Halloween Hype

At work it’s my job to decorate the lobby of our floor, set the candy out and let everyone know that they can bring their kids in for Halloween.

I like holidays, so I tend to go overboard. This year, since no one else seemed to care, I didn’t blow up 50 balloons, plug the fog machine in or get out the face paints. I pulled last years decorations out of the closet, set up a little Halloween display and dumped a bunch of candy in the bowls.

Last year we had activities for kids. This year I just printed out some pages for kids to color.

Someone walked by this morning and said, “Are you going to put the big spider out in the hall?” I had thought of it, but it’s just a big, dumb spider, so who cares? I put it out and I’m glad I did. The kids care. One of the first things I heard one of the princesses say was, “can we go back to the spider place?” The spider’s a hit. The spider's a landmark.

So, whatever. I put all this crap out and everyone who works here cleared out! Everyone left! I can’t believe it! The clued-in ones left a chair outside their office door with a candy bowl on it. The kids don’t even have to say the magic words! The fine art of trick-or-treating is becoming extinct!

The only kids here don’t belong to folks on our team. I have my camera here ready to take pics of the little people, but… crickets… there are none.

That’s it. I’m going hunting.

I found my office mate and her son, who is 18 months and dressed as Batman. He is one of those kids who really is cute. I took a few pictures of him.

Another guy on my team said that his wife is bringing their kids in and that traffic is bad. A few people promised (after noticing how distraught I am, sniff) that more people will be here around 4:00.

My boss just came by with her daughter. She was an American Idol and had a pink wig. Her son was a power ranger.

I’ll just keep waiting and working and eating the York mints I have here “for trick-or-treaters”.