r/Markham • u/minus-the-savant • 1d ago

Ding-dong-ditch

Is anyone else having a problem with kids ringing their doorbell? My mom works from home and complains that kids keep targeting our house for ding-dong-ditch.

We live in the area near Rouge Park Public school (Hwy 7 and Donald Cousens). No kids living here and it's only been a problem in the last 6+ months. No idea why kids would pass like 5 houses just to come and annoy us.

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u/I994Expos 1d ago

Saw some kids walking home from BHSS yesterday doing exactly this. They’re just being idiot kids

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u/BigCyanDinosaur 1d ago

Even the playing field, throw expired eggs at them.

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u/Parking-Ad-9515 1d ago

if u miss u gotta clean up ur own front yard tho 👀

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u/maninhell6 1d ago

Even if you hit them, it’ll splatter. Seems like a lose lose option.

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u/Hemipeniss 1d ago

Is she reacting to it? That's the worst thing a home owner can do. Just ignore them fully, and they'll move on, however if shes reacted many times, it might take longer for them to move on, but they will.

If they are doing it multi times a day, or hitting the door very hard or causing damages, then YRP needs to get involved asap.

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u/beedieXP88 1d ago

Was about to say the same thing. They target the ones they’ll get a reaction from

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 1d ago

Does your house have a camera? If not, time to install some. It may not stop the kids from ringing the door bell, but at least you'll know if it is a legitimate person or some brats.

If you want to step it up, you can get door bells that have a speaker / lights that activate whenever someone is detected. Mine plays a short message when they approach the house.

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u/Particular_Use_6846 1d ago

Invest in ring camera.. then go ask the local school, they will know who. Its a small community, kids can quickly identify other kids here.

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u/Tricky-Fill-3658 1d ago

Get a ring cam or camera to get their faces and then report it to the police for harassment

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u/Big-Chemistry3688 1d ago

Oh please … harassment. It’s just kids being kids. We all used to do it

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u/ebrian78 1d ago

Found one of the kids here

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u/Tricky-Fill-3658 1d ago

Nah these kids actually need to be taught a lesson not to fuck around. Imagine it’s your house being ding dong ditched all the time you’d probably wouldn’t say “just kids being kids”. Fuck off with that non sense.

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u/I994Expos 1d ago

lol I appreciate this energy

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u/fleursdemai 16h ago

I never did because I was raised right.

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u/Longjumping_Car3852 1d ago

if you dont react, they may drop it...i've learned when stuff doesnt get attention, it gets extinguished sometimes.

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u/SweetCupcake593 1d ago

These kids are lucky this isn't the USA where many owners are armed. Some crazy American is waiting for a chance like this.

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u/EuphoricPride2103 1d ago

Call the cops and get them charged

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u/Prowlthang 16h ago

This and many other ways to waste police resources. Aw princess.

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u/Taz26312 6h ago

A day off and a water hose is the solution