If you have chosen to reside in Piedmont, no doubt education and community are just as important to you, your friends and your neighbors as it is to our family. And taking care of our community, our homes and our children are of utmost importance. With that I felt compelled to share a recent experience.
Our home was egged, for the third time.
Egging a home is a crime.
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Egging a home or car is vandalism and destruction of property.
Egging a home or a car costs the recipient of that egging money, time and aggravation.
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Please share with your children and your teens that IT IS simply NOT okay to egg someone’s private property… home or car.
Consequences are imminent as damaging someone’s property is a crime. Your student may end up with a police record or worse yet; he/she may be seriously harmed. Every day on the daily news we hear reports of a victim being injured or killed by accident, retaliation, a lost temper or for no good reason. At a sporting event, really??!
Last year many of the athlete’s homes were egged. Perhaps other people’s homes were egged as well. We were egged last spring and it was very costly not to mention time consuming and extremely aggravating.
I did not report it.
I posted the occurrence on Facebook to alert kids and parents to be aware of the cost and the legality of the situation. I read comments and conversation amongst the kids on Facebook. One of the comments I noticed was that they did not know it was a crime nor how costly the damages. But I suppose it wasn’t enough.
We were hit again a month or so later and again this past weekend, this time, I will, however, be reporting the egging to both the school and to the police. I am sure we will not learn who perpetrated this event but it is my hope - for one, it will stop and for two, by blogging about this and initiating a conversation this will encourage us all to educate our children, teens and young adults that this is not okay, and hopefully will prevent someone from getting seriously injured.
As mentioned above, last spring our home was egged. One family endured repeated egging which naturally infuriated both the parents and the players.
The outcome was not good for anyone.
Is your student planning to attend college now or in the future?
Do you want your student to risk a vandalism record and have that single act impact their chances of getting into a college of their choice?
We all know too well, that being accepted into the colleges our children are aiming for here in Piedmont are all highly competitive choices, and…
what they do today matters tomorrow, and will affect their future.Even worse, however, may be in the retaliation. People do not always act or react the same. Most don’t take the time to count to ten before they act when they are threatened or angry. Don’t let your teen or child make that mistake.
Being physically injured is not worth getting together with your friends on a Friday night and egging someone’s home; even if they like the person and think it’s just all in good fun. It’s just not.
Egging a home also hurts the home team.
If you are an athlete, in a choir program or actor in a play, and you get caught perpetrating such a crime or frustrated by being attacked and threaten the assaulter you will suffer the consequences. I know it is not right to retaliate, but I can sympathize, the frustration of being a repeated target is extremely aggravating.
It's no joke.
Either way, your actions will hurt the team, the club or the group. Not only does it affect you from not being able to participate, but it also hurts the team or group as a whole.
Think twice before you vandalize someone’s home or vehicle. An egg will bake onto a home becoming impossible to remove and can damage and discolor the paint on a car. And it’s not a game and it can quickly elevate into something much more serious.
What you do today matters tomorrow, and will affect your future.
The remarks noted below were reprinted from the Internet.
My Search Phrase: “is egging a home illegal?”
From Wikipedia
Egging refers to the act of throwing eggs at houses, cars, or people. Egging is a criminal offence in most areas. The eggs are usually raw, but are sometimes hard-boiled or rotten.
Eggs are capable of causing damage when thrown at property and egging is often considered vandalism for this reason. Eggs can break windows and, when thrown at cars, can dent a body panel or chip paint where the shell breaks, leaving an oval outline. Additionally, egg whites can degrade certain types of vehicle and house paint. Whether or not the egg damages the surface beneath it, dried egg can be surprisingly difficult to remove. Vigorous removal attempts with scrapers or abrasives can, themselves, damage the egged surface.
Wiki Answers
“Egging cars refers to the act of throwing raw eggs to cars. It is illegal in most localities. Egging cars is considered a criminal offence because it's part of destruction of property. Eggs can be corrosive and eat paint and damage things…”
Chat Forums
A few of the chat forums I read online spoke of guns, baseball bats, knives and other forms of retaliation.
Here is one person’s recount:
“My house and car got egged last night. I was actually in the living room when it happened and thought it was like a robber trying to get in when I heard the thuds. So I wasted about 10 minutes with a baseball bat to see what would happen next. After awhile the noises stopped and I realized it was probably just some kids being jackasses. If this occurs again I'm rushing out right away. So if this happens again, what would have happen if I rushed out the door and beat whoever's face is outside to a bloody pulp? Would I get in any sort of legal trouble?”
You get my drift. What can you do?
If you are a young adult reading this:
Don’t disappoint yourself or your mom or dad; it’s not worth it. Think twice before you act. Deep down you know what is right and what is wrong.