All Hallow's Eve

Alas, tonight is All Hallow's Eve. The time when all children congregate on your street and furiously knock on your door, one after another, trick or treating their way to a late night vomit.

I have to admit thought, some costumes were actually really decent and some of the children were adorable. My best of the night though was this little girl, probably only around 4 years old, with her mum and dad. She was dressed as a witch and said the usual "Trick or Treat" when I answered the door. I thought I'd play a little game with her and bring out some of the fun involved. I said to her, "we're all closing up now, but if you say the very magical word I might just be able to conjure some up for you". Bless her, the first word out of her mouth was "please". Manners, I like this one.

"Not quite, but please is always nice. It's a really special magical spell and only the most powerful witches can cast it. Are you a powerful witch?", "Yeahhhh, I'm the powerfullest witch ever!" was her reply. Adorable. "Okay, it's two words, and it's a really powerful spell so I'll need your help with it. I'll give you the first and you say the next. OK?", "OK". "Abra...", "KADABRAAAA!" she shouted, jumping up and down. I couldn't resist any longer so held out the tub and let her choose. She only picked the one! More manners, I like this a lot, you don't see much of it in the youth these days. I urged her to take more because she was my last customer of the evening. With that she took a handful, smiled, said a big thank you and went off on her way. 

She made my night!

It made me think that there is still hope for humanity. As long as we have the polite, caring ones in society it can rebuild itself and carry on if all else fails.

That's me for the night, Peer of the Year gets announced at work tomorrow and top prize is a Nexus 7 tablet so I'm gunning for the top. Let the battle commence!