Everyone on Campus Was Terrified by My Costume. I Was Poverty for Halloween.

Most years I try to do something terrifying for halloween, like a clown, a murderer, or a Wharton student. 

But this year I just wanted to do something cute and simple, but also original. I thought to myself, what could I be? As I aesthetically walked down locust with my hands in my pockets, I felt the cold touch of loose change. That’s when I got the idea, I should be a penny for halloween!

I found the costume online and it was ADORABLE! 

Halloween came and things took a turn. I wore my costume during the day for attention, as one does. When I walked into huntsman to go to pret, everyone gave me a puzzled look. I heard them discussing my outfit while I was in line.

“Is he a circle for halloween?”

“What is he wearing?”

“Wait. Wait. Holy shit. Is he…no no no it can’t be.”

“What? What is it?”

In a trembling voice, with a single tear running down her eye, she responded

“He’s…a penny”

Suddenly, I hear screaming everywhere.

“RUN! RUN! He’s….poor!”

An alarm went off in huntsman

“Code poor. Code poor. This is not a drill.”

I looked around and everyone went crazy. Private helicopters came, people started eating their credit cards, and one guy single handedly crashed the stock market that day. 

Every person I turned to screamed at the sight of me. This continued on for a while. To stop the havoc, I took off my costume to my plain polo and khakis. All of the sudden, everyone calmed down, and went back to normal.

Next year, I’ll stick with a cat costume.