Chevy Chase Halloween candy bowl "scandal"

[Anonymous]

I think 9 out of 10 posters on here are infected with affluenza and will pass it on to their kids.

[Anonymous]

We had the same thing to happen to us in TP. We posted an honor system sign. First time we ever tried it and I knew the probability of someone taking all of it would be very high. While its disappointing, if someone really needed all that candy that bad, then fine.

[Anonymous]

If an adult complained to me about it, I'd be less than sympathetic. Kids have been grabbing whole bowls of candy since I was trick or treating in the dark ages.
If I found out my child dumped a whole bowl of candy in his bag, he'd be in trouble.

It's possible to have a "seriously?" response to an adult and a teaching response to your child.

[Anonymous]

When I saw this article in WaPo, my first thought was, "seriously, this is news??!" This has been happening since the beginning of Halloween!!! Get over it people, who cares??? It's just candy!!!! Everyone is an asshole sometimes, even kids.

[Anonymous]

This is referred to as "bowling", as in taking the whole bowl. We specifically told our son NOT to do this this year, but I gotta say I'm not sure he obeyed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I saw this article in WaPo, my first thought was, "seriously, this is news??!" This has been happening since the beginning of Halloween!!! Get over it people, who cares??? It's just candy!!!! Everyone is an asshole sometimes, even kids.

Really video of the drunk parents would be way more interesting.

[Anonymous]

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

You give lawyers a bad name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If an adult complained to me about it, I'd be less than sympathetic. Kids have been grabbing whole bowls of candy since I was trick or treating in the dark ages.
If I found out my child dumped a whole bowl of candy in his bag, he'd be in trouble.

It's possible to have a "seriously?" response to an adult and a teaching response to your child.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I saw this article in WaPo, my first thought was, "seriously, this is news??!" This has been happening since the beginning of Halloween!!! Get over it people, who cares??? It's just candy!!!! Everyone is an asshole sometimes, even kids.

Really video of the drunk parents would be way more interesting.

This is such a weird assumption. I can think of a million reasons why someone would opt to leave a bowl of candy on their doorstep rather than answer the door every time.

Maybe they bought candy to hand out and got a call from work, so they put the bowl out on the front doorstep instead. Maybe they wanted to watch a movie or a show uninterrupted. Maybe they weren't feeling well and didn't want to spread their sick germs to kids....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If an adult complained to me about it, I'd be less than sympathetic. Kids have been grabbing whole bowls of candy since I was trick or treating in the dark ages.
If I found out my child dumped a whole bowl of candy in his bag, he'd be in trouble.

It's possible to have a "seriously?" response to an adult and a teaching response to your child.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yes, yes, yes.

[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.

Selfish, entitled little shits grow up to be a'holes like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Link?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/11/02/greedy-halloween-kids-empty-an-unattended-candy-bowl-and-divide-a-d-c-neighborhood/

are there really 995 comments on this post??

[Anonymous]

This is reminding me of the thread on Tweens and teens about copying homework -- the "Of course! Everyone does it! No big deal!" contingent are setting my teeth on edge.

I'm not surprised it happens, but I am disgusted by parents making excuses and blaming teachers/homeowners for making it possible for kids to do something sleazy.

[Anonymous]

We live out in the exurbs and have left a candy bowl out for the past eight years while we both go trick or treating. Never once, has all the candy been taken! Surprised to see that people think that this should be expected.