I went to the range yesterday and saw these kids with a real lemonade stand.
My yeti cup just ran out of water so I stopped and bought some. It sure hit the spot.
It is good to see some actual entrepreneurial spirit nowadays, rather than some idiots doing stoopid stuff on social media to get clicks.
 

Or an illegal migrant immediately complaining about housing, food, and healthcare upon arriving in the country.

Notice they don't even inquire about a f*ckn job.

I see more kids with fishnets begging for money at traffic lights. Shame. I never give to those.

I see more kids with fishnets begging for money at traffic lights. Shame. I never give to those.

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I never give to scraggly homeless people at the traffic lights or the exit at Walmart.

Most small kids with fishnets are legitimate fundraisers and they would declare the cause.
I buy stuff from sports teams fundraising to compete.

I just bought some butter mochi from a cute girl, but that's a different story altogether.

to clarify, these kids offer no services or good for sale, just sticking out a fishnet and begging for money. No different from the homeless doing the same.

to clarify, these kids offer no services or good for sale, just sticking out a fishnet and begging for money. No different from the homeless doing the same.

Exactly.  I want the kids to learn that money does not grow on trees.  (of course, with the biden administration it might as well be  )

I want them to do like car washes or something like that.  But in all fairness, maybe carwashes as fundraisers are frowned upon nowadays.  Maybe because of the potential to waste water.  I dunno.  I think carwashes as fundraisers are a good idea.

Boy Scouts do Makahiki.  Girl Scouts sell cookies.  Some schools sell Zippy's stuff. 

I always enjoy when children knock on my door to sell portugese sausage or sweet bread.  I ask them what their fundraiser is all about and smile when they struggle to explain.  So cute.  Then I buy a ton of whatever they are selling as their parents watch from the sidewalk.

This kind stuff I no mind.  Even if the portugese sausage fundraiser price almost reaches $20. 

Give me something in return.  A clean car.  An overpriced sweetbread, candy, or sausage.

But please.  Don't just stick a fishnet in my face and expect me to fork over my hard earned dollars. 

That sh*t don't fly with me.

to clarify, these kids offer no services or good for sale, just sticking out a fishnet and begging for money. No different from the homeless doing the same.

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Is that around our area? All I see is the guy by Walmart. Also some guy by the freeway on ramp.

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Is that around our area? All I see is the guy by Walmart. Also some guy by the freeway on ramp.

nearby where I live in Mililani

I see more kids with fishnets begging for money at traffic lights. Shame. I never give to those.

I'm surprised they let kids run into the street to beg for donations.

Girl Scouts that want to sell cookies at tables have to provide insurance coverage information, sign liability forms and comply with the rules of the property (Walmart, Shopping Center, Mall, etc.).

Then I see these other kids racing between cars at traffic signals, some not even looking where they are going.

I have to ask, which example do we want to teach our kids?

I'm surprised they let kids run into the street to beg for donations.

Girl Scouts that want to sell cookies at tables have to provide insurance coverage information, sign liability forms and comply with the rules of the property (Walmart, Shopping Center, Mall, etc.).

Then I see these other kids racing between cars at traffic signals, some not even looking where they are going.

I have to ask, which example do we want to teach our kids?

I've seen this at the intersections by Mililani Town Center a couple of times.  I ask myself, do people know what charity or fundraiser they are donating to?  I see money in the kids fishnets but when I look around I don't see a banner with the fundraising or charity information.

Maybe I missed it.  Anyway, I tell myself hell if I'm giving money when I don't even know what it's for.  So I just drive on.

For all I know it's to pay a person's mortgage and he has his family's kids running around with fishnets.  Use a portion to buy the kids ice cream at Baskins after they are done for the day.

I've seen this at the intersections by Mililani Town Center a couple of times.  I ask myself, do people know what charity or fundraiser they are donating to?  I see money in the kids fishnets but when I look around I don't see a banner with the fundraising or charity information.

Maybe I missed it.  Anyway, I tell myself hell if I'm giving money when I don't even know what it's for.  So I just drive on.

For all I know it's to pay a person's mortgage and he has his family's kids running around with fishnets.  Use a portion to buy the kids ice cream at Baskins after they are done for the day.

i guess playing a live-action game of Frogger  isn't any more dangerous than going door-to-door selling cookies or M&Ms today.

When I was in school, I was always selling stuff door-to-door for scouts, church, band or our high school graduating class.  Hard work, but the people I sold to were impressed that a kid was out on a cold November night raising money for something positive.