Man scolded for not handing out Halloween candy

[Owain Taggart]

There's something of an attitude I've noticed this year. In total, we only had 4 kids come to the door. One kid, of about 4 or 5 said, "What took you so long?" as my Mom opened the door, as if we weren't quick enough. If I had answered the door, I'd likely have closed it upon hearing it.

Ungrateful little buggers... Now I'm not a parent, so I dunno if I'm the right bloke to give advice. But have they not taught their kids respect?

Exactly what I was thinking. Seemed very ungrateful to even get candy.

 

[Owain Taggart]

There's something of an attitude I've noticed this year. In total, we only had 4 kids come to the door. One kid, of about 4 or 5 said, "What took you so long?" as my Mom opened the door, as if we weren't quick enough. If I had answered the door, I'd likely have closed it upon hearing it.

To be fair, a child that young can't be faulted for being impatient -- or not yet fully grasping the social niceties. But any parent or older sibling accompanying the child should have immediately told him he was being rude.

True, but it's one thing to think it, and another to actually come out and say it. I do hope that the parent told them they were being rude. At that age, I never would have said anything of the sort.

 

[Amaris]

The letter doesn't seem to be in the link, now. In fact, it looks like all ads.
Anyhoo, the kids I had this year were very polite.

 

[Vulagr]

You guys should see the show Dance Moms. There's all kinds of this "My kid's a little angel and you'd better bow down before me and it" attitude in that show.

This attitudes seems to be very prevalent in America these days. I certainly never saw it when I was a kid.

 

[scotpens]

Or it could have, as Deckerd suggested, been written as a joke by a friend of the man who received the letter.

Does that mean we've been punked?

 

[Balrog]

Whiny little self-important, entitled-thinking little brats stamping their collective feet demanding something for nothin'. Reminds me of...

... Never mind...

 

[sojourner]

Always keep a pile of trial sized toothpaste next to the candy bowl. Just to hand out to those special little darlings.

 

[SPOCKED]

Whiny little self-important, entitled-thinking little brats stamping their collective feet demanding something for nothin'. Reminds me of...

... Never mind...

...Wallstreet OccuBaggers?

 

[Timewalker]

There's very little chance that a young child would use the term "rectify", so my guess is that this is written by parents. Whether written by parents or children, though, this was an incredibly rude letter to write and I love Tom's reply.

What did he say? The post has been removed.

 

[TheSeeker]

Always keep a pile of trial sized toothpaste next to the candy bowl. Just to hand out to those special little darlings.

I like that idea.

 

[Vulagr]

So far I've been lucky. I've never had had any child complain about not getting enough candy.

 

[B.J.]

My daughter's a bit soft-spoken, so I reminded her and my 3-year-old son MANY times when I took them Trick or Treating this year to say "Thank You". If they ever started acting impatient or entitled (unlikely on both counts) they'd be home in an instant.

 

[Lindley]

I didn't get any trick-or-treaters this year despite going to the trouble of carving a very complex jack-o-lantern. Kinda sad.

 

[TheSeeker]

Lucky for my wife and I we were in Cuba for Halloween this year.

 

[Mike Farley]

I didn't get any trick-or-treaters this year despite going to the trouble of carving a very complex jack-o-lantern. Kinda sad.

You should write a scolding letter to the neighborhood parents.

 

[clint g]

I feel for this Tom guy. Being a 24 male living on his own, I'm far more likely to go out and get fucked up on Halloween than to stay in the house and give out candy.

 

[Amaris]

My daughter's a bit soft-spoken, so I reminded her and my 3-year-old son MANY times when I took them Trick or Treating this year to say "Thank You". If they ever started acting impatient or entitled (unlikely on both counts) they'd be home in an instant.

I had one of those. The little girl said "Trick or Treat" so quietly I could barely hear. She started to walk away after I gave the candy, looked up and she saw her mom give her a raised eyebrow, the little girl turns around, clears her throat and says "Thank you, sir".

 

[Deckerd]

So far I've been lucky. I've never had had any child complain about not getting enough candy.

Well I thought it was funny. You're not all you seem, are you?

 

[Timewalker]

I stopped giving out candy when the kids quit saying "Trick or Treat" and started ringing the doorbell. My doorbell was extremely loud - no way to make it quieter - and I got tired of having my eardrums assaulted by impatient kids.

So I quit Halloween. After 15 years, I figured I'd done my neighborly duty and deserved a break. So I shut down all the lights in the house, made sure the cats were in, and retreated to a back room where the light couldn't be seen from the street. Or I just went to bed REALLY early.

Now I live in an apartment with a security door and don't have to worry about such things.

But I do buy myself some Halloween candy.

 

[Jonas Grumby]

Halloween is a fairly low-stress holiday in my neck of the woods. The unwritten but universally adhered-to rule is, "Porch light on, come get the goodies. Porch light off, I'm not playin' this year."