So, I'm wondering, what are your pet peeves when you hand out candy? Because tonight we had a few parents that made us shake our heads.
As Shelby is barking ferociously and lunging, parent sends her 4 year old straight for the dog..."Does your dog bite?" Ummm, shouldn't that be a question you ask BEFORE you send the kid up to try to pet her? We should let her bite you just for being stupid. In Shelby's defense, she was not herself tonight, she was pretty upset by the kids. Normally after a few kids come by, she calms down, but not tonight. So after about 20 minutes of not getting her calmed down, and numerous parents sending their children past me halfway up the driveway to attempt to pet a barking dog, we decided to put her back indoors. Which didn't make her any happier but probably saved us from a lawsuit.
How about the drivers that live in our neighborhood that apparently don't know its Halloween? I mean, is 40 mph an acceptable speed when there is a street full of toddlers hopped up on sugar in masks they can't see through? Unbelieveable.
And I love the parents who question whether or not you gave their child a piece of candy as they are walking away. Lady - seriously - even if I DID cheat your kid out of a piece of candy - they have enough in the bag for you to eat when they go to bed later. We don't buy crap candy and we don't skip kids. Even the ones who show up wearing street clothes and no costume.
Don't get me wrong, there were lots of perfectly lovely children & responsible parents who visited us tonight. A couple little cuties got 2 pieces of candy just because :-)
Until next year...I'm just sayin...
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