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Tiangou wrote:
[quote=pRICE cUBE]Several children demanded specific candy, pulled my bowl down to see what choices there were, and reached in to grab as much as they could while my hand was in the bowl.
Did some of your candies have nuts?
Might have been looking for something they could eat without suffering anaphylaxis.
They could ask. My mother would warn me to not go over to anybody's house and behave like she never fed me. She specifically forbade us to beg. If someone we were visiting offered us a soda or something, she'd make me and my sister split it. I'd be internally infuriated because they offered us WHOLE soda each!
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"Re: Halloween ettiquite: Am I becoming a grumpy person?"
You may or may not be a grumpy person BUT, there are MANY entitled kids with little if any proper supervision and upbringing and that certainly is NOT your fault. For very young children, such behavior might get a pass as they're still learning. From about eight years of age and up, they should have received at least basic instructions as to how the act when they are out, regardless of the event (with appropriate corrective action when necessary). You were attending a planned event. it was the parents' responsibility to properly prepare their offspring and obviously, many failed.
I've been isolating in a nice RV park for a while now. Last weekend and this weekend, the park is celebrating Halloween. LOTS of kids. Apparently the word went out to only go to RV sites that sport Halloween decorations so, I've been spared.
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Tiangou wrote:
[quote=pRICE cUBE]Several children demanded specific candy, pulled my bowl down to see what choices there were, and reached in to grab as much as they could while my hand was in the bowl.
Did some of your candies have nuts?
Might have been looking for something they could eat without suffering anaphylaxis.
None of the kids have allergies. The children are not family friends but I know their families. One demand was specifically for KitKat and the other kid wanted Snickers. Both expressed their disappointments out loud for all to hear.
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testcase wrote:
"Re: Halloween ettiquite: Am I becoming a grumpy person?"
You may or may not be a grumpy person BUT, there are MANY entitled kids with little if any proper supervision and upbringing and that certainly is NOT your fault. For very young children, such behavior might get a pass as they're still learning. From about eight years of age and up, they should have received at least basic instructions as to how the act when they are out, regardless of the event (with appropriate corrective action when necessary). You were attending a planned event. it was the parents' responsibility to properly prepare their offspring and obviously, many failed.
Yeah, typically younger kids, say 2nd grade or below, is where I expect non parented behaviors to happen. The kids that raised my eyebrows were 3rd grade and older and not special needs kids. It was a community event where I know the families. That's probably what added to the disappointment because I am acquaintances of the parents that I perceived to be responsible people.
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pRICE cUBE wrote:
None of the kids have allergies. The children are not family friends but I know their families. One demand was specifically for KitKat and the other kid wanted Snickers. Both expressed their disappointments out loud for all to hear.
Well, from the point of view of a candy connoisseur, if you didn't have Kit-Kats and Snickers why were you even there?
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Tiangou wrote:
[quote=pRICE cUBE]
None of the kids have allergies. The children are not family friends but I know their families. One demand was specifically for KitKat and the other kid wanted Snickers. Both expressed their disappointments out loud for all to hear.
Well, from the point of view of a candy connoisseur, if you didn't have Kit-Kats and Snickers why were you even there?
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To spread the joys of Tootsie Rolls and Candy Corn.
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To spread the joys of Tootsie Rolls and Candy Corn.
Sounds like you had the Children of the Candy Corn...
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DID YOU NOT GIVE OUT FULL SIZE BARS? YOU CHEEP BASTID!
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Next year, you need to go with a big bowl. At the bottom, there should be a sign that says "No candy this year because of bratty, entitled behavior last year". Or something to that effect.
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btw, the way I deal with grabby kids (generally cute, but sometimes not well parented) is that I open the door with the candy in my hand, not in a bowl or pumpkin, and hand it out. they get slightly confused about that power dynamic.
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