I mean, really. What's she going to do to determine who is a proper resident there and who is not? Will she ask to see some ID? Inquire which elementary school they attend? Ask where they're going to Finishing School?
shhhh...
it's the ::looks both ways:: "blah" children she doesn't want to give candy to, because she's already supporting "them" with social service programs. dontcha know.
We always trick-or-treated in my grandma's neighborhood because we lived in Bumblefuck. We had like 3 neighbors and no sidewalks.
Probably the last year I trick-or-treated I went with a friend. She said "we're going to X neighborhood, because they have the best candy." X neighborhood was a very working class neighborhood in Buffalo, but it was safe and the community really loved Halloween. Some people even bought full sized candy bars, and they must have given out hundreds. I'm sure they knew other people came into the neighborhood, but it was a nice way to kind of show off their community spirit, I guess.
I'm so uncomfortable with "exclusive" communities. There are people around here who live on like 5 acres with gated driveways and I'm just like WHY? So you literally never have to interact with anyone?
Post by dawnzersong on Oct 23, 2014 14:58:55 GMT -5
We get a lot of kids from other less wealthy neighborhoods trick or treating in our neighborhood, too. Their neighborhoods have few street lights and lots of sex offenders, so I'm happy they can come over here and have a good trick or treating experience like all the other kids. That this woman so desperately needs to feel smug that she would contemplate denying some children a piece of candy is fucking bananas.
She pays taxes for social services dude. So there! This attitude is what scares me when some Republicans say we should just rely on churches and charities to make up the gaping holes in the safety net.
I got caught up on "MORE than enough taxes." Cause I'd beg to differ. And I'm not sure how she's so sure that she personally pays more than enough in taxes to support the poor.
People from all over come to my neighborhood. We live in an amazingly awesome grid (3 streets horizontally, 3 streets vertically - all intersecting) with one way in and one way out. It's well lit, the parents bring wagons and flashlights, and lots of people dress up. We also have with an elementary school at the end of our grid that allows for parents to park so there is no one driving once ToTing starts. FFS it's 1 night. Turn the damn light off.
Even if I hated this on principle (I do not), the last thing I need is a bunch of leftover candy in my house to stuff my face with. Children of the world, I welcome thee to my home. Take all the candy you need.
She pays taxes for social services dude. So there! This attitude is what scares me when some Republicans say we should just rely on churches and charities to make up the gaping holes in the safety net.
I got caught up on "MORE than enough taxes." Cause I'd beg to differ. And I'm not sure how she's so sure that she personally pays more than enough in taxes to support the poor.
Exactly. Don't get me started on the stupid billion dollars of redundant military equipment *I* pay for while social services are slashed every recession. grr...
This makes me so sad. There are crotchety people like this in my neighborhood, and people keep trying to change the actual TOT date to avoid these kids. The kids that come have been nothing but awesome and usually have parents with them, and everyone is just having fun and checking out the cute costumes.
I'm also pretty sure the complainers aren't complaining because the kids are poor, but are really annoyed because they're mostly brown. Which really pisses me off.
I'm only half a page in - but I was one of these kids getting brought into another neighborhood to ToT because I was a farm kid with no neighbors. We weren't in a fancy neighborhood - just a niceish one with lots of houses. Had an HOA. Green lawns. Very typical Edward scissorhands suburban.
One bitch flat out asked us if we were from that neighborhood and told us she only had enough for kids from her street and we should go away.
I still remember every second of it. I remember what the FULL fucking Longaberger basket in her hand looked like. I remember seeing her ugly ass overstuffed leather furniture in sunken the living room behind her on her cream carpet. I remember my baby sister being all, "but...we don't have anybody to ToT for near us. Why wouldn't she give us anything?"
And we weren't even poor! We just didn't have neighbors! FUCK THIS BITCH.
This year we are rocking FULL SIZE CANDY BARS PEOPLE. Drop everyone at my house!!!
last year, the people who lived behind us (a youngish couple) had a big party on halloween night for other young marrieds/singles... all their guests showed up with Costco-sized boxes of full size candy bars... they laid out a fucking BUFFET of full-sized candy bars on their dining room table, and told the ToTers to have at it (this was their entertainment while drinking beer and generally being young and fun)
there's going to be a stampede at their house this year if they don't have another party!
Why should the people who have worked hard have to subsidize the junk food habits of the children who didn't? Rather if these people would just save their money in some conservative accounts instead of spending it on costumes and gas to travel to the rich side or town they'd probably be able to afford a nicer house in a better area for TOTing in just a few short years.
That's not her stance. It's really not. (Unless she comes in here and says different.) She's fairly consistent with all of these.
WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME ARGUE ABOUT LYS?
It actually sounds like my great aunt who lives in Los Gatos (riiiiiiich). It could totally be her saying this.
Also we don't get a ton of kids because we live on a dead end street not connected to the adjacent grid area (that's where all the kids go) so I've given out full sized candy bars the last couple of years. The few kids who do make it down our street think they've hit the MFing JACKPOT. like literally run away from the door waving the things in the air going "she gave me a FULL SIZED BAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!" to their mom at the end of the driveway.
I live on the sidewalk side of my street and we still don't get any ToTs! I dunno where they all go but it's not my house. So we take the kids to my parents' neighborhood.
I'm also pretty sure the complainers aren't complaining because the kids are poor, but are really annoyed because they're mostly brown. Which really pisses me off.
We live in a very middle class neighborhood. But the neighborhood next to us is very upper class. This means we don't get very many TOTers. They bypass us right for the good stuff. Smart kids.