Yup exactly. Everyone glowing how cutesie this is and it's literally a nice guy move but condoning other people to not teach their kid respect for others property, it's trespassing and now the kid has been reinforced with this to trespass.
I think people are less uptight about driveways as a general rule though. Like if you’ve ever partially pulled into someone’s driveway when making a U-turn in a small residential street. Technically you are violating the private property of their driveway, but nobody cares. Also, this is a little kid on a little bike walking with his parents. It’s a neighbor. The idea is we kind of chill with our neighbors on being uptight about “crossing the threshold of our property” because it creates an unnecessarily antagonistic relationship with people you then have to live near.
I do think the driveway looks stupid with a chalk race course on it, and it’s probably not nearly as exciting for the kid as the guy thought it was, but the neighbors would have appreciated it and the general mindset of kindness is good.
I'm all for genuine overall kindness sure. Still glaring, the parents should teach that kid those kind of life values. Hey, get back here that isnt your property, not smile and non chalantly go about your day. Kid does it relatively because it's simply, not a big deal and A OK as demonstrated.
Kid wrecks in said driveway gets a concussion and gos to the ER. Fair chance they try to sue the nice neighbor for an uneven driveway causing trauma and life changing medical event and expenses. Hyperbole? Sure, and also happens any given day many times over. Bet it isn't A OK given certain circumstances.
But then again I'm the neighbor that tells those kids to stay off my property and immediately make it clear to the neighbor parents as well.
Yup exactly. Everyone glowing how cutesie this is and it's literally a nice guy move but condoning other people to not teach their kid respect for others property, it's trespassing and now the kid has been reinforced with this to trespass.
I think people are less uptight about driveways as a general rule though. Like if you’ve ever partially pulled into someone’s driveway when making a U-turn in a small residential street. Technically you are violating the private property of their driveway, but nobody cares. Also, this is a little kid on a little bike walking with his parents. It’s a neighbor. The idea is we kind of chill with our neighbors on being uptight about “crossing the threshold of our property” because it creates an unnecessarily antagonistic relationship with people you then have to live near.
I do think the driveway looks stupid with a chalk race course on it, and it’s probably not nearly as exciting for the kid as the guy thought it was, but the neighbors would have appreciated it and the general mindset of kindness is good.
I'm all for genuine overall kindness sure. Still glaring, the parents should teach that kid those kind of life values. Hey, get back here that isnt your property, not smile and non chalantly go about your day. Kid does it relatively because it's simply, not a big deal and A OK as demonstrated.
Kid wrecks in said driveway gets a concussion and gos to the ER. Fair chance they try to sue the nice neighbor for an uneven driveway causing trauma and life changing medical event and expenses. Hyperbole? Sure, and also happens any given day many times over. Bet it isn't A OK given certain circumstances.
But then again I'm the neighbor that tells those kids to stay off my property and immediately make it clear to the neighbor parents as well.
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