Kids Are Brats
Given that today is Halloween, I made sure that I had some candy on hand to pass out to kids that stopped by to mooch for free junk food. I wasn't expecting any kids to stop by since there are very few children in this apartment complex. To help keep me company, a few friends came over for a rare poker night.
No kids stopped by until around 8PM tonight, when I received the only group of moochers. There was a group of roughly 10 kids that knocked on the doors of every unit at my building. Apparently I was the only one who answered because they all swarmed to my place once they saw that I was handing out candy. The costumes were quite poor. There were mostly wearing a sports jersey of their favorite athlete. One kid who wore a white t-shirt and carried a toy gun. Where's the originality? When I was their age, I was always trying to come up with a cool costume. The kid who obviously copped out on his costume didn't get as much candy from me.
Since I wasn't expecting anyone else to stop by after this group, I gave everyone two Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Do you know what all of the kids did next? They tried to convince me that I forgot to give them candy when I was passing out candy to everyone else. They would walk away and come back 5 seconds later hoping that I wouldn't recognize them and try to score more candy. Even an 8-year old girl was trying to game me for extras. I looked into her bag and saw two peanut butter cups right at the top and called her out on her lie. I gave them two pieces each originally since they made the effort to stop by my apartment when no one else would. Did any of them say thank you? No! They complained that I wouldn't give them any more candy and then ran off to the next building to add to their Halloween stash.
When did kids get such a sense of entitlement that they don't have to thank people who give them free stuff? Yeah, the peanut butter cups only cost about 10-20 cents each. I would have given them more if they said thank you and asked nicely. It's not like I want tons of junk food around the apartment. However, if I behaved like that as a child, I'd be in serious trouble with my parents. I was taught to be courteous and gracious at Halloween (and during the rest of the year). If I didn't say thank you to free candy and my parents found out, I wouldn't get to go trick-or-treating the next year. These kids today need to learn some manners.
No kids stopped by until around 8PM tonight, when I received the only group of moochers. There was a group of roughly 10 kids that knocked on the doors of every unit at my building. Apparently I was the only one who answered because they all swarmed to my place once they saw that I was handing out candy. The costumes were quite poor. There were mostly wearing a sports jersey of their favorite athlete. One kid who wore a white t-shirt and carried a toy gun. Where's the originality? When I was their age, I was always trying to come up with a cool costume. The kid who obviously copped out on his costume didn't get as much candy from me.
Since I wasn't expecting anyone else to stop by after this group, I gave everyone two Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Do you know what all of the kids did next? They tried to convince me that I forgot to give them candy when I was passing out candy to everyone else. They would walk away and come back 5 seconds later hoping that I wouldn't recognize them and try to score more candy. Even an 8-year old girl was trying to game me for extras. I looked into her bag and saw two peanut butter cups right at the top and called her out on her lie. I gave them two pieces each originally since they made the effort to stop by my apartment when no one else would. Did any of them say thank you? No! They complained that I wouldn't give them any more candy and then ran off to the next building to add to their Halloween stash.
When did kids get such a sense of entitlement that they don't have to thank people who give them free stuff? Yeah, the peanut butter cups only cost about 10-20 cents each. I would have given them more if they said thank you and asked nicely. It's not like I want tons of junk food around the apartment. However, if I behaved like that as a child, I'd be in serious trouble with my parents. I was taught to be courteous and gracious at Halloween (and during the rest of the year). If I didn't say thank you to free candy and my parents found out, I wouldn't get to go trick-or-treating the next year. These kids today need to learn some manners.
posted by GaryGinew at 11:29 PM
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