Chevy Chase Halloween candy bowl "scandal"

[Anonymous]

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

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I don't think it's the end of the world (or even necesssarily shocking) that these kids emptied the bowl.
What's terrible is for parents to be defending it as no big deal. It is not okay to do this. It is entitled behavior.
If I found out this was my kid, I would make him write an apology letter to the home owner on principle.
I'm just surprised (or maybe I shouldn't be) that so many parents think this is no big deal.

I don't think that anybody here has said that it was OK ... unclear why you are so worked up about it.

The article quoted numerous adults excusing the kids behavior. THAT is the story, not the fact that idiot kids took at the candy. It's one thing to say "kids are going to do stupid stuff, that's why happens when you leave out candy." It's quite another to suggest that maybe the kids don't have involved parents and their behavior should therefore be excused. Or that the homeowners are at fault for not leaving a note telling kids to only take one piece.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I don't think it's the end of the world (or even necesssarily shocking) that these kids emptied the bowl.
What's terrible is for parents to be defending it as no big deal. It is not okay to do this. It is entitled behavior.
If I found out this was my kid, I would make him write an apology letter to the home owner on principle.
I'm just surprised (or maybe I shouldn't be) that so many parents think this is no big deal.

I don't think that anybody here has said that it was OK ... unclear why you are so worked up about it.

The article quoted numerous adults excusing the kids behavior. THAT is the story, not the fact that idiot kids took at the candy. It's one thing to say "kids are going to do stupid stuff, that's why happens when you leave out candy." It's quite another to suggest that maybe the kids don't have involved parents and their behavior should therefore be excused. Or that the homeowners are at fault for not leaving a note telling kids to only take one piece.

Yes indeed - bad parenting.

The typical DCUM response is "myob!"

That is, unless someone believes in "free range" parenting - then the pitchforks and mobs come out demanding arrest of the parents).

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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.

Sorry if my being 40 weeks pregnant and exhausted after three weeks of prodromal labor isn't a good enough reason for me to stay home and not answer the door while DH takes the kids out, but you can go piss up a rope.

OMG! You are the 1st person who was pregnant during Halloween.... turn off your light and relax.

Huh? Why shouldn't she leave a bowl of candy on her doorstep if that's what she wants to do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello??!? They have the video!!!

How is this anything other than blatant larceny?

Well are you allowed to tape minors with out consent? Hope there were no peanuts in the candy they left out.

[Anonymous]

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

Really?

[Anonymous]

Honestly the Post story was the funniest thing I've read in a long time. I love the parent comments on the list serv -- such exquisitely DC responses. Thanks OP for sharing!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's the end of the world (or even necesssarily shocking) that these kids emptied the bowl.
What's terrible is for parents to be defending it as no big deal. It is not okay to do this. It is entitled behavior.
If I found out this was my kid, I would make him write an apology letter to the home owner on principle.
I'm just surprised (or maybe I shouldn't be) that so many parents think this is no big deal.

My sentiments exactly. We always review the rules of the road for Halloween before trick or treating (e.g., you say thank you, you don't turn and run away from the door and knock down other kids, if there's a bowl out, you take one unless the sign at the bowl says you can take more than one).
If it were my kids, I would want to know if they did this. They would lose all their candy, and write a letter of apology.
Of course it's not larceny, but its a-hole behavior, even by an 11 year old. (And, yes, of course 11 year olds are sometimes a-holes. That's why they should have parents to hopefully correct their behavior, so it's not Lord of the Flies out there.) We're living in a community, people!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hello??!? They have the video!!!

How is this anything other than blatant larceny?

Well are you allowed to tape minors with out consent? Hope there were no peanuts in the candy they left out.

I'm pretty sure that stores, schools, libraries, museums, stadiums and all sorts of places tape minors all the time. You are allowed to have a security camera on your own property, right? The camera doesn't judge nor does it lie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello??!? They have the video!!!

How is this anything other than blatant larceny?

It's not larceny because the candy was placed there for the sole purpose of being taken.

[Anonymous]

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

Really?

Sheesh. So kids who go house to house are emptying bowls that homeowners hold out to them and assumed the same principle was in effect when the bowl was left out?

You KNOW you're spouting BS.

It's not theft, but it's not good behavior, either.

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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.

Sorry if my being 40 weeks pregnant and exhausted after three weeks of prodromal labor isn't a good enough reason for me to stay home and not answer the door while DH takes the kids out, but you can go piss up a rope.

OMG! You are the 1st person who was pregnant during Halloween.... turn off your light and relax.

Huh? Why shouldn't she leave a bowl of candy on her doorstep if that's what she wants to do?

Because somebody is eventually going to dump the whole thing in their bag. If you don't want that to happen don't leave a bowl out.

[Anonymous]

So what's the problem. You left a bowl of candy out for kids. The kids took all the candy. Now asshats post a video of the kids taking candy to get justice? Wow

[Anonymous]

Well if I had little kids, I would avoid that house next year.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's the end of the world (or even necesssarily shocking) that these kids emptied the bowl.
What's terrible is for parents to be defending it as no big deal. It is not okay to do this. It is entitled behavior.
If I found out this was my kid, I would make him write an apology letter to the home owner on principle.
I'm just surprised (or maybe I shouldn't be) that so many parents think this is no big deal.

My sentiments exactly. We always review the rules of the road for Halloween before trick or treating (e.g., you say thank you, you don't turn and run away from the door and knock down other kids, if there's a bowl out, you take one unless the sign at the bowl says you can take more than one).
If it were my kids, I would want to know if they did this. They would lose all their candy, and write a letter of apology.
Of course it's not larceny, but its a-hole behavior, even by an 11 year old. (And, yes, of course 11 year olds are sometimes a-holes. That's why they should have parents to hopefully correct their behavior, so it's not Lord of the Flies out there.) We're living in a community, people!

This. I would be really shocked, surprised and embarrassed if my kid did something like that. But I would also want to know about it.