Halloween Report -- T or T Repeaters.

[Baitball Blogger]

Here is a lesson for parents who walk their kids up to the door to encourage them to ask for candy twice from the same house: Look around to make sure there are no CCTV cameras rolling on property. You might end up on someone's Facebook page as you lie to the homeowner who recognizes your kid in the very distinct costume. Deplorables.

That aside, we did have some comicable experiences with young lads who tried to fool their way two and maybe three times to get more candy. One kid came to the door with his shirt over his head. No costume. He must have taken that off at home and ran back, pulling the back of his shirt over his face. When he wouldn't show me his face I asked him to leave. He was mopey, but obliged and the third time he came back wearing a hoodie and an umbrella turned upside down to use as a baggie to collect candy. There was no other candy in the umbrella. This one we gave another bar of chocolate for his inventiveness. Another one returned in his hockey costume with helmet covering his face.

I think the reason the kids are getting desperate is because the gated community next door closed their gated doors early. Our two communities are involved in a lawsuit and just maybe the acrimony has spread over to Halloween. A shame, but no surprise considering the way leaders in this community have driven trust and decent neighborly behavior into the crapper.

[Croney]

1. I don't care if they come back five times. I don't care

if they are old, or not wearing a costume. I just want this candy out of my house because tomorrow I'm going to EAT IT IF IT'S NOT! At least I didn't buy Butterfingers and hoard them for myself this year.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. We buy Giant bars and we return them to the store for a refund the next day.

Last year I got back something like forty dollars back. So, it does matter. Not to mention that the parents that keep corrupting their kids are usually the same ones that are causing problems in the community in other ways.

[SouthernIrish]

3. Return them?

The store can't resell them and has to take a loss. How about donating them instead? It is really not fair to buy something like food and expecting the store to lose money.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Walmart takes them back without any problem.

They are wrapped candy bars. I have donated them before too. I'll ask the store if they have to take a loss. If they do, I'll just drop them off at the school where I donated them before.

Thanks for telling me. I had no idea.

[Shrike47]

5. We give candy to anyone who comes to the door. Some are college age. Please take it away.

At least this year, half of what I bought is stuff I don’t like. Otherwise I might eat any leftovers.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. I love handing out candy to the older kids.

My kids loved Halloween until they left for college. Happy to help extend the childhood of any ya that comes to the door. The last group was young men from the other development. Had to chuckle because they acted cool and were not in costumes, but hey! It’s candy! Lol!

[Laffy Kat]

8. This is very "Larry David" of me, but I find teenagers w/o costumes irksome.

Of course, I'll give anyone candy, although I feel like they need to dress up because it's part of the ritual. I guess I'm a Halloween traditionalist. I especially love the wee ones who are so careful to make sure to say "thank you" about ten times. So sweet.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. This year we didn't get too many young kids,

In past years we had many and some looked bewildered. Confused probably because their parents tell them year round to avoid strangers and suddenly they are knocking on strangers doors AND taking candy

[Laffy Kat]

10. I wonder if Trick-or-Treating is fading out?

I hope not.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Never!

What usually happens is that the kids in the neighborhood just get too old for it. And there has been s lot of turn over of young families in my community. This is a community full of deplorable type activity. Not what most people expect to find.

[Laffy Kat]

7. We only had a handful this year and I bought LOADS of candy.

I should have known better; it's a school night and quite cold. I have a co-worker who takes all of her leftover candy to a business in town that ships it off to troops overseas, so I'll be donating it (minus a few pieces).