7? I guess as long as it is announced. My neighborhood doesn’t start until after 6 so people can get home.
Comment on Most of the trick-or-treaters have been skipping my house, and I finally figured out why
ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
The last time I was handing out candy at my old neighborhood, kids would ring the doorbell but then they’d just stand there and stare at me until I handed them candy. You’re supposed to say “trick or treat”!
Now I live in an apartment, so I don’t get trick-or-treaters. (I have candy just in case, but nobody ever knocks.) My roommate went to hang out with his sister and hand out candy at her place, and apparently their neighborhood has decreed that trick-or-treating ends at 7 sharp now so that nobody is out after dark? I don’t get it. I thought staying out late (and, for teens, potentially unsupervised) was part of the fun!
MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That was happening to me sometimes, too. I’ve tried just standing there without offering the bowl to make it awkward until they figure it out, as well as just straight-up telling them “c’mon, say the words,” but it’s just so cringeworthy that they don’t get it in the first place.