Posted by Bryan in Iowa on March 21, 2009 at 17:03:42 from (205.188.116.74):
Got some cars stored behind my shop . Waiting for one of those slow times to fix one up and sell or parts cars etc. Buddy had his 79 Firebird there too , kinda stored , kinda fix this when you get time deal . Well, other day i was out there and notice some rocks, lot of rocks. This is grass, and usually kept mowed. So I look around and notice windshield busted on one car, then another, and another , CRAP ! Called cops, they came out filled out report etc. Never figured to hear much about it , figured I was out whatever damages . This morning squad car pulls up back , figured he was doing follow up report . He said he just got called for kids breaking windows , turns out they came back , neighbor saw them and called. More damage , he looked around found couple skateboards , thought he knew where they belonged . Officer calls this afternoon , says kids in custody , do i want to press charges ? I figured est $1500-2000 damage . I asked him to have kid parents bring them by the shop . Jr high age kids . They show up , I tell them what I want , "Rocks picked up , windows in cars replaced , I didn;t want to have to make a call to anyone , glass Co , Insurance co . At first one kids dad balked at that , he wanted to see the damages . Took him out back showed him all the rocks and such , he looked at his kid and said " You are in so much trouble ! " He took pictures , said he would call glass co ,,and that the kids would be there this afternoon to clean up . I told him I thought the kids would learn a better lesson if they had to clean up and be resposible for their actions , both sets of parents agreed and siad the kids would be ther instead of on vaction for spring break . They also said whatever I needed them to do , split stack wood , mow , clean up etc,,they will be there ! Cops said as long as everyone agreed , and followed through , no charges, no lawsuits . They showed up , cleaned all the rocks, said they would be back sunday . I have some other good projects for them . I told them maybe we can make something good come of this . Asked them if they liked race cars and ever worked on one? I'll see how they do this week , and then see how they feel about helping swap motors on the stock car . hopefully they will learn something . I kicked around what course of action to take on this for a long time . Think I did the right thing ?
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