Trick or Treat, Gimme Somthing Good To Eat!
Actually I’ll do a bit better then that. I’ll share a little tip on how to get more candy then any trick or treater in your whole neighborhood.
Ever since I was a little grommit growing up I’ve been a hustler. My buddy Darren and I started selling candy out of our backpacks as soon as we hit the 8th grade. Darren’s parents would take him to Costco and he would load up with tons of bulk candy for wholesale prices. Then we pimped out lollipops, candy bars, and gum to kids in the hall for a massive markup.
But the hustling started way before the 8th grade for me. I remember when I was a little kid I couldn’t wait to become a rich adult so I could buy shopping carts full of candy. Seriously, besides riding my BMX, this was my dream… to be the horder of all the candy.
One Halloween when I was probably about 10 years old I decided a pillow case full of candy wasn’t enough. So I got to plotting and scheming up some evil madness and came up with this plan…
Here’s how it goes…
Halloween night is not the Jackpot. It’s the next day.
Wait until the next day and then go to all the houses and give them a sob story about why you couldn’t go trick or treating last night. I think my excuse was that I had to babysit my brother (which was probably true).
Most people have a whole bowl full of candy still left and have no problem dumping the entire contents into your candy sack. This way you can clean house in the neighborhood for all the leftovers that still exists.
The hustler’s mentality was inbedded into me at such a young age. I had knocked on hundreds if not thousands of doors before I ever hit the age of 14. I was selling newspaper subscriptions at age 12, and used beg for soda and beer cans to return for deposit way before that. Heck, at 5 cents a pop, I’d collect cans all day and have a bunch of loot for candy and Excitebike video games.
So, as Halloween comes upon us I started to reflect on my young days as a Candy Hustler and realized that nearly 20 years later I’m not much different at all.
Have fun and be safe this Halloween.
