Top 10 Halloween Pet Peeves
Adult Trick-or-Treaters
By adult, we don’t mean a teenager who may or may not be eligible to vote. We’re talking about the parents of children (sometimes full-grown children) who arrive at the front door, sans costume, with an extra bag (or two) out for the candy taking.
Pumpkin Smashing
Really? We mean, really?
Crappy Candy
We might all be grown up now, but we remember the days of trick or treating. One piece of rock hard Bazooka gum is not a treat, it’s a dental bill. So don’t hand it out if you’re not willing to buy in on our insurance plans.
Cell Phones
Cashiers and retail clerks aren’t the only ones to get annoyed about cell phones. If you can’t get off the phone long enough to say "trick-or-treat" then you’re not getting any candy!
Lay Off the Bell
The constant ringing of your doorbell if you forgot to go buy candy and are trying to watch TV with all the lights out and trying to pretend you’re not home. Kids, lay off the doorbell already. There’s no candy in this house, just croutons and some Chapstick.
Night Owls
Halloween trick-or-treaters who take over the streets past midnight. Roving hordes of children are pretty scary and very "Children of the Damned." Wrap it up by 8 p.m., people.
Dressing Up Your Pets
This should be treated as animal cruelty. (For the record, only one staffer said this. The rest of us fully support it. You ain’t seen nothing until you’ve seen a Sheppard-Collie mix dressed up like Darth Vader. Now that’s cute.)
No Costume, No Candy
Okay so we know there’s a recession, but use your imagination, people. I hate when a Trick-or-Treater (usually a teen) comes to the door in normal attire. I mean, how hard is it to at least use a white sheet to be a ghost?
The Vandalizer
The cocky trick-or-treater going around throwing eggs, putting shaving cream in your eyes or toilet papering your house because your candy wasn’t good enough for them.
One Too Many
Those grubby hands that take way too much candy … or worse the people who steal the entire bowl of candy when it’s left out for everyone at an empty house. You get there early to find an empty bowl and it’s all too obvious what has gone down.
Those are our Top 10 Halloween Pet Peeves. What are yours? Tell us in the comments below.
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