11/1/2002
Halloween Suckered Me
Deb and I were supposed to be in class on Halloween, so we didn’t get any candy for trick-or-treaters. To make a long story short, I am kicking Fundamentals of Finance’s ass all over the place and Deb is going to ride my coattails to a very good grade as well, so we decided to ditch–Deb, because she has a raft of work to do in her other classes, and me, because I’m a lazy sack.
(That’s not entirely true. I did work on formatting this awesome evaluation of Pete Rose and the Dowd Report.)
Anyway, around 5:00 the doorbell rings and I hear a “trick or treat!” So I’m thinking, oh shiznit, now that we’re staying home for Halloween we don’t have any loot to pass out to the kiddies. I answer the door and manage to get rid of the rugrats by giving them Coca-Cola, since we don’t have any candy in the house.
Back when I was a rugrat, I remember Halloween door-to-door action went on until 8:30 or later. Since we live about a block from a school, I figure this is just the front guard of a legion of kids in Mini-Me outfits that I’ll be seeing tonight, so I run over to the store and buy three bags of enormously marked-up candy. I’ve got it in a big metal bowl, the same way we used to have it at Oakbend Drive. I’m all ready to go.
We didn’t get a single trick-or-treater the rest of the night. Now I have twelve bucks of candy sitting on the dinner table and the rapacious snak-size candy industry has my money. Bah humbug.
I’m thinking of saving the candy until Christmas and then making gift baskets of it and taking them around to our neighbors so I finally meet most of them.
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Dave - do not dispair. Halloween is a learning experience. It takes years and years to get it right. This being your first year you deserve about a B+. Our first few years in Georgia we had around 100 masked marvels, then suddenly about 5 years ago there was a tremendous decline. This year we had 6. The last few years we purchased the same amount of candy, only now we get the really good chocolate, not that waxy cheap stuff. Now we get to enjoy it until Christmas - all to ourselves!!! Life is good.
Comment by Uncle Jack — 11/1/2002 @ 8:47 pm
Same here. I got all dressed up in my succubus costume (I made it scary instead of sexy… come on, think about the children!), bought a butt load of candy and had all of 2 groups of trick or treaters. Pissed me off. But then again… considering that these two groups were panting like crazy when they reached the door… I think our drive way may have something to do with it. Hell, my truck doesn’t even like to climb it.
I only wish I had actually bought the cheap stuff… then maybe Paul and I would keep out of it. Arghh! The power of Twix is just too, too much for me….
Comment by Kris — 11/2/2002 @ 4:34 pm
Halloween was a big disappointment for me as well, as far as trick-or-treating is concerned… It’s my first year as a home owner, and I bought 5 bags of GOOD candy. it’s good because i like it. M&M’s, Musketeers, Snickers, M&M mini’s, and a bag of mixed stuff like smarties, jaw breakers, and gum… I left work early (I was at a very expensive training which I shouldn’t have ditched!) and the traffic was horrible - compared to the usual chicago traffic. Finally got home at about 5:30.. I sat and waited. NO ONE CAME!! I didnt even get ONE trick-or-treater!!! It was sad. now I’m about 5 pounds heavier, and my kitty has spread jawbreakers and gumballs all over the place. At least they didnt go to waste. They’re cool cat toys. I decided Im not buying candy next year.
you give me comfort, in knowing I wasnt the only one… Thank you Dave and Kris.
Comment by Abi — 11/12/2002 @ 6:27 pm
No kids came to our apartment this year either. It’s probably just as well as I had decided beforehand that I would be the guy this year to give the kids lectures on good oral hygeine instead of candy as a kind of character building exercise (since there’s really nothing on my apartment for kids to TP, and I’m pretty sure the responsibilty for cleaning up eggs thrown at our door by the miserable little shits would fall on the landlord).
I have to say, though, that this mass drought of trick-or-treaters is kind of an alarming trend. I’m not sure what it all means, but I am… alarmed. I’m pretty sure that this all something to do with the world going to hell-in-a-handbasket.
Comment by Jeff — 11/13/2002 @ 12:36 pm