Homeowner in rich neighborhood tired of passing out candy to ‘poor kids’

[Crewleader]

Homeowner in rich neighborhood tired of passing out candy to ‘poor kids’

By Amy Graff on October 24, 2014



A penny-pinching curmudgeon who claims to live in an average house in a rich neighborhood has written a maddening letter to Slate‘s advice columnist Prudence complaining about the financial burden of passing out candy to the droves of “poor kids” who show up on her doorstep on Halloween.

This unnamed person is disgruntled by the Oliver Twists showing up on her modest block that’s home to lawyers and doctors and feels the far-richer billionaires living in the mansions only blocks away should be responsible for the “riffraff.”

The letter, which is bound to make any decent person’s blood boil, reads:

I have noticed that on Halloween, what seems like 75 percent of the trick-or-treaters are clearly not from this neighborhood. Kids arrive in overflowing cars from less fortunate areas. I feel this is inappropriate. Halloween isn’t a social service or a charity in which I have to buy candy for less fortunate children. Obviously this makes me feel like a terrible person, because what’s the big deal about making less fortunate kids happy on a holiday? But it just bugs me, because we already pay more than enough taxes toward actual social services.

http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2014/10/24/homeowner-in-rich-neighborhood-tired-of-passing-out-candy-to-poor-kids/

[merrily]

1. Asshole, candy is not a social service, even 365 nights a year. Educate yourself.

[VanillaRhapsody]

2. let them eat cake!

Even poor people buy candy to give out on Halloween. I don't hear them complain.

[YarnAddict]

3. The whole thing just sounds

phony to me. I can't believe someone would think that way, let alone write a letter about it.

[LonePirate]

4. Teahadists certainly think that way even if they may not publicly admit it.

[Nitram]

5. Yarn, it doesn't surprise me at all.

Right wingers are obsessed with the idea that "poor people" are taking advantage of hard-working Americans.

[Hotler]

7. Selfishness is one of the main platforms of thr rpugs. n/t

[VanillaRhapsody]

9. its the very essence

Its the perptual search for moral justifcation of selfishness

[Prophet 451]

6. There is a reason she feels like a terrible person

It's because she IS a terrible person.

[Frustratedlady]

8. Many times, Trick or Treaters do that to be in safe neighborhoods.

The kids around here go to the store or city-sponsored celebrations so they are safely monitored, but can still T/T with their friends.

This person has taken on the role of Grinch of Halloween. How thoughtful.

[VanillaRhapsody]

10. buy cheaper candy fool....stop trying to keep up with the Kardashians next door!

[Crewleader]

11. This cartoon matches the attitude in the article well!