Day laborers in front? (Chula Vista, Vista: crimes, house, neighborhood)

[5FLgirls]

Hi all:

Silly question/comment. I live in Del Mar and just moved here a week ago. We live on a relatively busy street so we often hear cars and such going past our house. This morning at 6AM, I heard a car pull to a stop in front of my house and a few minutes later heard a group of people talking (it felt as if they were inside the house--it was actually a bit nerve wracking at first). I got up and went to my bedroom window and there was a large white truck parked across from our house (we live on a single loaded street) and there were five men standing outside of it talking. This went on for about 25 minutes and ended up waking all four of my small children up. I stood and watched as the men walked away and began putting door hangers on my door and the surrounding doors. I was so infuriated. I know I sound like a baby but...is there a rule or something about dropping day laborers off like that? And what about some common courtesy???

[canibeyou]

Seriously... if that's the worst thing that happens in your neighborhood....

And be happy that you don't have a job like that.

[treedonkey]

Originally Posted by 5FLgirls

Hi all:

Silly question/comment. I live in Del Mar and just moved here a week ago. We live on a relatively busy street so we often hear cars and such going past our house. This morning at 6AM, I heard a car pull to a stop in front of my house and a few minutes later heard a group of people talking (it felt as if they were inside the house--it was actually a bit nerve wracking at first). I got up and went to my bedroom window and there was a large white truck parked across from our house (we live on a single loaded street) and there were five men standing outside of it talking. This went on for about 25 minutes and ended up waking all four of my small children up. I stood and watched as the men walked away and began putting door hangers on my door and the surrounding doors. I was so infuriated. I know I sound like a baby but...is there a rule or something about dropping day laborers off like that? And what about some common courtesy???

Do a search for your local noise and loitering ordinaces if you want, but are you really going to call the police on manual laborers getting ready to work in your neighborhood during daylight hours?

Maybe you could try greeting them, binging them sancks or something, then politely asking them to keep it as quiet as possible.

[SD Observer]

If they are not commiting any crimes no need to call the cops.

But as the other poster said maybe go and talk to them to be more quiet.

This way they will respect your need for peace and quiet. If they are smart and don't want to rock the boat they will comply.

If you give them fair warning and they still don't comply then maybe a nusiance complaint can be filed with the police or sherrif's dept.

[jksouthbay88]

Originally Posted by canibeyou

Seriously... if that's the worst thing that happens in your neighborhood....

And be happy that you don't have a job like that.

Yeah.That is nothing.What's the big deal?

[Netmom]

6 am is a little early. DH does contractor jobs and almost all companies including his start at 7 am. Lots.... looking for daylight hours to work.

Whenever anyone experiences this, it is usually short term, doing a job (like nieghbor reno, etc), then they are gone.

[5FLgirls]

Before you jump to conclusions, please understand that I am alone with four little kids and it's still dark outside (if my husband were home, he probably would have asked them to lower their voices). I hear men talking (and it feels as if they are in my house) so I'm a little scared. As the parent of four small children, wouldn't you be upset that your children were awakened over an hour before they normally are? Not to mention that my 1 & 2 yos were pretty miserable by mid-afternoon. I never once mentioned calling the police--why would you ever bother them for something trivial? Comments such as "What's the big deal?" bring the original question back--is this the norm here? I've never lived in an area where workers are dropped in front of someone's house like that. Re-reading this post, I'm annoyed because I feel like I have to defend my question when in reality, it's just a simple question about the area--I've already figured out that I can't ask the neighbors these ?s because they won't even respond to a hello. It's a nice intro to a new area where the norm (according to these boards) is that people are "friendly."

[bunky3301]

Originally Posted by 5FLgirls

Before you jump to conclusions, please understand that I am alone with four little kids and it's still dark outside (if my husband were home, he probably would have asked them to lower their voices). I hear men talking (and it feels as if they are in my house) so I'm a little scared. As the parent of four small children, wouldn't you be upset that your children were awakened over an hour before they normally are? Not to mention that my 1 & 2 yos were pretty miserable by mid-afternoon. I never once mentioned calling the police--why would you ever bother them for something trivial? Comments such as "What's the big deal?" bring the original question back--is this the norm here? I've never lived in an area where workers are dropped in front of someone's house like that. Re-reading this post, I'm annoyed because I feel like I have to defend my question when in reality, it's just a simple question about the area--I've already figured out that I can't ask the neighbors these ?s because they won't even respond to a hello. It's a nice intro to a new area where the norm (according to these boards) is that people are "friendly."

I don't think there is anything wrong with your post at all. Being a father of two small children I understand exactly what you mean. I would be pissed if a group of people were making enough noise at that hour in the morning to wake me up and my kids as well , common curdisity needs to come into play in these situations.

To answer your original question when I lived in Chula Vista (Eastlake Area, left a month ago, can't wait to come back !!!! ) I never experience this problem. But I did have a BIG NO SOLICITING sign on my front door area as well.

[Californio]

How do you know they were day laborers? If it appeared as if they were putting door hangers maybe they were advertising some sort of company. There are a lot of those people around here.. But its quite odd that they would appear at 6 AM.

[Netmom]

I understand being alone or not! Not OK feeling. I would be mad, 6 is too early....
Kids are hard work on top of that.

Just hoping it was the only day and not every day, otherwise, you would need to speak to them and complain.