)
• United States
8 Jun 17
I don't like strangers on my property either. I get alot of the religious types that want to hand out tracts and so forth. They don't come that often or I would consider a no trespassing sign.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@snowy22315 We get the religious types too, but they always knock on the door. They are a nuisance, but at least you know they aren't 'casing the joint'.
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
9 Jun 17
I'm glad they had no nefarious intent. It seems people have less and less respect for other people's property these days. Our ever more entitled society is raising a whole pack of people who thinks what's yours is theirs if they see it and can take it.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
9 Jun 17
bless yer heart, i'd say they t'were prolly 'p to no good. i've 'come so distrustful 'f folks these days. 
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Jun 17
@crazyhorseladycx I actually believe they were just being lazy, and disrespectful of other people's property. They might think twice about doing things like that after having this white haired old banshee screeching at them!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Jun 17
@crazyhorseladycx Oh yes, I pushed and shoved him - probably not the wisest thing to do, but I was pretty cross!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
9 Jun 17
@jaboUK i sure hope that 'twas all, ms. jabo. yepperz, i read'n one 'f yer comments ya pushed on'f 'em? good fer ya! but such can be so dangerous these days. big hugs!!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
9 Jun 17
OMG, I can't believe they did that @jaboUK . What a couple of idiots.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Jun 17
@nanette64 They had a real nerve, it made me so indignant !
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
10 Jun 17
@jaboUK One thing's for sure. If someone tried crossing my property, they'd get a bullet.
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@DeborahDiane (40294)
• Laguna Woods, California
9 Jun 17
@jaboUK - That would have made me furious, too. I don't like strange people wandering too close to my house, either. You never know what they are up to.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Jun 17
@DeborahDiane That's it exactly, they had no right to go round to the back of the house.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Jun 17
@DeborahDiane Oh lol - shooting them would have been a bit extreme!
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@DeborahDiane (40294)
• Laguna Woods, California
9 Jun 17
@jaboUK - In some parts of the U.S., they might have gotten shot by the homeowner. Some people are not very gracious when there are strangers in the backyard! I would only have yelled at them, however, like you did.
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