[HalloGeekHalfrican]

Last year we had this group of kids (probably about 9-10 years old) come to our house. They rang the doorbell and I went outside to meet them. No one said "Trick or Treat," so I just waited there with my candy bucket. Finally I said, "Aren't you guys supposed to say something?" and they looked at me with confused faces. Then one of the parents told them to say "Trick or Treat" and I gave them some candy.

When they were walking away, one of the kids tripped and fell on the sidewalk, scratching his knee. He was hysteric, crying and screaming. His parent asked if we had a bandaid or something (even though the kid wasn't bleeding in the slightest). So the pair came inside while the group left. Ten minutes of screaming, bandaids, and wet towels later, the kid and his dad left and caught up with their group.

I don't mind the hysterics over tripping and falling, but how do you not know to say Trick or Treat?!

 

[HalloGeekHalfrican]

You are lucky that they did not attempt something while inside your place, since that is how a lot of robberies start. Much safer to tell them, "Wait here and I will go get you a bandaid," and proceed to do just that, with the door locked in the meantime.

The worst was when I was in either middle or early high school - an adult, the father of a scared little girl, who threatened to punch me. Like he was told, if the setup looked too bad, they should have kept walking

Yeah, it could've been bad, but luckily it wasn't. We had them in our front bathroom, which is about two feet from the front door and nowhere near anything valuable. My mom got them bandaids while I stayed at the door.

The father/daughter duo who came to your house really should've known better! First, who threatens a teenager?! Second, Halloween is supposed to be scary, that's the whole point. It's not for frilly princesses or kids afraid of their own shadow. Of course there's gonna be houses that are scarier than others.