I live in an apartment and last night at ten o'clock I had a gang of kids out shouting and playing really loudly immediately below my apartment windows. There is a big green a few yards away so I asked them to go and play there as it was getting late and they were making a lot of noise. They went reluctantly and I got a pretty dirty look from a woman who I know is one of their parents this morning when we were both getting into our cars to go to work. I just smiled and said hello and she said 'you know, the kids are entitled to play on the Green'. I said 'of course they are. I actually asked them to go and play on the Green. I just didn't want them playing right outside my windows at that time as they were making a lot of noise'. She just muttered something and got into her car.
I feel awful now and don't know what these kids have told their parents. Just wondering how people would handle it. Should I just grit my teeth and put up with the screeching and shrieking rather than have hassle from the parents? Just a bit taken aback as I would have thought asking them to move onto the Green at that hour was a reasonable request.
I can understand the kids being a bit huffy about it, but I would have thought parents would understand that a big gang of kids playing right outside someone else's house or apartment at 10pm is unfair, when there's a large empty green a few short steps away.
I feel awful now and don't know what these kids have told their parents. Just wondering how people would handle it. Should I just grit my teeth and put up with the screeching and shrieking rather than have hassle from the parents? Just a bit taken aback as I would have thought asking them to move onto the Green at that hour was a reasonable request.
I can understand the kids being a bit huffy about it, but I would have thought parents would understand that a big gang of kids playing right outside someone else's house or apartment at 10pm is unfair, when there's a large empty green a few short steps away.