A picture certainly can say 100 words! Sums up my feelings perfectly…
For a start, encouraging children to go round to strangers’ homes, demanding goods with menaces is fundamentally wrong at so many levels. For example, what happens if one of their victims turns out to be a paedophile. Or what happens if I put out a Snickers bar, and it turns out that one of the little darlings has a nut allergy. I could be sued! The demonic imagery is at best disturbing. Many religions find it deeply offensive and many atheists consider it pointless and stupid. And demanding goods with menaces is actually illegal and has been for hundreds of years.
Here in the UK, trick or treating really is a bloody nightmare. Under tens are usually accompanied by gooey-eyed parents. These self-obsessed idiots seriously believe that their little darlings can do no wrong. Worse, they expect the rest of the planet to find their disgusting brats are as cute as they do. They think that anyone that does not want to interact with their repulsive spawn must be miserable old gits.
Over about the age of about 10, UK trick-or-treaters are generally unaccompanied and seldom want sweets or chocolate. Instead they want booze, fags (cigarettes) or cash. If you do pay them, then they usually come back for more a few hours later. If you don’t give them what they want, then you will get a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse and they will probably egg your car or post dog shit through your letterbox.
The vicious little sods can’t even get the day right and you can expect to be pestered and/or terrorised about a week ether side of Halloween. For people like me who work from home, it is a bloody nuisance. It is also a pain for those with young children trying to get them asleep. In any event, it is a basic human right not to be disturbed or terrorised in one’s own home – and many elderly people are truly terrified.
Many local authorities and police forces here are providing downloadable politely-worded “no trick or treaters” notices. The advice is not to pretend you are out because the nasty little bastards will probably vandalise your car or your home anyway. It also encourages burglars – it is not unheard-of for older trick-or-treaters to attempt to break in to homes that they think are empty, just for a laugh.
A picture certainly can say 100 words! Sums up my feelings perfectly…
For a start, encouraging children to go round to strangers’ homes, demanding goods with menaces is fundamentally wrong at so many levels. For example, what happens if one of their victims turns out to be a paedophile. Or what happens if I put out a Snickers bar, and it turns out that one of the little darlings has a nut allergy. I could be sued! The demonic imagery is at best disturbing. Many religions find it deeply offensive and many atheists consider it pointless and stupid. And demanding goods with menaces is actually illegal and has been for hundreds of years.
Here in the UK, trick or treating really is a bloody nightmare. Under tens are usually accompanied by gooey-eyed parents. These self-obsessed idiots seriously believe that their little darlings can do no wrong. Worse, they expect the rest of the planet to find their disgusting brats are as cute as they do. They think that anyone that does not want to interact with their repulsive spawn must be miserable old gits.
Over about the age of about 10, UK trick-or-treaters are generally unaccompanied and seldom want sweets or chocolate. Instead they want booze, fags (cigarettes) or cash. If you do pay them, then they usually come back for more a few hours later. If you don’t give them what they want, then you will get a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse and they will probably egg your car or post dog shit through your letterbox.
The vicious little sods can’t even get the day right and you can expect to be pestered and/or terrorised about a week ether side of Halloween. For people like me who work from home, it is a bloody nuisance. It is also a pain for those with young children trying to get them asleep. In any event, it is a basic human right not to be disturbed or terrorised in one’s own home – and many elderly people are truly terrified.
Many local authorities and police forces here are providing downloadable politely-worded “no trick or treaters” notices. The advice is not to pretend you are out because the nasty little bastards will probably vandalise your car or your home anyway. It also encourages burglars – it is not unheard-of for older trick-or-treaters to attempt to break in to homes that they think are empty, just for a laugh.
Yes, Grumpy Cat sums it up perfectly, IMHO. 🙂