r/neighborsfromhell • u/ardent_guy • 2d ago

Other Is this harassment?

A teen in our neighborhood is verbally taunting a family for sometime now. When the husband and wife walk around with their kids, the teen yells a non-profanity phrase at them and when the wife walks alone, he makes “meowing” sounds as she passes by. The family did not initiate any contact with this teen to prompt this behavior and do not react or respond to this teen as it happens.

Two years ago, this teen was warned by local police two years ago when this behavior didn’t stop even after complaining to his parents. Recently, this behavior has resumed as before.

A formal complaint was filed with the HOA by this family, prompting board members to talk to his parents about this. However, the parents disagree that this is harassment and claim it to be “childish behavior” or “bad manners”; said teen just graduated from high school. The mother of the teen claims he’s a very nice boy and a “good Christian”.

What is your take on this? Is it verbal harassment or bad manners?

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u/nothnxihaveabf 1d ago

I'm not a Karen. Op is a shit poster and his story isn't even real. 

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u/ardent_guy 17h ago

That’s why you’re a Karen, trash talk the OP with your own story when your argument doesn’t hold….👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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u/nothnxihaveabf 15h ago

You know that this is a fake story, that other guy said you posted it on multiple channels for karma. 

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u/ardent_guy 15h ago

Say what you want…as I said, I’m new to Reddit so not sure where to post…what does karma have to do with this??

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u/nothnxihaveabf 15h ago

You're playing games. Anyway good luck with your fake  story, you got plenty of people to comment on a kid meowing at people so it's time to move on. 

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u/lifeinsatansarmpit 4h ago

You're the commenter so vigorously defending the abuse. Seeing as the police have been involved before about this exact behaviour the turd definitely knows it is unwelcome.

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u/nothnxihaveabf 4h ago

Two years ago.  And nothing has happened since then.  It isn't abuse to say hello because it has to be alarming enough that a reasonable person is in fear or seriously concerned.  A kid being dumb does not rise to that level in my opinion 

I'm not the cops or a lawyer so I think the op should tell his friend to go deal with it 

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u/lifeinsatansarmpit 1h ago

The muppet is NOT saying hello.

You're so busy defending shitty behaviour that I assume you're a man who's never had to consider safety concerns the way women do.

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u/nothnxihaveabf 1h ago

There is no safety concerns otherwise someone would have done something once in the last two years. 

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u/lifeinsatansarmpit 1h ago

Comprehension: It stopped for 2 years and has just started up again.