Breeders think the whole apt complex must bow down to their stupid spawn.

From Reddit:

My wife and I (both 32) have been living at our apartment for 4 years and are both huge horror fans. We have had an art the clown door mat from spirit Halloween for 2 years now, it’s not a Halloween decoration it’s just what we like.

Last month (around the beginning of April) we had some neighbors move in across from us. They have two kids, one is a baby and one is maybe 3-4 years old. The first time we met them was a couple days after they moved in, we were all bringing in groceries and I introduced myself, shook hands, all of that. The dad says “still Halloween huh?” And I just laughed it off.

Since then we’ve come home 4 times to them flipping our doormat, and we know it’s them because we have a ring camera. We were fine letting them do it and just flippng it back until a couple days ago when we caught them doing it in person. We asked what the issue was and apparently their son is super afraid of it, even though the kid was right there and was acting completely fine. Not crying, not anything. The only one that seemed agitated at all was the mom, who swore at us and rolled her eyes and was just generally unpleasant. Haven’t interacted w her much before or since. My wife waited until they were inside and flipped it back over.


He later is wussing out in the comments too. So a new neighbor comes in and gets to tell you what kind of mat to have and can throw it down the stairs. Whatta idiot OP! Everyday would b halloween if it was me and this neighbor.
I stayed out with the dad and talked it over and he seemed fine. He said he understood it was our space and he’d talk it over with his wife and that his son was old enough to understand it couldn’t hurt him.

This morning we walked out and saw our doormat wasn’t even flipped over, it was thrown outside of the stairwell. We live on the 4th floor so it was a very deliberate thing.
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My wife wants to report it to management but I’m just about tired enough of this. I kinda wanna throw it away, but I also wanna keep it. Idk, I’m just confused yall.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/1t3xxb3/aita_for_not_removing_my_doormat_because_it/

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I think the OP is TAH for even thinking of throwing the mat away. I'll never understand the 'my kid is scared' thing. First of all, my mom woulda just said, "its just a picture, mat, pretend, make believe" and that would just be IT. Every time a parent gives some such BS that their kid is too shy, or whatever, I just say, and calmly and loving as possible, As the adult in his life, this is the PERFECT OPPROTUNITY to explain to him that blah blah blah blah and then he should learn and gain confidence in this situation, so he will grow up more confident blah blah blah blah. Your job as a parent is not to parent the rest of the world to protect your kids' whims, it is to teach your kids about their surroundings and reality, and the reality is a mat is pretend scary. WTF. But what do i know, I'm not a parent!


BTW, this is the mat in question and repliers are saying it is extra terrifying. Um, not to me, and i'm not a horror fan. I still say, your a parent, explain to child it is just a picture on a mat, and it's been there for a week? or month? or so....and nothing is happening to you kid. OR, tell him not to look. https://www.spirithalloween.com/product/art-the-clown-head-doormat-terrifier/269251.uts

I'm not surprised. Parents always expect the world to bend to their kids' whims rather than teaching their kids how to cope with things they don't like.

I suppose if you have a phobia of clowns, the mat might be scary. It didn't scare me, but I also like horror movies. If the fucker doesn't like the mat, his parents can just tell him to close his eyes when they walk by the scary clown face because it's the author's right to have a doormat.

I wonder if it's a matter of the parents don't like it and are just blaming it on the kid because they don't want to admit they, as adults, have a problem with it.

I'd be finding ways to make them regret touching the mat, like rubbing poison ivy all over it (while wearing thick gloves). It's my understanding that poison ivy oils can survive on surfaces for a very long time, so next time they decide to flip the mat over or throw it somewhere, they'll have a bad time. Especially if they rub their eyes or mouths with poison ivy on their hands.

People were saying the same thing, it's a Moo problem, not likely a kyd problem.