Weirdos at my door - Indiana Style!

[makbike]

Mr. Silver/Silver - sorry about the little twits, glad you caught them. I'd say, just a guess mind you, that these are kids who are able to "talk" their way out of problems but saying "I'm sorry..." or "I won't do it again, promise" and their parents believe them or want to believe them. They are not held accountable for their actions by most of the adults in their lives that is until they rang your bell.

Now, I'm glad my old house came without a doorbell and even happier that standing on the inside looking out is my buddy Gaston, a 130 lb Great Dane. I don't get many strangers at my door. Maybe you guys should invest in a "big" dog with a big bark. They do wonders at keeping kids and others at a distance.

[Duck on Wheels]

Or, just as likely, they're kids who never learned to say "I'm sorry" because their parents have been making excuses for them all along, "kids will be kids" and "what're those folks so uptight about" and "who are they to complain about my son/daughter" and so on. Like the time a friend of mine saw a kid rip the outside mirrors off her little car (2CV), marched up to the kid's door and ... got bullied backwards down the doorstep by his dad with "Well whad'ya expect parking a car like that in this neighborhood!" It may well be that the cops need to give the parents a good talking to along with the kids. But hopefully it'll help not only your one night's sleep (what was left of the night) but many nights to come. Maybe even save you some days of energy wasted fuming over litter, "tagging" and other random acts of vandalism. Good for you for telling them off.