I dress up like a scarecrow and hold the candy in my lap so when people try to take the whole bowl, I can scare the bejesus outta them.
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
lol … my favourite is Halloween … a few years ago, I put up a paper sign on the door with an arrow pointing to the ‘DOOR BELL’ … I even added extra instructions ‘RING DOORBELL FOR CANDY’ … and at one point I even put a sign lower to the ground so that kids could read it. My wife laughed at me and said that people weren’t that stupid and they’ll see the large bright glowing button of the doorbell and use it to get our attention.
About three quarters of the people - whether they be kids or adults or both - knocked loudly on the door and ignored all the signs. I even had some miffed adults look at me weird for taking too long because I didn’t hear them pounding on the door.
For the past few Halloweens, I gave up and now I just sit by the door and wait for people to arrive and greet them before they even have a chance to knock.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 days ago
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I’ve often thought of doing that … but around here, enough people do that that it isn’t that scary for people any more … my idea was to create three or four identical scarecrows or dressed up characters and sit in as one of them.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 4 days ago
Are doorbells uncommon in your area? In Germany everyone uses them so it’s the obvious thing to look for, no one knocks on halloween/st. Martins
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
They are common up here in northern Ontario in Canada … but it’s just a habit with people up here … everyone prefers using the back door and when you get there, you knock on the door. The front door is more or less decorative and seldom used and usually used only for days like Halloween or mail package deliveries (and package carriers are better as they almost always use door bell)
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
People are in fact just that fucking retarded. They just don’t think and react extremely slowly to even the most common of stimulus and information of their surroundings.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah, people are obnoxiously oblivious.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I work in public transportation. There’s a certain segment, I’d say a solid 40-50% of people, are effectively illiterate. Maybe they can read, but I have yet to see any evidence of it.