# Guests over who Will. Not. Leave. What can you do? (Do not need answers fast) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852 "2010-10-12T02:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/1 "2010-10-12T02:16:24Z")
Let’s say I’m in California and I invited a group of people over. They’ve been there all night and I’ve asked them to leave. They just ignore me. I tell them to go away, they refuse, pretend I didn’t say anything. I try to drag them out but they won’t budge. What would my recourse be? Would I have to call the police? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/2 "2010-10-12T02:20:34Z")
IANAL but it seems to me that anyone refusing to leave your property may be charged with trespass. Call the police. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/3 "2010-10-12T02:24:34Z")
I hope the question is hypothetical…or you need a new group of friends. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/4 "2010-10-12T02:27:14Z")
Bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/5 "2010-10-12T02:29:09Z")
Dp not attempt to invite anything else into your house in order to get them to leave, because then you’ll need to continue inviting increasingly unpleasant creatures into your home until you’re… Screwed entirely. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/6 "2010-10-12T03:13:37Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > I hope the question is hypothetical…or you need a new group of friends. I thought of the question after an episode of iCarly. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/7 "2010-10-12T03:17:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Bagpipes. I \*love \*bagpipes. And based on previous threads we share similar tastes in liquor. What time should I be over? We can watch the Giants in the NLCS together! ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/8 "2010-10-12T03:24:40Z")
In California, you just tell them a therapist is giving free sessions down the street. ---
**Author:** ![Dano83860](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dano83860](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dano83860)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/9 "2010-10-12T03:28:32Z")
Is this a big problem in California, or is it just the people you know? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/10 "2010-10-12T03:34:24Z")
LOUD _Don’t Worry Be Happy_ by Bobby McFerrin REPEAT ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/11 "2010-10-12T03:36:37Z")
Once again the _[Family Circus](http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9691/familycircus0742.jpg)_ has already addressed this issue ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/12 "2010-10-12T03:38:45Z")
> [@Dano83860](#): > > Is this a big problem in California, or is it just the people you know? > :rolleyes: What’s with the rolly eyes? I just assumed he asked about CA to see what that state’s laws would be. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/13 "2010-10-12T03:45:28Z")
Or raunchy but non-hentai anime. Maybe something from the Tenchi Muyo series. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/14 "2010-10-12T03:46:01Z")
Real answer: yes, call the cops. Refusal to leave can constitute trespass under California Penal Code 602. My answer? Country music. Old country music. Seems to clear rooms of unwanted people. Them that stay to listen? They’re good people. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/15 "2010-10-12T03:48:15Z")
You could always [play dead](http://www.loyno.edu/~dawhite/LarsonFeign.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/16 "2010-10-12T04:09:29Z")
This used to happen to my neighbors all. the. time. Like, every Saturday night. (Not in Calif. though.) Our neighbors’ solution: So at three in the morning they’re out they’re yelling THE PARTY’S FUCKING OVER! GO HOME! And eventually, the cops arrive to enforce this. Every week. Our guests, our solution: “We’re going to bed now. Feel free to sleep on the couch or the floor until you’re sober enough to drive. G’night.” ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/17 "2010-10-12T04:12:40Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I thought of the question after an episode of iCarly. Just tell them you watch iCarly… that should do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/18 "2010-10-12T04:13:49Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Our guests, our solution: “We’re going to bed now. Feel free to sleep on the couch or the floor until you’re sober enough to drive. G’night.” This. Always worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/19 "2010-10-12T04:22:07Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > > [@RandMcnally](#): > > > > I thought of the question after an episode of iCarly. > > Just tell them you watch iCarly… that should do the trick. I effing love that show. I’ve seen nearly episode. Easily one of the funniest shows on Nickelodeon (I will also rock out to Taylor Swift). ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852/20 "2010-10-12T04:53:55Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > > [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > > > Our guests, our solution: “We’re going to bed now. Feel free to sleep on the couch or the floor until you’re sober enough to drive. G’night.” > > This. > Always worked for me. Lock the booze up and switch the gas off to the oven , not saying you will come down and find no booze left and burning things on the hot plate and people in a terrible state passed out on the breakfast bar, but its a possibilty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852.md?page=2)