To think if there's a sign

[HerRoyalWitchyness]

On the front door in very large letters asking people not to knock as the entire house is covid positive, you don't let your little darlings knock and shout through the letterbox.
I'm happy to answer the door if they all want covid, but im just trying to keep people safe.
So
Yabu - answer the door and give them all covid
Yanbu - of course they shouldn't be knocking and shouting expecting an answer.

We haven’t had anyone knocking with our Covid sign up. Maybe the skull and crossbones did the job.

I've had three lots so far, one if which allowed their child to shout through the letterbox "I know you're in there, don't be tight"

I'm not being bloody tight I'm being sensible.

Was it a big red cross they put on their doors when people had the plague? Try that?

It's not a big red Cross but is written in red marker.

Regardless of a sign, who shouts through the letterbox? That is unbelievably rude.

Next time they shout 'trick or treat' through your letter box, yell back 'Unless you want Covid...Fuck Off!'

(Maybe not, but a water gun squirted through the letter box might work 👍)

Yeah that’s rude. We only ever knock on doors where the house is decorated. Haven’t gone this year cos it’s wet and horrible.

But how rude to let your kids shout through the letter box. Next time, shout “fuck off”

People are arseholes. Last year I had a sign up but was in the kitchen cooking dinner (front of the house). One lot kept knocking and ringing the bell, woke ds up. I ended up throwing open the window and asking if they could read.

The adult they were with responded that I should have answered the door first time and said we had no sweets....

So some people think they are above a sensible sign saying the household has covid.

@Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese

People are arseholes. Last year I had a sign up but was in the kitchen cooking dinner (front of the house). One lot kept knocking and ringing the bell, woke ds up. I ended up throwing open the window and asking if they could read.

The adult they were with responded that I should have answered the door first time and said we had no sweets....

So some people think they are above a sensible sign saying the household has covid.

That's outrageous. Did the guys parent see the sign?

Next time, shout “fuck off”

I would if my throat wasn't so sore from coughing!

It's unbelievably rude.

Do you think they thought it was a joke? Part of the decorations?

…Or they might just be twats

I would have styled it out with a plague house sign and a big painted cross.

We don't do Halloween. No objection to people celebrating whatever they want to but I was disgruntled at having a child banging on my door continuously with their face pressed up against my front door peering into my hallway. Some parents are raising their children to be incredibly inconsiderate and entitled

Do you think they thought it was a joke? Part of the decorations?

…Or they might just be twats
.definitely just twats as we have no decorations up

Maybe the little ones can’t read? And parents are stood to far away to see a sign.

Maybe the little ones can’t read? And parents are stood to far away to see a sign.
I'd agree if parents were stood at the bottom of my garden. But they were at the door with the children.

I've since had another child bang on my loving room window so I put on a mask and opened the door and said "we have covid can't you read?" The mother said "you could have at least put out some sweets"
I said "sweets I've touched will be contaminated with covid you bloody fool" she looked rather ashamed and grabbed her little darling and walked off.

@HerRoyalWitchyness that is so rude of her. Her children aren't entitled to sweets from strangers

You could have bought some funsize treats online ,snipped the bag open and tipped them into a bowl you had washed while wearing a mask and gloves then put them outside ....

@Wantubackforgood

You could have bought some funsize treats online ,snipped the bag open and tipped them into a bowl you had washed while wearing a mask and gloves then put them outside ....

but why should they? Halloween is not compulsory

You could have bought some funsize treats online ,snipped the bag open and tipped them into a bowl you had washed while wearing a mask and gloves then put them outside ....

I could have but didn't. It's not a right for children to be given sweets from every house on Halloween

Plus, a bowl full of funsize treats could end up being emptied by the first callers and then you're back to square one!!

@Wantubackforgood

You could have bought some funsize treats online ,snipped the bag open and tipped them into a bowl you had washed while wearing a mask and gloves then put them outside ....

Is this a joke? OP is feeling ill and owes these people nothing.

Some bloody entitled knob parents by you OP!

No one is obligated to buy sweets for other peoples kids, regardless of covid. Parents should teach their little darlings some manners

That is so rude, my son only approached houses with a lit pumpkin, I took him and a friend out and told them not to approach undecorated houses. I would be so angry if I had heard my son shout through someone's letterbox.

@Wantubackforgood

You could have bought some funsize treats online ,snipped the bag open and tipped them into a bowl you had washed while wearing a mask and gloves then put them outside ....

Halloween isn't essential to take part in. Children also should learn not every house will be taking part.