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  • #16
    One Halloween, my brother and I were handing out candy, and
    a couple of young guys came up - probably around 13 years old -
    and they hesitated for a second, and neither one of them said
    "trick or treat."

    Then, a second later, one of them reached out and punched me.
    Then they ran off.

    My brother and I were so stunned that we both just sat there
    staring at each other through our witch and werewolf masks.

    I was wearing a long, hooded cloak. The boys probably couldn't
    see that I was five months pregnant.
    Sarah Meier
    Haunting Copy Copywriting Services
    "Words they remember you by"

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    • #17
      How horriblle! They just walked up and punched you....just like that...for no reason at all? Was everything ok...with the baby and everything?

      Wow i just cant commprehend what might have been going through that boys mind when he punched you?

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      • #18
        I simply walk up to the offender and tell him/her to leave. I tell them that I am in charge and that they are leaving or they are being arrested.

        End of conversation. they know that they are out of line and they are taking advantage of your good will.

        Your other guests will probably appreciate it that you demand people act in an appropriate manner.

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        • #19
          i been through this

          i been through something like this the kid was running through the haunt poking the actors with a fake knife and he broke one of my favorite props so what i did(me be about 6'4 and about 210) just grabed him by the sholder and i basicly draged his ass out and call trhe cops the kid had looked like he was on drugs so they took him to jail and i got money from the parents to repay for the prop that was the last time i saw thaT KID IN MY HAUNT!!!!!!
          terror tents we will leave you screaming

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          • #20
            Never Wrestle Customers..

            When wearing certain types of clothing, like a cape securely fastened around your neck!
            I found this lesson waiting for me when I put a hand upon the drunk's shoulder and asked him to leave.
            We tussled toward the door, we got outside, I figured I had the surprise advantage over him if I acted quickly , with speed. I ran him backwards along the side of my house for about 35 feet, then he unwisely decided to pull me down on top of him , he put himself on the upside-down steel rail road ties that comprise a bench at the corner of my house "(This HAD to hurt, even for a drunkie!)
            So there we lay, on the bench, me on top (my usual position ) him on his back beneath me, looking up, screaming how he is going to kill me, ex cetra...
            He still had a hold of my twisted cape, I couldn't really move. I said, "The first thing that you have to do is figure out how to get up!"
            I looked up and there stood the Chief of Police, he had been driving passed when we came bursting from the house.
            I have posted here before about this and was scoulded for "touching" him.
            This is my house. I own it. I had just watched and listened to his drunken threats to punch his own , sober cousin while they were in my kitchen, after he began spitting on the floor and refused to stop, my Wife was standing close to these two, in possibly harm's way if the punches began and they were all three infront of antique built- in kitchen cabinents that have normal glass windows, waiting to slice and dice "somebody", Drunkie, his sober relative or my Wife!
            It WAS time for him to leave!
            Some of my helpers happened to see this all happen and were impressed by" the old guy"!(Me)
            This being impressed was something to hear coming from the hugely muscled youngman I had working here that night.
            hauntedravensgrin.com

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            • #21
              Home Haunt

              did you ever try to put a fence around your decroations or tie down your decorations it works for me.
              Chris Riehl
              Sales@spookyfinder.com
              (586)209-6935
              www.spookyfinder.com

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              • #22
                I know ths may seem a bit extreme but he will certainly remember it!!!
                Hire someone who is in costume to wait inside the haunted house and when the kid comes in beat the tar out of the kid. Let him know it is from all the neighbors who is tired of him causing damage..

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                • #23
                  Crown Control: Use someone to walk in behind potential problematic customers. As soon as a customer screws up, your Crowd Control Person Lights up their flashlight and escorts the patron out of the house. We use it at a professional haunt on really busy nights, but it would probably help a home haunt every night, since people have a harder time withstanding the temptation to break something in a smaller venue.

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                  • #24
                    That angers me. I had a kid one year walk through and one of my actors jumped out and this 13 year old brat tried to start fights with him. I went up to the punk said "Listen buddy, Dont start fights with my actors or get the hell out" I also had a bloody stump of wood in my hand so that really helped. Kid went through 5 times but nothing happened that was bad so all was good
                    Matthew Colton
                    Frightworld America's Screampark
                    http://www.frightworld.com/

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                    • #25
                      personally i would stop him and then i would punch him in his face those dam kids dont know how much time and money go into the haunts
                      terror tents we will leave you screaming

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                      • #26
                        So far, we haven't had any problems. Last year we had a group of kids that wanted to hang out. We made them leave because I didn't want anyone hanging around and loitering. They were alittle upset, but did leave. I've been lucky enough to not have to experience any trouble.

                        You need to do what you have to inorder to have a smooth operation.
                        Scaring the yell out of them
                        Owner/operator of

                        http://www.terrorsofthenight.com haunted house

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                        • #27
                          My recommendation is to try being nice to him, learn his name for starters. Greet him kindly, and walk him through personally in order to show him all the cool stuff. Just a thought, most kids that age would love to work in a haunt, If he volunteers for you helping to build it he might not want to destroy it when its open. Yes some people are just jerks and its deep in their blood and cant be fixed or chained, but try nice first.
                          Allen H
                          www.Stiltbeaststudios.com
                          http://www.youtube.com/user/Stiltbea...s?feature=mhee

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                          • #28
                            Allen makes an excellent suggestion about befriending them.

                            Originally posted by The Forsaken Crypt View Post
                            Kid went through 5 times but nothing happened that was bad so all was good
                            But if being nice doesn't work, don't let them go through five times. Stop them at the first sign of trouble and don't let them back in. You are under no obligation to do so, paying customers or not.

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                            • #29
                              You could have actors follow him and beat the crap out of him if he destroys anything. Lol. I had the same issue. I told him he couldn't come in and sent him away. Now I pay a constable $100 for the night to discourage any misbehavior.

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                              • #30
                                Create a special room at the end of the haunt and if he is bad send him in there. You could call it the TAZER-ROOM and have fun with him. or build a solid room with trap door that he enters and cant get out untill your ready to let him out.
                                Ken L.

                                http://www.thedreamsofdarkness.com

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