Michael! What are you doing to the children? We just had our first trick or treaters. And the little boy, who looks about 3, looks me dead in the eye and says threateningly, "I don't like chocolate." Unfortunately, I had gone to great expense buying high quality chocolate bars-I mean-isn't that what you wanted when you were a kid? I used to throw out the Double Bubble and cheap stuff! Hated tootsie rolls and those little tiny suckers. So this little kid looks through our giant pumpkin basket and says, "You only have chocolate," and then he bursts into tears. It was awful. I mean, what could I do? I briefly considered offering him the leftover Manwich Sandwich from dinner but I want it for lunch tomorrow. So here I am apologizing to this greedy three year old and his father steps forward and says, "Just say thank you anyway and let's go." And the kid crosses his arms, turns his back to me and says, "NO!" And his mother says, "Justin! EVen if you don't like the candy, take a piece. You can trade later with your sister." And he sobs louder and I'm thinking maybe I should offer him a quarter to get rid of him. But finally he realizes that if he doesn't get moving, he'll never get to a decent house with real candy so he begrudgingly says "Thanks". And the mother says, "Gosh, I hope not everybody bought the good stuff." I said, "Yeah, you could be in a for a long night," I almost turned off the lights and kept the candy for myself after that, but at that moment four huge teenagers came to the door and I gave them a LOT of the candy. I hate that-no costumes, moustaches, basso profundo voices...sometimes they just reach for the basket..
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