Chevy Chase Halloween candy bowl "scandal"

[Anonymous]

Come on, for folks leaving bowls out on the porch, you're supposed to put an empty bowl out with a note to just take 2 pieces. This way you avoid giving away all of your candy to 1 or 2 kids who take more than their fair share AND on seeing the empty bowl, people either think "damn, should have come by this block sooner" or "f***in* kid took all the candy".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only idiots leave a whole bowl of candy on their front step. Drunks who are too busy drinking to actually hand out candy. Just turn off you lights for goodness sake.

This is CC, did they hire lawyers yet... that is my favorite part of CC.

Doesn't CC "own" the police department, have they blamed the police for not doing their job.

Oh, CC, I miss living there... not!

The article said they were trick or treating with their kids. I suppose it's possible they were also drinking but seems unlikely.

Send 1 parent or turn off the lights until you return. This is not rocket science.

Oh come on. Who cares? Is there etiquette now about how to distribute candy on Halloween?

[Anonymous]

Horrible that someone actually posted a video of the kids.

[Anonymous]

Kids should know, and be taught, that the candy in the bowl is for all trick-or-treaters. They know it's to be shared with their peers. They know they are being greedy if they take the whole bowl. Bad parenting if you think the behavior is ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on, for folks leaving bowls out on the porch, you're supposed to put an empty bowl out with a note to just take 2 pieces. This way you avoid giving away all of your candy to 1 or 2 kids who take more than their fair share AND on seeing the empty bowl, people either think "damn, should have come by this block sooner" or "f***in* kid took all the candy".

I know, right? These people are so doing it wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stupid of them to leave an entire candy bowl out for anyone to take from...not the kids fault in any way. The problem is with the adults that think kids should have the moral compass of someone that is 20 years older than they are.

Seriously....what outcome where they expecting leaving a bowl of candy unattended...at least they weren't TP'ed for their stupidity.

This is a ridiculous response. Kids SHOUKD know not to take the whole bowl. All the bowls they are left out say 'take two pieces'. All of them. I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of them do. Do for them to take the whine bowl is crappy and really self centered.
Good luck hiring the lawyers to keep your entitled brat kid out of prison for high school and college lady !

[Anonymous]

Kids that take the whole bowl = prime candidates for future Wells Fargo, Lehman Brothers, Enron, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids that take the whole bowl = prime candidates for future Wells Fargo, Lehman Brothers, Enron, etc.

People who draw that comparison are prime candidates for anger management.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrible that someone actually posted a video of the kids.

Lawyer up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question: was there any sort of sign or disclosure / statement, etc., posted near the bowl?

dumb point, bro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The CC listserv is a nightmare. In my time on that list, I saw a parent write in for legal advice about how to sue Layfayette because her child didn't have homework yet...in kindergarten....in September.

I also saw someone write in to "report" four Black men walking down the street. Just walking. Literally walking while Black.

I complained about the racist overtone of this particular posting and the moderator responded by telling me my posts weren't welcome and blocking me from the group. She is an absolute idiot and gatekeeper for outrageous postings that go unchecked. At least Jeff pulls the plug on incidindiary posters and calls them out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrible that someone actually posted a video of the kids.

Because the Chevy Chase moderator allows this. And, when the Post reporter tried to contact her, she was non responsive.

[Anonymous]

What did they think was going to happen. That's what ALWAYS happens. They knew it would happen and they filmed it for that reason and to start a commotion obviously. They are as bad as the children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrible that someone actually posted a video of the kids.

+1. Were people born yesterday? Kids were taking the whole bowl of candy since I was a kid. The few bowls I saw as s kid were ALWAYS empty. You don't go taking a video and putting it in the internet.

I'll have to say, I was impressed. My dd said she came across a bowl of candy and took 4 pieces and didn't take the whole bowl. But still I would never put a video camera and record it then put online who took it if someone took the whole bowl.

And shame on the Washington Post for making a "story" out of it. I feel sorry formthose kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrible that someone actually posted a video of the kids.

How exactly was this horrible? Life has consequences. Don't act like an a-hole if you don't want people to know you're an a-hole - you never know when a camera is recording.