A Few Kids Ransacked His Halloween Candy Bowl, And He Caught Footage Of It On His Doorbell Camera, So He Took Screenshots And Posted Photos Of The Kids On A Neighborhood Facebook Group To Shame Them
One of the most difficult choices to make on Halloween is whether or not to just leave a bowl of candy outside.
For some people, constantly getting up to answer the door for trick-or-treaters– or simply being tied to their house on an evening of festivities– just isn’t worth it.
But, for others, the thought of a few mischievous kids ransacking their candy supply is just too frustrating, especially in the current economy, with Halloween sweets costing so much.
This man was recently confronted with the same age-old debacle this past Halloween, too. And since he and his wife have a few young kids who wanted to go trick-or-treating, he couldn’t just stand around handing out candy all night.
“So we put out a big bucket full of candy on the front porch with a sign that said, ‘Please take one or two,'” he recalled.
Now, he realized that some kids wouldn’t obey the sign and instead take a handful– which he didn’t think was a huge deal.
However, upon returning home later that evening, he realized that he’d gone through “an ungodly amount of candy.” And since he had a doorbell camera, he decided to check the footage to see what had happened.
To his surprise, there were three instances when kids just took a ton of candy from his bucket.
“And, in one case, just dumped the entire bucket in their bag,” he revealed.
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This really annoyed him, too, so he decided to take some screenshots of the security footage. Then, he posted the images on his neighborhood’s Facebook page– claiming to have “caught” the children.
“And I’m posting photos to shame them,” he added.
Ever since he decided to call out the kids online, though, he’s been receiving comments from other people accusing him of being in the wrong for posting photos of kids and shaming children.
“But the plan is to leave the post up for a couple of days– long enough for parents to identify and talk to their kids,” he reasoned.
Nonetheless, with people in his neighborhood now angry at him, he’s been left wondering if posting photos of the kids who took all of his Halloween candy was really a jerky thing to do.
Have you ever gotten your candy bucket raided on Halloween? Can you understand why he was frustrated? Even so, was it right to post pictures of kids online in hopes of getting them in trouble? What should he do in this situation?
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