# Eight'll get you Ten Mini-rants for October **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254 "2018-10-01T12:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/141 "2018-10-31T19:35:50Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Two rants: > > 1. On behalf of my mom, I pit not the special snowflakes, but their parents on Halloween. I don’t have a problem with kids being driven to various neighborhoods to trick or treat since some simply don’t have a safe place to do so or maybe don’t have a ton of neighbors. What really irks me is when the parents start posting hysterically on social media asking everyone else in nearby neighborhoods to accommodate those parents who want their kids to trick or treat the day before Halloween because it MAY rain on the 31st and god forbid their kids get damp. According to my mom, she had hordes of children and parents banging on her door last night (even though the porchlight was off) because there was a good chance it’d rain, though not storm. I’m being persnickety here, but that feels like moving Christmas to another day because it’s not going to snow and you wanted a white Christmas. Use a fucking umbrella or camp out at home, eat buckets of candy and watch scary movies instead, dammit. I can’t imagine how whiny they would be if there was a blizzard on Halloween. They probably plotz in their costumes. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/142 "2018-10-31T20:23:59Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I can’t imagine how whiny they would be if there was a blizzard on Halloween. They probably plotz in their costumes. Heh, Halloween 1991 blizzard here in Minneapolis. We still had a slew of trick or treaters. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/143 "2018-10-31T20:41:18Z")
When I was way younger, I had to take my little cousin out trick or treating in a blizzard. It was amazing how many other people were out during it. We hardy Great Plains people won’t let something like a little ol’ blizzard keep us from our precious candy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/144 "2018-10-31T22:25:10Z")
A month ago, I applied for a programming position at a gigantic company. Since then, I’ve had four phone interviews and a three-day trip to Michigan. Everything went swimmingly, and they sent me an offer that I’ve accepted. Now they’re doing the background check. I’ve spent the last two days faxing tax documents to verify my employment history. But they’re not satisfied and I don’t know what else I can do. This is so frustrating! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/145 "2018-11-01T19:24:22Z")
My Halloween rant: the first trick or treater we got was some kid all by himself going from house to house while dad drives slowly up the street keeping an eye on him. JFC are you that fucking lazy that you can’t park the car and get out and walk with your kid? I felt sorry for the poor kid… No friends to trick or treat with and dad won’t even walk with him. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/146 "2018-11-02T02:29:37Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > When I was way younger, I had to take my little cousin out trick or treating in a blizzard. It was amazing how many other people were out during it. > > We hardy Great Plains people won’t let something like a little ol’ blizzard keep us from our precious candy. 😃 Ha! A critical consideration for any Halloween costume in the Great White North is whether it can fit over a snowsuit. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/147 "2018-11-02T02:53:33Z")
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