I can't escape the suck even on Halloween

[Kisa]

So yesterday I stayed home and passed out candy as I feel that once you can legally own a house, you shouldn't trick-or-treat. It feels awkward dressing up and standing next to kids half my age asking for candy. Now, I much prefer seeing cute little kids all dressed up and munching on my own candy. I made some cat ears and a tail and, viola, instant costume. All the little girls LOVED my homemade ears because they are big, pink and fuzzy. But then there was these few...

Kid: *walks past my 2'5" butler guy* TRICK OR TREAT!
Me: Here ya go! *gives candy*
Kid: *walks away with NO thanks* HIYAH! *karate chops my butler*
Me: HEY! Excuse me! You don't hit other people stuff!
Kid: *looks at me....walks away*
Me: BRAT!

Kid: TRICK OR TREAT!
Me: *gives candy*
Kid: *looks between bag and me*
Me: *waits for kid to back off so I can close the door*
Kid: *holds out bag again*
Me: You already got a piece.
Kid: The OTHER housed gave me a big handful!
Me: Well, this house will give you one piece.
Kid: HMPH! *stomps off*

Teen Punk: LOOK A DOG! *points at Puppy Power through the picture window and tries to "scare" him*
Puppy Power: *sees bratty teen having a spaz attack and woofs at him telling him to get away from my house you freak!"
Teen Punk: SHUT THE FUCK UP DOG! I'LL KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS!
Friend: C'mon lets get candy! Trick or treat!
Me: *gives candy*
Teen Punk: Trick or treat.
Me: Get off my porch.
Teen Punk: Whyyyyy I just want candyyyyy!
Me: You do NOT come to my house, threaten my dog and get free candy. There are children here that do not need to hear words like that.
Teen Punk: I was just joking! It's halloween you gotta give me candy!
Me: I don't care and no I don't. You swore in front of little kids and threatened my dog. Now get off my porch

[Kristev]

That's not trick or treating, that's trick or threat.

How contemptable. Did any of these kids happen to have parents escorting them?

[Mr Hero]

I loved how you handled the punks in the third story. I've never remembered Halloween being so EWish until this year.

[Kitten in the box]

Kids like that do not deserve a piece of candy. Not for threatening your dog like that. whaat an asshat.

[PepperElf]

dumb kid's lucky the dog didn't decide HE was candy.

[HiddenMica]

They actually canceled trick or treating all together in my town. Most of the other places in the area rescheduled it but not my town, they canceled it. So now my mom is worried that my diabetic step father is going to eat all the candy he bought and he buys the full size candy bars every year. lol. Granted they needed to cancel it but why not reschedule it like everyone else? With the near riot that has ensued in the town meetings over it I wouldn't be surprised to hear it is this weekend. XD Was canceled because there are a lot of downed trees due to an early snow storm. The leaves haven't fallen so the extra weight of the heavy snow they held brought them down all over, just got power back, been out for two days.

[firecat88]

Kid: *walks away with NO thanks* HIYAH! *karate chops my butler*

"I'm sorry, but attempted damaging of my personal property will cost you the candy I just gave you. Fork it over."

Kid: The OTHER housed gave me a big handful!

"Yeah? Well, welcome to the Louis' Lunch of trick-or-treat stops. You don't get it your way- You get it my way, and my way is one piece of candy per customer."

Teen Punk: I was just joking! It's halloween you gotta give me candy!

"This house reserves the right not to distribute candy to some teenage wanna-be badass who thinks it's fun to threaten puppies and swear in front of small children. No shirt, no manners, no service."


Has Halloween seriously devolved to a night where common courtesy gets thrown out the window and a mentality that the candy is a God-given right instead of a fun privilege? This saddens me.

[Andara Bledin]

Has Halloween seriously devolved to a night where common courtesy gets thrown out the window and a mentality that the candy is a God-given right instead of a fun privilege? This saddens me.

I'm not really sure there was any devolving to do... After all, the whole "trick or treat" mantra used to mean, "give us a treat so we won't play a trick on you." It's just that the vast majority of kids never do the trick part.

^-.-^

[rageaholic]

I'm lucky I got the nice trick or treaters. I never experienced any suck, but at the same time, I wouldn't put it past kids to be little hellions for halloween.

[mikoyan29]

Is there a law that was recently passed that I didn't hear about? Nobody has to give anybody anything.

[Eisa]

I've never gone trick-or-treating. My mom thought it was evil. And my parents would turn all the lights out and we had to hide in the back of the house to keep away from ToTers.

This year at my aunt's, we only had two groups. Oddly, at 3 pm.

The last kid is lucky you didn't have a pet alligator to sic on him. Douchebag.

[PepperElf]

They actually canceled trick or treating all together in my town. Most of the other places in the area rescheduled it but not my town, they canceled it.

I... didn't think you could do that. I mean how do you stop people from going out in costume?

[JPD]

I... didn't think you could do that. I mean how do you stop people from going out in costume?

Where I live there was a massive snow storm, bringing down trees and power lines everywhere. It's been over a week now and there are still several areas that have wires down/no lights

It was done mainly for the kids safety due to the number of down power lines/downed branches and trees/ no lights.

I know that in my town, on Halloween, that we were 100% without power, along with several towns around here.