Need to vent about a customer's kids. (LONG STORY)

[Hollywood Chickens]

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Yeah I never let people into the yard, even if they are nice some people don't understand things and will hurt an animal or criticized a bit of poo in the coop simply because they don't understand taking care of animals.

 

[ranchhand]

"She stood me up 2 times but that's another issue."

That right there would have been rung up as no sale for me.
I do have a closed flock now, so I meet in a grocery store parking lot. There was one scary guy who came here to the house once. After he went in my pens I very nicely told him to leave and then padlocked all the gates.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

I meet in a parking lot of a local store. People do not come onto my property unless I know them. Most don't even then..especially kids. Most kids these days are just wild heathens. I wish those were my boys for about 2 weeks, they'd sure not act like that again. 13 and 15 should know better...SHOULD know better! But, what that tells me about mom is that she is an absolute idiot, absolutely oblivious to the needs and feelings of others. So NO WAY would she have gotten any birds from my place. NOT EVEN to transport somewhere else. Besides, if you count those two sons of hers...seems she had enough animals she can't take care of already

 

[kuntrygirl]

Thank you everyone for your kinds words. Also thanks for the ideas and suggestions that you have given me. I am taking this all in and I am now "re-creating" a process that I will put in to place for selling my animals. Out of all of these years, I have NEVER had a problem until now. It only takes one idiot. To be honest, I had no idea that kids out there today act that way. I am speechless. I guess I have been living under a rock. My parents would have never tolerated that and then again, we would have never acted that way. We knew better. We would have gotten our heads chopped off. My dad was a military man and he didn't play with us.

I had a family of about 6 that came out about 4 months ago and the kids were so respectful and so obedient. The father and 2 of the boys stayed at the truck with the cages and the mother and the 2 kids walked with me. Those kids stayed with their mother the entire time and were no trouble. Maybe it's because the family had a farm and animals and the kids were in 4-H so they knew how to act, especially around animals. They were buying chickens and turkeys to show for 4H so they were picking out the "cream of the crop" animals. Those were the best kids that I had seen in a long time. That is why I was in shock when I was hit with that type of behavior on yesterday evening.

I'm making my list and I will incorporate all of your ideas and suggestions. Thanks so much. I'm on my 5th cup of coffee. It would have been just my luck if one of those Krazy Kids got hurt on my property with all that running around they were doing. Thank goodness they didn't get hurt.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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That made my day. My first laugh of the morning. Thanks

 

[kla37]

My 8 yr old knows better than to behave like that around ANY animal. It would probably make him cry to see anyone being that mean to his birds too. Don't let them back, maybe start a policy of no one under 18 allowed near your animals, and put up a sign that says "I reserve the right to refuse service to jackasses."

to the lot of them!

 

[Mandalina]

Good gosh I am sorry to hear that her kids were like that, ecspecially since they are old enough to know better.
I took all 4 of my kids to buy cochins recently and they all stood on the side of the fence the lady we bought from told them to stand, never moved, never shouted, never chased anything and she said she was glad bc she isnt a huge fan of kids and didnt like them on her farm bc of kids chasing her birds and goats which lead to her guard dogs biting.I would never ever let my kids rough handle someone elses birds or scare them like that, it is soooo rude.

 

[mom'sfolly]

Mom standing you up twice and the heathen kids are all part and parcel of the same thing. A lack of respect for other people, their time and their belongings. I think one time of "standing up" might be excused, things do come up; but twice means something else is going on. I would immediately take someone like that off your list. I also would have thrown them off the property the first time one of those boys chased the chickens. They were ignoring you from the beginning, with mom's approval.

Sorry you had to deal with pond scum from the lower end of the gene pool.

 

[noodleroo]

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Exactly

 

[poconoadoptionfamily]

My recently turned 7 YO son has ADHD and sensory issues and will occasionally run around or have a tantrum, but I am right on him all of the time. ( actually probably too much. LOL) But my little wild man is very loving towards animals and as a parent I would not have put him into that situation in the 1st place. And these kids were 13 and 15?????? Come on! That mother is totally incompetent, and those kids need some strict discipline!
Sorry you and your birds had to go through that awful situation.