Anecdotes From the Dorm: The Stranded Candy

I just thought that this was cool:

"You didn't take the candy last night. Why not? It's good candy. Not the best, but it puts in a good effort. Not like those fancy candies that lead you on with their smooth caramel and nougat centers, but as soon as you turn your back for an instant they're running off with some rich doctor in a Porche and you're left thawing hot dogs in a gas station sink."

True story: It was about Halloween time, and my one of my roommates, Matt, he had these knockoff Snickers candies in bulk, and he planned to use them as ads for a computer company he was hocking. He put a whole bowl of candies (wrapped in fliers for the computer company) out by our room. Trouble was, no one took it. It was there in plain sight, and no one bothered to take any candy. Matt's response, posted on our door, was the blurb you see above. We even joked about how we would most likely catch someone reading it on our door - then, proceeded to open the door to find a girl reading the blurb. It was hilarious. Ironically, she left without taking any candy. The next day, Matt wrote the following blurb:

"Apparently, the purpose of yesterday's sign was lost amid all the hilarity, which I can't fault you for, since it was indeed hilarious. But seriously, you stood there and read the entire thing yesterday and left without any candy. Yeah, that means you, girl who was standing there when we opened the door. If you don't take the candy it's going to go to waste. If you want to live with the corpses of a thousand starved babies on your conscience, go ahead."

Anyway, all of us in the suite ended up eating most of the candy, I guess because we just couldn't give the stuff away. So, I just thought that the whole thing was pretty funny. I suppose it's without consequence, but I figured to share that little anecdote with the rest of the world.