With Halloween approaching, I find myself thinking about previous Halloweens back home. My neighbors stopped handing out candy when their kids decided they were too old for trick-or-treating, so they always turn out the lights on Halloween night. Thus, their house has become Prank Central. Something happens to their house pretty much every Halloween now.
Last year, a few neighborhood kids decided to get some kicks by egging one of my neighbor’s cars and completely covering a tree in their front yard with toilet paper. They also knocked over the street sign and the stop sign near their house. Additionally, there were several broken beer bottles scattered along the street.
I wonder what provoked them into action and if they’ll decide to do it again. They must think that their actions are justified because my neighbors do not hand out candy. With the addition of alcohol and the incentive of groupthink, they become more and more likely to lash out violently. Plus, pranking is a tradition of Halloween. The house stands out as the one that refused to observe candy hand-out. That makes their house a viable target for retaliation, one that groupthink, alcohol, and tradition can justify.
I guess my neighbors need to learn to pass out Halloween candy!
That is a mixture of annoying and really funny. At home, I live in a neighborhood called "Homeland" and almost every year some people paint over the "e" and put an "o", therefore making it "Homoland". funny, but annoying.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it is about pranking on Halloween but it has become a tradition that I do not look forward too when I end up owning a home. Kids do come up with some creative pranks these days. I also think it is kind of funny how this house gets pranked for not doing a simple thing like giving out candy. Why not celebrate the holiday?
ReplyDeleteI guess if they aren't handing out "treats" they are subject to "tricks" haha sorry I'm kindof lame but that's crazy that kids act out that way...I have a deaf couple across the street that doesn't hand out candy and luckily nothing has ever happened to their house, but if it had I probably would have retaliated at the kids who did it in the first place.
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