I feel so guilty!

[mousepod]

Hey NA, the neighborhood where I work is rife with burrito trucks. What sets the good ones apart from the bad (I'm talking in neighborly quality, not food quality) is that the good ones have great big garbage cans that they use. And they clean up after themselves.
If they do come back, rather than hitting them with water, why don't you suggest they get a can and clean up after themselves? If you're feeling generous, you could grab one at the local Home Depot and sell it to them at cost. They already know that you're capable of calling the cops, so perhaps they'll take you seriously.

[MouseWife]

Ya know, I am so surprised that we don't have the lines of ice cream trucks around here. It is great because this street is awfully busy...

But, Lisa. I hear you. And, it is very important that you take action. The house where I grew up, where my mother still lives, has a side yard {a long one} that runs along the street the school is on. So, since we've lived there, kids have walked home from the elementary and middle schools. Ice cream trucks have lined up along side the house, sometimes 3 of them. Sometimes they park in front of the house. Figure, this has been since '69?

My father, when home, would have words with them 'Clean up after the messes' yada yada.

Fast forward to today. They still park alongside there. It is not only dangerous as far as visually but it slows down the kids and they are little sarcastic buggers as it is. Can't believe how long it takes these young healthy Americans to cross the friggen street {I love your sprinkler story, sorry to hear they are broken}.

Anywho. The fence is destroyed. It is a chain link that has been sat on for years. Along the fence is litter from the kids 'schnackies' as well as mixed in with the plants in my moms' yard. A yard that the people in the house do not dirty needs constant cleaning.

My mom used to go out and yell at the kids to keep off the fence, clean up their messes, and, to stop fights. She is now almost 80 years old and, well, this isn't something she needs to deal with.

So, I applaud your efforts and I hope they get lost. Make their money else where. I wonder how legal it is and if they pay their taxes? Or report all of their earnings or if the food is properly prepared and stored???

Yeah. I am in that sort of mood.