I've lived in my house for almost 6 years.
It a nice neighborhood not a lot of kids but enough.
And in those 6 years not one kid has asked "Mr Steve do you need your lawn cut?"
Until Tuesday of this week.
And while I enjoy doing the yard work the kid and I struck up a deal.
15 bucks front and back. He would cut the yard this evening and come by last night to get prepaid.
No kid last night to collect money. No lawn cut tonight.
But being the liberal sap I am I still think he's a good kid and something came up with him that he couldn't get it done.
So the 15 bucks sits on the mantle.
But the minute I start up the lawnmower that money is going to (I so want to say hookers and blow but hey I'm a middle aged boring person) beer and cigs.
Mr. Deity!!
42 minutes ago
5 comments:
Well, and too if $15 is your budget, you're probably better off with the beer & cigs anyway.
Or, preferably, just beer. You can prolly get like two dozen Buds for that much, right? ;)
Wow!! He's cheap!! Quite a deal if you can get him to do it!!!!!
These kids today. Back in OUR day, we had to cut the grass with nail scissors, after we walked six miles to school in the snow, uphill both ways. Flibbety floo.
Richie is mowing lawns this summer--the neighbor's--for $10 every two weeks.
It's a huge PITA for me, the person doing the weed whacking for free so I can keep an eye on the 8 year old with a spinning metal blade, without seeming to be keeping an eye on him.
He had the opportunity to mow his grandparent's lawn, and I'll bet it would've been even more money but the whining was more than I could take.
Now, what if he has really misinformed parents who think maybe their little boy shouldn't be hanging out with the single guy down the street . . . who lives with a purple monkey . . . maybe you should go meet the mom and dad and give them your blog address!
Then they'd know that you're harmless!
Or - - - maybe not!
Grannie
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