"Call the effing police then - it's a free ride home"

**onearmedbandit** · 24th July 2011, 18:55

That was what one of the two thirteen year old thieves we caught today told me. It all started when standing in the office at the car yard today I heard some noise in one of our garages. Thinking it was one of my colleagues I opened the door and looked through to see if I could help, instead finding some young punk helping himself to some spray paint cans.

Seeing me he chucked the cans in his bag and made his escape, so I took off after him, not so much over a few cans of paint but in case he had flogged anything else like keys to stock. Out on the footpath he joined his mate, and they both took off with me in pursuit, yelling at the fuckers. Another salesman saw me sprint past after them, so with some prompting from me joined in the foot chase. They crossed Moorhouse Ave, where one dropped his bag of booty, and headed up Colombo St towards town. Realising we weren't making much ground on them, I got the other guy to take the bag back to work while I had a brief look around for them.

Not having had any luck I walked back to work only to find out they were in the office with about 6 pairs of eyes trained on them, including an ex-police officer who was halfway through negotiating a sale. Turns out some members of the public saw us and pursued them in their car, a couple in their 50's with their teenage grandson. One had tried to escape the grandfather, who in turn grabbed his leg and tipped him up on the yard, giving the kid a nice bleeder across the knuckles. Of course he was the lippy one, the one who told me to call the police. I didn't let him down, and kept them firmly planted in our office for the next hour until the police arrived. Their bravado soon turned to puffy eyes and slight sobbing.

I'd like to think when they got home they got severely reprimanded by their parents, and that this whole experience was one that will spook them, but judging by the smile and wave I got from one of them as they were driven away I bet they're out doing something similar right now.

Still made a cold snowy day at the yard a bit more interesting for us and our clients.

**JimO** · 24th July 2011, 18:58

baseball bat applied to fingers solves the sticky fingers for a while

**scumdog** · 24th July 2011, 21:43

They should have tripped and fallen a lot more.

And at least one of the spray cans should have mysteriously exploded over their clothes - and hair.

**FJRider** · 24th July 2011, 21:48

Originally Posted by scumdog

And at least one of the spray cans should have mysteriously exploded over their clothes - and hair.

Or ... accidently "slipped" up their ass ...

They could fart and tag ... at the same time ...

**DrunkenMistake** · 24th July 2011, 21:52

Originally Posted by scumdog

They should have tripped and fallen a lot more.

And at least one of the spray cans should have mysteriously exploded over their clothes - and hair.

I work in a super market, I have seen a few shop lifters 'trip' over a speeding 'out of control' trolley...

Im not allowed to physicaly touch them of coarse

**oldrider** · 25th July 2011, 08:02

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and think I have died in the night and have ended up in lalah land!

It's like someone took the world I grew up in and turned it upside down FFS!

Good on you OAB, for not rolling over and surrendering to society and these little deadbeat products of it!

**tigertim20** · 25th July 2011, 11:33

give the little arseholes a reason to cry. too many kids right now are brought up in this 'I can do ANYTHING I want to, and if you so much as lay a finger on me, I can have you charged with child abuse' attitude.They think they can do whatever they want.
The shock of getting a proper solid bootup the ass might beenough to make them fearfull of doing such things again. clearly they arent getting 'discipline' at home,so someone needs to give it to them

**Waxxa** · 25th July 2011, 11:43

Originally Posted by tigertim20

give the little arseholes a reason to cry. too many kids right now are brought up in this 'I can do ANYTHING I want to, and if you so much as lay a finger on me, I can have you charged with child abuse' attitude.They think they can do whatever they want.
The shock of getting a proper solid bootup the ass might beenough to make them fearfull of doing such things again. clearly they arent getting 'discipline' at home,so someone needs to give it to them

unfortunately the law is on the side of these youngsters! i would still smack the little fuck and give him a real reason to cry. not put on the tears to feel sorry for them.

If you steal, then be prepared to pay the consquences if caught by the owner, what ever your age...

If the kids are underage, then it should be one of the parents that does the community service, or has to pay the reparation, or serve the time along side their child. lets see how many parents will stop giving a shit what their kids are up to then, when they are personally responsible for their underage childs actions!

**FJRider** · 25th July 2011, 11:54

Originally Posted by Waxxa

If the kids are underage, then it should be one of the parents that does the community service, or has to pay the reparation, or serve the time along side their child. lets see how many parents will stop giving a shit what their kids are up to then, when they are personally responsible for their underage childs actions!

The smacking they may yet get ... from their "care-givers" ... (which would be for getting caught, rather than for the theiving ...)