Advice columnists have to hear about a lot of people's problems, and few of them actually qualify as genuine difficulties, while other's are just idiotic complaints. But some folks take whining to the the next level.
When one woman wrote in to Dear Prudence, the advice columnist at Slate, about a peculiar problem in her "wealthy" neighborhood during Halloween season, even seasoned professional Prudence had trouble maintaining her cool.
Check it out:
“Dear Prudence: I live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country, but on one of the more “modest” streets—mostly doctors and lawyers and family business owners. (A few blocks away are billionaires, families with famous last names, media moguls, etc.) I have noticed that on Halloween, what seems like 75 percent of the trick-or-treaters are clearly not from this neighborhood. Kids arrive in overflowing cars from less fortunate areas. I feel this is inappropriate. Halloween isn’t a social service or a charity in which I have to buy candy for less fortunate children. Obviously this makes me feel like a terrible person, because what’s the big deal about making less fortunate kids happy on a holiday? But it just bugs me, because we already pay more than enough taxes toward actual social services. Should Halloween be a neighborhood activity, or is it legitimately a free-for-all in which people hunt down the best candy grounds for their kids? —Halloween for the 99 Percent”
After reading this uneducated, lazy, and thoughtless letter, I was speechless. Fortunately, Prudence was ready with the best comeback ever:
Dear "99"
Thanks, Prudence. We couldn't have said it better ourselves!!!
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