Crap halloween givers

[WashingAt30]

It's nice when someone opens the door to you, and they at least smile, and maybe have a little chat about the DC's costumes. My god, some people don't even look happy, just shove a bag of sweets at you as close the door! I wouldn't be surprised if one creepy man we met was on some kind of offenders register. Why bother if you're not going to get into the spirt?!

Of course you did ....

It's times that that you really wish dark humour was acceptable because I'd want to respond "that's handy because I'm no longer giving out sweets - I'm dishing out a kicks to the shins"

<and before anyone doesn't get that's lighthearted I wouldn't say it and don't condone violence - I just a have a very dry sarcastic subconscious 🤣>

Obviously this isn't what they were doing, but my granny used to go out knocking and asking for money in the week before bonfire night with a rag man "penny for the guy", and then use that money to buy sweets. So it's not necessarily as ridiculous and rude as it first seems.

When i was a child way back in the 80s me and my sisters went to a house that chased us away with a broom while shouting at us YOU BLOODY BEGGERS .
I was wearing my home made bin bag and black paper hat with kitting wool glued under it i was 4.
My eldest sister was 12 she scooped me up and took off running with my other 2 sisters twins 9 shouting stranger danger its funny now.😆
Then the time i took my kids out around a village at the time and one house said we dont do halloween what is anyway i said oh you just give sweets to the little ones oh she said your begging flash back for me.
We left my sons was 5-7 at the time.

Oh that sounds very rubbish OP :( I’ve just been trick or treating for the first time in my life and was soooo pleasantly surprised! Didn’t realise we were so lucky round here - the pumpkin rule works and the people answering the door all sooo happy and friendly. DS got an apple, a glow stick and a cookie as well as a lot of sweets.
I was very much raised with the ‘why would you demand sweets from strangers’ vibe, but you’re going to people who are up for it, sweets are ace, and doing an actual trick didn’t seem to be on anyone’s radar at all. I’m a convert!

Oh FFS to the PPs calling trick or treating with small children at houses that are clearly both expecting at encouraging visitors grabby, entitled, begging etc.

That does sound a bit odd OP! I don't go in for lots of small talk but I do smile and say a cheerful "happy Halloween!" to visiting trick or treaters.

That’s exactly how it was when I was growing up and is still the same way now. Only kids that come to the door are ones we know. Around here (well my mums as we are here this week) it would be thought of as cheeky to go to a random persons door

None of this driving to another part of town that is being discussed on another thread

We’ve had an evening of people knocking and just standing there looking expectantly, no “trick or treat” or “happy halloween”. This was kids ranging from tiny to mid teens. Don’t get me started on why 15/16 year olds need to trick or treat!
not many thank yous either

Everyone talking about don't go begging then and what do you expect knocking on random people's doors... We get it, you don't like trick or treating... I grew up with a family like this and never went a as a kid...But the people OP is talking about have decorated their house and bought sweets, they clearly want to participate. The rules our way are that you only knock on decorated houses.

We've had loads of Trick or Treaters tonight from all age ranges and they've all been very polite and respectful. I've loved it especially now my kids are older and no longer T or T!

We have some decorations up and a pumpkin out. My 12yr old has been answering our door with a bowl of sweets in hand. She says nothing to the trick or treaters and just holds out the bowl as she is autistic and usually non verbal with strangers, you can't tell be looking at her and I don’t feel the need to explain it to people who choose to knock on our door.
She chose to take part by answering the door, would you rather I told her she can’t in case a trick or treating parent takes offence as she didn’t speak to them?

That’s exactly how it was when I was growing up and is still the same way now. Only kids that come to the door are ones we know. Around here (well my mums as we are here this week) it would be thought of as cheeky to go to a random persons door

Well, I only know the address of one family here so we would only be able to knock on one door, if we did it that way! We don't know anybody else. It's decorations = you can knock here. We only go round the areas around our house (London)

I mean quite. What a hideous thing to say.

This could be my DP 😅 I LOVE Halloween, him.. not so much. He’s on trick or treat duty when I take DD out, but we have an anxious dog and DP is socially anxious too, so wouldn’t know what to say. He’s just trying to get it over with asap to shut the dog up!

I've been handing out Kit-Kats this evening, and everyone seemed well chuffed with those. Several even complimented my pumpkin carving skills.

We go all out with decorations and sweets and smiley faces. And no, we don’t know the dozens of kids that come to our door. Obviously we live in a nice cheerful place?

Yes we did too. All prearranged with certain neighbours.

I think the two words you are looking for OP are thank you.

We have had 50+ tonight and have the opposite - many children not saying anything and shoving their buckets at me. Some were very sweet though. One 8ish year old said he wanted money instead! He got a lollipop and should have been thankful for that

I did this last year. My little boy was really keen to Trick or Treat so I bought sweets and took them to my lovely neighbours so they could give them to him.

Been fantastic here tonight. Only weird one was the family who were all sitting in full view of the front window at the dining table, definitely not eating, house decorated completely in Halloween garb and when the kids knocked the door they just......sat there? Didn't even look up.

And we aren't talking a single pumpkin either. Several carved, bats, spider webs, those banner things, lights. Don't bother if you aren't going to answer?

Or maybe people don’t want to spend their evening with the door open chatting to kids and letting all the cold air in the house?

Some people may have answered their door 30 times already tonight, mostly to kids who didn't say thank you. They have Halloween fatigue

Or they are mid way eating their dinner?

People are probably tired after work and can’t really settle until the trick or treating is over.

As for the poor guy you’ve labelled a pedophile based on no evidence but how you think he looks, that kind of shit ruins people’s lives. And even if he is you knocked on his door.

We must be lucky as we’ve only had super polite children knocking on our door tonight and I know most of them anyway as it’s a small village.

First Halloween with my bf here. Neither of us have kids and aren't naturally the best with kids but we have met some before! and managed perfectly normally but he just had to answer the door while I was in the kitchen.

Possibly the most awkward countered I've ever heard. "Hi, here you go, have some sweets, ok, that'll do, bye" Little fella says, will I say my poem.....to be met with "there's no need, ok if you want to, should you? Little fella rhymes off something about spiders only to be told "I'm not a fan of spiders".

I'm talking the piss out if him now. He's a 45 year old grown adult and not normally socially awkward. I've been assigned to the door for the rest of the night and he keeps asking "how do you know what to say?". He also knows I'm posting this but thinks that he did nothing wrong and wasn't weird or awkward at all!!!