Re: Dealing with people picking your flowers
- Subject: Re: Dealing with people picking your flowers
- From: N* S*
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:03:21 -0700
>I'd like to thank everyone for their advice about the flower-picking
>situation. There are a lot of good ideas and comments, and although
>not all are applicable to me, they might help out others (for example,
>I never mentioned that the plants are in the front yard near the sidewalk,
>so motion-activated sprinklers would upset a lot of pedestrians :)
>
>I talked to another neighbor today who says that he's seen the kids next
>door picking my flowers (and that he told them not to), but as he was telling
>me this we both watched the seven year-old girl next door run across the
>street, break off about a dozen tulips from an elderly retired woman's yard,
>then run back to her house with them.
>
>I think I'll try a two-prong approach. I'll talk to the children and
>follow the advice that Marya posted [1]. I'll also mention it to the
>parents so that they know what's going on.
>
>Thanks again!
Chris, you might also have the neighbor woman tell the 7 year old how
she feels to find her flowers gone. That would work with my daughter.
Nothing like a little guilt when it is appropriate.
Nan
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