Snitches get stitches they say, however, that didn't stop this 30-year-old lady from telling on a young boy to his mom about the constant banging that he has been causing on their neighbor's house. User srslymeowing shared her story on Reddit and it's one that I think anybody will be able to relate with.
For two months, she had been hearing random loud banging noises outside of their house which would rile up their dogs or wake them up at night. It was so loud that she thought it was a plumbing issue or it was one of the trash cans falling on the side of the house.
Upon further investigation, she saw on their Ring camera that the banging noises were being caused by a young boy doing karate kicks on their house. Why this boy had decided to do that, they never found out exactly.
Having had enough of the disturbance, she decided to install a motion light and write a note on the glass of her house addressing the kid to stop, otherwise, they would be calling the police. Although she had bluffed about the threat, the disturbance stopped for two weeks. Until she took down the note.
Apparently, the boy had returned to cause even more harm and even louder banging. To which our Reddit user responded by heading to the boy's house and talking to his mother. She explained the situation to the lady and a few moments after she had left, she heard a loud whining from the boy who got punished by his mom.
Several other Redditors chimed in on the conversation sharing their own stories similar to srslymeowing's. Others commented on the fact that the mother of the boy in the story was sensible enough to know to discipline her child and not to coddle them.
I think that the OP in the story did the most reasonable thing. Anybody might have responded in a more forceful or even devious manner, but simply "tattling" to the boy's mother was a good response. Initially, she tried to deal with the boy through the note. But when the situation escalated further, then the best course of action was to let the parents know what the child was doing so that they can mete out discipline themselves.
And I agree with one of the comments saying that what she did was the right thing and it wasn't actually "tattling" but trying to stop a kid from becoming an out-of-control adult. She didn't lay a hand on the kid neither did she do anything to physically harm the child. She didn't tolerate the behavior either and chose to let the parents know instead. Thankfully, the kid's parents were reasonable as well. - via Twister Sifter
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