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Weigh In: What Did You Get I Trouble For...
05/01/2009 - By Teja Anderson
What did you get in trouble for when you were a kid?
Nobody is perfect, but some people’s moral compasses starts at an early age and other people never seem to develop one at all. For this question we asked adults to remember back to when they were young. We also asked kids, from as young as five years old to teens, to think of the biggest thing they remembered getting in trouble for. Many of the answers were quite revealing!
While it was interesting to hear the wide variety of activities that got people in trouble (and that they were willing to admit to), the range of the answers was amazing. Many of you, in fact, admitted to real crimes that are punishable by law – stealing cars, doing drugs – while others felt that just talking back to your parents or being late for school was bad enough. Perhaps it was part of the healing process, or maybe it was for the shock value, but many of the worst offenders still found their transgressions humorous and weren’t in the least remorseful; others still felt guilty for small, seemingly insignificant things that they’d done decades ago. As all of the children we asked were accompanied by adults, their answers were often a little less candid, and frequently they were prompted by their parents. Some people thought of so many things they had a hard time nailing it down to just one, while others had a hard time thinking of anything. A few even said that they never got in trouble…hmmm.
Not surprisingly, for this question there was a much higher volume of community members who either didn’t want their photos taken once they had answered the question or didn’t want their real names used. One woman, whose only offense was skipping school only one time, refused to have either her name or photo taken. When asked if it was because she was now a teacher, she said, “No. I’m a police officer!” Her moral compass is certainly pointed in the right direction!.
Nothing major. I was a good kid.
-Lanie Suky
Messy room.
-Michael Calderaro
Ruining my neighbor’s garden by running through it a lot.
-David Heck
Texting.
-Rebecca Bauer
Fighting with my brother.
-Greg Calderaro
I took apart a toy boat once and then I couldn’t get it back together again; and there was this one time when I was really young. I thought it would be fun to throw rocks at cars, so I got my friends to do it with me and the first car stopped and I started crying!
-Dr. Tom Theocharides
I was so good. I didn’t really get in trouble. Well, except when I was older…I got in trouble for hanging out with the wrong boy; he was a musician.
-Cheryl Parker
I broke the windshield on my dad’s car with a hammer. I got in really big trouble for that one!
-Ray Cook
I guess talking too much in school was the biggest thing I got in trouble for.
-Coleen Smith
I chopped down a garage once and the police came by, but it was just the frame. The house had been demolished. Also, I almost set my aunt’s garage on fire. I set up a tent and I was camping, but I made the campfire inside the tent. I was young and innocent.
-Vinnie Soviero
I was shopping with my mom and she was making me carry all her bathing suits around, and I told her, “I’m not a closet!” I got in trouble for being fresh.
-Emma Edwards
I got in trouble for going in the neighbor’s hot pepper patch. My hands and lips got all burned up from it, and I got in trouble.
- Beth Kerekes
I put a rubber band on the faucet and it sprayed my mom, and it wasn’t even April Fool’s Day!
-Maggie Powel
Lying to my parents about everything. I have three kids now [so] you can’t use my real name!
-Diana Ross
(No picture)
Getting high at school.
-D.J. Jones
(No picture)
Skipping school…but you can’t use my name. I’m a police officer now.
-Anonymous
(No picture)
The main thing was always coming home late. I was never home on time.
-Jim Mack
Mouthing off to my teachers, the Deans, and even the Headmaster. That really made my parents upset with me.
-Jessica Franklin
(No picture)
Sneaking out to go to a party. Of course, I got caught. I never got away with anything.
-Mary Afonso
Stealing cars and selling the parts!
-Leroy S.
(No picture)
Staying out past my curfew.
-Beth Powel
(No picture)
I once was playing around in the Chemistry Lab and I mixed a few volatile substances together and it exploded. I not only got in a heap of trouble, but I had to work off the damage I caused at the school. It was definitely not worth the fun!
-Jon Smiteracer
(No picture)
I spray painted a phallic symbol on the side of my parent’s house when I was mad at them. What? I was just expressing my anger!
-Chrissy Sangori
(No picture)
Everything! I took apart my dad’s alarm clock once. I got in big trouble for that.
-Vickie Theocharides
Once, I was chewing a piece of Grape Hubba Bubba® gum and I got it stuck in my hair. I didn’t want to get in trouble so I cut a huge chunk of hair out. My mom totally noticed.
-Sally Manstra
(No picture)
Fighting with my brother.
-Linda Bauer
Coming in late at night.
-Andy Andiorio
Probably yelling at my brother.
-Megan Farrell
Not doing homework.
-Steve Milkowski
Jumping off the shed.
-Lauren Holsey
I guess I got in trouble once for smoking a
cigarette.
-Nicole Borden
I was a good boy, but once I hit a golf ball into the side of the house and it made a dent in the aluminum siding. I got in more trouble with my mom because my dad knew I was just practicing.
-Tom DeNigris
Talking back to my parents.
-Liz Garley
Going into New York City for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade when I was supposed to be in school.
-Colin O’Brian
(No picture)
Talking too much in class, not paying attention. I was a pretty good girl…well, sneaking out to my girlfriend’s house. I did that a lot.
-Leigh Trillhaase
Pick one! Mostly, staying out later than I should.
-Karen Tarnecki
(No picture)
I almost burned the house down once. I wanted to have these baby chickens, but my dad said no. I had them up in the attic with this incubator, and I almost burned the house down.
-Edward Thein
Talking too much in school; the nuns would always yell at me for that.
-Shannon Farrell
Once, I was chewing a piece of Grape Hubba Bubba® gum and I got it stuck in my hair. I didn’t want to get in trouble so I cut it out of my hair. My mom totally noticed.
-Sally Manstra
(No picture)
Staying up past my curfew…again and again.
-Joan Prince
(No picture)
I broke a fishbowl and lied about it, but then I got caught for spilling ink on the carpet and I gave myself up about the fishbowl, too.
-Kristen Coleman
In general, I would say not putting my bicycle away and always being told to or it would get run over. Then one day, as a fluke accident, it did!
-Sandra Scheuer
Being bad in school...talking too much.
-Zhane Esdaile
Stealing cars! But I became a good person... that was a long time ago.
-Vinnie Napoleone
I once ran around the neighborhood in my birthday suit. I thought it was hysterical, my mother did not!
-Jeremy Kranston
(No picture)
It just happened…not covering my man in lacrosse!
-Stephanie Garley
Staying out too late.
-Kristine Thein
Nothing. I never got in trouble.
-Andie B.
Being mean to my little sister.
-Karly Trillhaase
Barrel rolling my car 20 feet in the air!
-Tom Tapke, III
Being late to school.
-Maria Falcone
Saying I was in one place when I was really somewhere else.
-Carol Sauer
Fighting with my sister. I did that a lot.
-Karen Boehmer
Running off a roof and breaking my wrist!
-Tom Tapke
When I was in high school I went on this website that you could put in someone’s name and it would put them in a really official looking newspaper article. So I put in my teacher’s name and something really bad about him that wasn’t true. I got suspended.
-Brandon Fischer
The worst thing I ever got in trouble for was smoking pot with my little brother. I had to go live with my grandmother for a whole semester. I never smoked pot again.
-Mike Ike
(No picture)
I was in Catholic school. I lived next door to the nuns; the priest lived right nearby, too, so I NEVER got in trouble. You couldn’t even cross the street without them knowing!
-Betty Arthur
I lit a kid’s hair on fire in grade school [and] I got expelled.
-Chris Boehmer
I got in big trouble for stealing my friend’s dad’s car. We took it into the city and it got a flat tire, so we left it there. I was grounded for like a year.
-J. Richards
(No picture)
I just got in trouble for not following my mom’s directions. She told me to try on this dress to see if it still fit and I didn’t want to, so I got in trouble.
-Courtney Sauer
I got in trouble for everything. I still do. My mom brings stuff up all the time, and I’m 52!
-Calvin Johnson
(No picture)
I got in trouble for eating two meals a day. It was the depression. I would eat at my house and then go over to my girlfriend’s house and eat another whole meal. Needless to say I was a size 12! I got in a lot of trouble once my parents figured it out.
-Rose Rossi
Let’s see…throwing eggs at a beauty parlor; the lady saw me and called the police. I got in big trouble for that.
-Diana Ruggieo
Smoking pot!
-Adrienne R.
(No picture)
The worst thing I got in trouble for was trespassing on private property. It was in the woods by my house where all the dirt bikers went. We used to throw stuff at them [and] we got caught.
- Joe Ortiz
I got in big trouble for stealing my friend’s dad’s car. We took it into the city and it got a flat tire, so we left it there. I was grounded for like a year.
-J. Richards
(No picture)
I got kicked out of Girl Scouts. I didn’t want to do what they wanted me to do, so they kicked me out!
- Madeline Valentine
I took apart the washing machine. My parents were furious with me. They had to call a repairman to put it back together. My punishment was I was never allowed near any machinery again. I became an engineer, so maybe my parents should have let me play with the appliances!
-Christian Strauss
(No picture)
I just got in trouble because I didn’t put my retainer in the case like I was supposed to, and the dog chewed it up!
-Emily Kolesk
Well…it’s not something I got in trouble for, but if I say it now then I will for sure.
-Deidre Sauer
Stealing money from my parents. I still don’t know who ratted me out!
-Evan Jones
(No picture)
Talking too much.
-Sydney Dolan
Matches. I was caught playing with them.
-Isaiah Robinson
Not wearing a coat or a jacket…like right now!
-M. Dolan
Beating up my sisters!
-Sarah Giordano
Missing homework. I get in trouble for that all the time.
-T.R. Dolan
I poured nail polish remover over my cousin’s dresser, and that’s one of the few times I remember getting hit.
-Dolores Patten
Many things, but one thing I remember in particular. I had to sneak my boyfriend out of my bedroom window by tying sheets together, and my mom came home and I had the house all locked up; once he was out, I let her in and pretended I had fainted, and that’s why I didn’t hear her at the door.
-Marianne Janichi
Shoplifting some makeup. I think it was some lip gloss and an eye shadow. I got caught, but they let me off with a warning, but they told my parents which was worse. I got the belt!
-Rachel S.
(No picture)
Street fighting! And I usually won, but I still got in trouble for doing it.
-Louis Liguori
My mouth. One time, specifically, I was being a mother’s helper and my mother told me to come home. I said no and she pulled my hair and I pulled her hair back, and so she slapped me on the mouth. I remember it like it was yesterday.
-Jeannie Parker
Stealing my friend’s motorcycle; then bringing it back with no gas and a missing side mirror.
-Jeff Jones
(No picture)
Fighting with my older brother about food at the table…who got more, who got less; and fighting with my sister about everything!
-Milena Mantino
Doing drugs. But don’t tell my kids that.
-M. D.
(No picture)
Breaking my front teeth on a beer bottle cap!
-John St. John
(No picture)
I don’t think I ever got in trouble as a kid; but when I was older…speeding tickets for sure.
-Tom Dolan
I was always in trouble, mostly for fighting with my sister.
-Michelle Dolan
I got in a lot of fights with my brothers.
-John Ryan
(No picture)
I got in trouble for not eating. I was a picky eater and my parents used to get so frustrated with me.
-Doris Falloon
I remember mouthing off to the Headmaster and almost getting expelled from boarding school. My parents were not very happy with me.
-Fred Smithers
(No picture)
I got in trouble for bothering and chasing my little brother all the time. I just couldn’t leave him alone.
-Marsha Montgomery
I once ran around town with no pants on. I was laughing so hard I almost peed. I got a major whooping that night...until my hiney was shiny.
-Geneva Mongola
(No picture)
I never got in trouble, and that’s the honest to God truth!
-Carl Johnson
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