Trick or treating

cheesefest said:
I have never done TnT'ing or answer the door to them.

General rule is those who do it only visit the homes with pumpkins and other Halloween stuff outside.

One thing this time, I finish work at 8:30pm. Still will switch off the doorbell. As some people on the local FB group said they had trick n treaters coming to their door at 11pm, which is too late. Even parents taking their 6 year olds round that time - on a school night too.

Teens want money. They can FO!

My friend's dad had his birthday last week and gets Lindor chocs as he loves them. Keeps the wrappers and wraps a Brussel sprout in them. When the kids come round, he chucks 1-2 of them into their bucket they carry with sweets. Kids forget which house gave them what and get a surprise when they unwrap the Lindor wrappers. :D :cry::p

About 4-5 years ago, a woman at my work stole 5-6 kids Halloween costumes. When walking home from work, I saw her, her friend or sister plus the 5-6 kids wearing the nicked costumes. Took a photo of them and showed the then store manager the following day. The costumes matched the ones she nicked on CCTV. She was banned and went to court. Turns out she nicked stuff from shops all the time. It needed my photo for the police to take serious action.
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You've got some quality stories of friends and people at work. What a treasure trove. I reckon you should write a book of these terrific tales.

Your second epic story tells me exactly what kind of person you are.
 
Feek said:
Wifey is always keen to have a big box of sweets for the kids who knock. We have a pumpkin carved and the ringtone and movement tones on the ring chimes have been set to spooky sounds.
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Sick. I'm doing that on our ring wireless if it supports it!
 
I live on quite a popular street for trick or treating so I've stocked up. I expect 50+ kids. Most of the houses are really decked out with massive inflatables and decorations etc. It's big over here
 
My street has always done it, and it's well organised. All the families meet up at the same time and place and go out as a group.

Houses that are participating put pumpkins (and other decorations) outside. Houses that don't want to be involved don't get knocked on.
 
mattx4 said:
I live on quite a popular street for trick or treating so I've stocked up. I expect 50+ kids. Most of the houses are really decked out with massive inflatables and decorations etc. It's big over here
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Don't you yanks normally shoot people who knock on your doors unexpectedly?

Seem to remember it happened recently in the USA.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ralph Yarl: Andrew Lester charged with shooting boy who rang wrong doorbell

There was a "racial component" to the white homeowner's shooting of the black teen, a prosecutor says.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Kelt said:
Don't you yanks normally shoot people who knock on your doors unexpectedly?

Seem to remember it happened recently in the USA.
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I'm not a yank so sadly not allowed to purchase a gun legally, but I don't think it will be too long before my 3 year old daughter that was born here will be able to buy one for me
 
It was a bit more of a thing between approx. 1997 and 2003 around here but seems to have died off since aside from a small number of younger families, I've not seen anything of it this year, maybe due to the weather being miserable.

Halloween parties seem to have become much more of a thing though, both with kids and adults.
 
Feek said:
Wifey is always keen to have a big box of sweets for the kids who knock. We have a pumpkin carved and the ringtone and movement tones on the ring chimes have been set to spooky sounds.
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Same here, I wanted Dracula organ music on the Ring but the Mrs had her way with Spooky ghost sound because it's more fitting, apparently.
 
I see there aren't many posters in the Liverpool area. For us, the 30th is the worrying night - Mischief Night (or "mizzy night"). Widespread acts of vandalism are passed off by scummy parents and kids as "it's just mizzy night", while not realising there's only a couple of horrible, poop-hole towns in the country that recognise it.
 
Hedge said:
You've got some quality stories of friends and people at work. What a treasure trove. I reckon you should write a book of these terrific tales.

Your second epic story tells me exactly what kind of person you are.
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An honest person who abhors theft of her employers' goods especially theft of frivolous, needless items?
 
At work, we are going to stop teens and chavs from buying eggs and flour.

Sold the last pumpkin yesterday which is always the case for all the years I worked there. People have a whinge about it. Don't leave things to the last minute. No sympathy for those who do.
 
cheesefest said:
At work, we are going to stop teens and chavs from buying eggs and flour.

Sold the last pumpkin yesterday which is always the case for all the years I worked there. People have a whinge about it. Don't leave things to the last minute. No sympathy for those who do.
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I really wish I didn't react to your posts but they seem to get me on a level that I've not experienced here before. Im sure I remember you saying you were 42yrs old. That's a similar age to me and I can't get my head around the fact.

If its all to get a reaction then I think your level of trolling skills are unmatched in my decades on the forum.

I used to work in a supermarket warehouse so I know from experience 99% of the staff are brilliant. You'd fall into the 1%.
 
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