Thread: What would YOU do?

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Originally Posted by seelie8504

you know those little paper treat bags you can fill up candy with? I fill up most of them with candy and when people come to the door who are older I give them ones that I have filled up with rocks, balled up newspaper, leaves, etc...

hey, they say "TRICK or treat"...

I'd throw those rocks you just gave me right back through your window...Just saying...Thats pretty lame.

Ya, I'd be pretty fearful of giving a kid who was expecting candy a bag full of rocks. Teenagers these days aren't always the nicest people . I know plenty of kids who would send those right back through your windows.

I've said this before, but it bears repeating.

"Trick or treat" is not a greeting, it's an ultimatum.

You, as the homeowner, have a choice - give a treat or be tricked.
That's it. No other options are available to you. That is the meaning of the phrase.

If you hand out trick bags, it's your funeral. Same goes for people who give out nothing but toothbrushes and pamphlets or "punishment candy". Don't wanna participate, don't open the door.

Candy for everyone. It's one night of the year. Being generous and free with the sweets is the least I can do. This holiday has enough troubles without my judging who is worthy.

ShelbiBabyyy--I think your avatar picture sums up what should be done to TOTs without costumes! Just kidding!
We normally still give them the treat, but I would prefer to give them a "less than desirable" treat if possible.
How else will they learn?

Hand out differrent candy to the TOT that dress up then the ones that do not put any effort in it. The little kids make out big time with treat bags filled with goodies. THe older ones get a few pieces of candy. No one really never knows, since the candy is in cauldrens sitting on the porch railing and they can not see whats in the other one. My 2 cents.

Frankly, we get way too many visitors to waste time differentiating, everybody gets the same treatment, costume or no costume. We even let them draw for DVD's in the "Raffle". I do, however, try to get a dig in at the noncostumed kids, almost always teenage boys. One year a group came through, girls dressed as Ho's, the boys in regular clothes. Dressed as Dracula, I, speaking through fangs and using my best Bela Lugosi accent commented, "What interesting costumes you boys have...a group of nerds." The girls liked that.

What the heck, if a kid's not in costume, he was probably ambivalent about going out in the first place. Why be negative and embarass him? Keep the Spirit, but keep it positive.

Originally Posted by jdubbya

I make them say "trick or treat" or they don't get anything. You can also have different kinds of candy for the older kids/adults. We have candy bars for the kids and cheapo tootsie rolls or suckers for adults and older kids. What you're experiencing is commonplace for a lot of us. We get a lot of older kids and adults who TOT but more likely freeloading. Everyone gets a treat but you can vary the quality depending on who it is.

I can't understand why the older kids get garbage compared to the younger kids. They are participating in the tradition, and they shouldn't get dumped on just because they are older. For some of these younger kids, they don't even eat much of that candy. It's probably the parents that are going to eat a lot of it, but for the older kids, they are probably going to go after much of it.

People shouldn't always assume that ALL teenagers are unrully because they aren't. I'm not a teenager, but when I was one, I wasn't unrully and a jerk to get candy. Of course though, there are people that like to cause trouble in every demographic out there. Have you ever seen a bully younger kid before that thinks they can get away with anything (These are below the age of teenagers remember)?

Everyone gets a treat at my house. I don't care how old you are but it is nice if you dress up!Even the teenager last year that mistook me for a misplaced teenager (not in the group). He had the nerve to ask me "who the H*LL are you?"
I just said "who are YOU?"
One of his friends told him I belonged with the place. I think he was then a little embarrassed. Dumb kid.
Most teenagers around here know us or have friends that know us and we really most of the time get treated with respect.

Good grief...

Making them say 'trick or treat', demanding costumes, having personal age limits that are different for every house,...

It's no wonder the custom is in trouble. It barely survived the razor-blade & poison myths, now it has to survive us?

Aren't we supposed to be the standard-setters, the house that goes above and beyond? Lighten up and give with the candy.

I don't care if you threaten me with a trick or not, whether you have a costume or not, whether you are a child, a teen, a college student, an adult or a senior. If you ring the bell on October 31st, you get candy.
No, I don't like you holding out a bag while you talk on your cellphone. You get candy anyway.
No, I don't like a bunch of teens in hoodies with grocery bags. They get candy anyway.
Yeah, it would be cool to see a college sorority ring the bell. They get candy.
A squad of seniors with walkers, witches hats and air horns? They can have all they can carry.

Life is too short to be deciding who meets your particular Halloween standards.

It's not about them being older, it is about them simply expecting to get candy just because the took the pillowcase off their pillow and threw a ski mask on. You should put some effort into going trick or treating.

I'm sorry, but if you are wearing everyday street clothes and carrying a sack around, why do you deserve to get candy from us, when everyone else spent money and time making or buying a costume?

I always do little pouches with 3 pieces of candy, pretty generous. I don't have to decorate and hand out sweets, but I enjoy it.

I have said 'No, just one bag per person' as I hand them out and someone asks for two. You say thank you and be happy that there are still people that do Halloween.

I always took ONE when someone left a bowl on they front porch and locked the door. That person is getting close to giving up Halloween. I don't want to be the one that caused him/her to stop doing anything.

Every year, less and less kids are saying thank you without having to be told by parents. If they don't learn, there are going to be generations and generations of grumpy, rude, inconsiderate people that think only of themselves.