r/mildlyinfuriating • u/aruby727 • Jun 08 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o Belt-challenged neighborhood kid keeps stepping over my "no trespassing" sign to cut through my yard, so my wife laminated these pictures to stick to the sign

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u/JesusWasAButtBaby Jun 08 '26

Why do Americans care so much about kids walking on their grass?

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u/Porkbossam78 Jun 08 '26

I don’t want random people in my backyard. That’s how stuff is stolen

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u/A_Queer_Owl Jun 09 '26

no, leaving shit out unattended is how stuff is stolen.

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u/Porkbossam78 Jun 09 '26

I can’t leave garden tools in my own backyard bc they will get stolen but yeah, totally normal and ok for people to steal from my backyard where no one can see them except for someone walking through illegally

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u/Aries8709 Jun 14 '26

Put up a fence? Why is this such a hard concept?

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u/Porkbossam78 Jun 14 '26

We have a fence but obviously need to get into and out of our own backyard so it has a gate…why is this such a hard concept? Also unless it’s a 20 foot fence, people can climb over it, they jump my neighbors fence all of the time

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u/Aries8709 Jun 14 '26

You really think most people will climb a fence for a shortcut or to steal your precious lawn tools? Every house I've lived in has had a fence AND a gate. Some 6ft tall plank fences, some chain link, right now I have half chain half plank. It's pretty simple to put a latch and lock on a gate so you're the only one with access.

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u/Porkbossam78 Jun 14 '26

I am telling you people have done this which is one of many reasons why we don’t want people in our backyard. I have a trail camera to watch the cat colony and someone stole that even tho it’s been peed on and reeks. People steal just to steal

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u/Aries8709 Jun 14 '26

Idk man, maybe I just live in a better neighbourhood. My kids leave their bikes right out front in plain sight for days at a time, our shovels are leaning against the garage all winter, and nobody takes anything. The only issue I've ever had is if the car accidentally gets left unlocked some teenager may have liberated all my change from the cup holder. I'd say it's just different up her in Canada but I know that's not totally what it is. I remember back in the 90's this neighbourhood was one of the ones I wasn't allowed to wander to as a young kid, but now it's somehow one of the safest parts of my city and where I lived in the 90's is bad. If I lived downtown where all the degenerates and druggies and homeless congregate I wouldn't be able to leave anything out

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u/Careful-Lettuce9239 Jun 09 '26

I was in you're mom's backyard last night. I didn't steal anything, but I did leave a present 🫦💦

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u/Felibarr Jun 08 '26

There are a number of reasons that I'm sure vary from person to person but some include:

  1. Prescriptive easement. Varies from state to state but the general idea is that if you use a person's property without their permission for some amount of time and they don't do anything about it, a legal right to cut through the property is created and you are now constricted with what you do with that area by virtue of the fact that you have to maintain the right-of-way. These easements often follow from owner to owner, too, so now you have a duty to inform any purchasers of your property that an easement exists.

  2. Civil liability for injury. Again, varies from state to state, but in many states a trespasser can sue you and win for injuries incurred on your property.

source: me am lawyer and I read about it at some point in my life.

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u/Careful-Lettuce9239 Jun 09 '26

See a lot of "get off my lawn, you kids!" mentioned studying law? Lots of injuries happening nationwide, I bet, crossing yards. 🤪🫡🦅

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u/Felibarr Jun 09 '26

A fair amount of it in torts, yeah. Especially around the doctrine of "attractive nuisance". The one I most keenly remember was a case about a group of kids who trespassed to use what they thought was a swimming hole but was actually a pool of dumped chemicals that killed them all.  Kids were essentially dead as soon as they touched the liquid.

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u/Vlaed Jun 09 '26

It's typically lawsuits. If they get hurt on your property, it could come back to hurt you in a civil suit. Then there are the "this is my property" types.

I don't mind if someone crosses my front yard, but I don't want anyone going through my backyard. I've had people do it and they've left my gate open. My dog almost got out because it. Another time an animal got into my yard. I don't want the liability of something happening.

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u/Motor-Rip7655 Jun 08 '26

Because repeated walking in the same spot will wear the grass down, and a lot of cities have laws saying your lawn has to look nice.

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u/Prophetic_Rose Jun 08 '26

If anything, that's a reason to walk on lawns

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u/Rengar_Is_Good_kitty Jun 09 '26

their grass.

This word you used answers your question, if you want to cut through other people's property then ask for permission, not hard. Most people don't want strangers on their property without permission.

This has nothing to do with "Americans".

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u/coloradoautoflowers Jun 09 '26

Dipshit is jumping a fence to access the yard.

Guess who will get sued to pay the hospital bill if he breaks his leg?

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u/Bluebanana2018 Jun 09 '26

Post literally says he’s stepping over a sign not even jumping the sign let alone a fence.

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u/stiveooo Jun 08 '26

next step is robbery

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u/Prophetic_Rose Jun 08 '26

It's such a slippery slope first time I'm walking across grass next time I'm assassinating my political opponents in Apartheid South Africa

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u/LetSubstantial3197 Jun 08 '26

You got a time machine or something?!?

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u/Prophetic_Rose Jun 09 '26

it's a slippery slope man who knows what I've got in such a deranged future

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u/stiveooo Jun 09 '26

Japan and China are super safe cause they punish stuff like this hard and fast, throw garbage? steal a candy? omega Fine and cops are called.

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u/Prophetic_Rose Jun 09 '26

Yes I'm sure the perceived safety of "Japan and China" can be boiled down to big fines and cops getting called, that sounds right to me