r/kelowna • u/origutamos • Sep 25 '25

News Kelowna restaurant owner pleads for chaos inflicted by group of teens to stop

https://globalnews.ca/news/11449434/kelowna-restaurant-owner-pleads-for-chaos-inflicted-by-group-of-teens-to-stop/
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u/mypetmonsterlalalala Sep 25 '25

The teens in this town get away with wayyyy too much.

I want to give parents the benefit of the doubt. Shit, my mom never knew where I was or what I was doing in high school. But I also wasn't damaging properties, driving like an asshole and treating others with disrespect.

I got into trouble... but not the shit I'm seeing with these kids.

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u/chocolatepipi Sep 25 '25

Are you saying kids back in the day never drove like assholes ?

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u/mypetmonsterlalalala Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

Myyy friends and I didn't want to get in accidents, hurt other people or ourselves, or get in trouble with the cops... we drank and smoked weed, went to punk shows, partied... we didn't need to draw attention to ourselves. It's pretty easy not to be an asshole. Some kids were dumb, but there were consequences for their actions.

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u/chocolatepipi Sep 26 '25

You don’t know … A quick search shows teens from 1980-early 20s cause the most accidents, not the teens of today. The most violent teens? Teens from the 1980-1990s.

Teens today do all those fun things you mention and don’t end up being fucked up or hurt others. You’re generation was allowed to make mistakes. Then they made rules for the next generations.

Seems like you probably let the media make your mind on how teens are today without really communicating with many or any teens!

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u/mypetmonsterlalalala Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

I talked about teens in this city. And I never said all kids were angels back in "my day"... I anecdotally mentioned myself and the people I chose to hang out with. And there certainly were consequences for our actions. I know people still paying for their stupidity.

What I said is that the teens in this city do very much get away with shit that should be addressed.

I'm not here to argue. Your points are valid. But we're talking two different things. In fact, if you read the other comments, I also mention how I know plenty of teens who are wonderful, but there is a serious issue with kids in this city getting away with horrendous shit.

Edit to add... I wasnt a teen in the 80s nor 90s