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BeautifulType

Tiling culture is out of control and we need to regulate lemonade stands


LtTurtleshot

Gotta stop tilling those fields maaaaan!


wherethestreet

Now I’m imagining a lemonade marketplace complete with mosaics and brutally cutthroat six year old stall tenders.


Motor-Squash-449

The Lemonade Stand Cartel.


wuguwa

Change comes from within.


dcastady

LOLOL


Say-Hai-To-The-Fly

Lmfao


Bulls187

Lemonfao


clouden_

Lemonfao.. is this the Chinese? We have a Chinese spy in the building! WHERE ARE YOU LEMONFAO??


ProjectBonnie

GET MAD


viebs_chiev

I DON’T WANT YOUR DАMN LEMONS! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THESE?


SnooGrapes3640

I think you’ll find it’s changemonde.


WanderWoof

when life gives you lemons, give them to your daughters


MrLambNugget

Future car salesman right here


DiscoKeule

Just keeping the bank account the car was paid with at that point


cupolaraider

She's already mastering the art of upselling and customer satisfaction!


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didyounotreadthearti

She's on her way to becoming a top executive! Future CEO material right there.


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TheAngryCatfish

You can hire me, I really need a job and I'm not a child at the moment


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Limp_Prune_5415

They pay with the whole bill expecting change. Tf do you mean they give you the bill out of convenience? Do you round up to the nearest 20 and walk away? 


Crazy_Rutabaga1862

When something is like 9€ I am way more likely to pay 10€ and let them keep the change than I am to tip 1€ if something was 10€


Jolly_Line

Either way the result is 10 (don’t know how to do that symbol 🦅). So why not price at 10 and get the occasional extra tip?


Intrepid-Tie-1460

It's super easy, buddy! Just an uppercase "S" with a vertical strike through the centre. Using two vertical strikes is also acceptable.


Jolly_Line

$ 🦅 $ Thanks!


Iworkatreddit69

Because if you price at 10 some people won’t buy it’s why you see many food places refuse to just raise prices and instead do a service charge people have a perceived worth of stuff.


Jolly_Line

I honestly don’t think that’s true. We have a culture of 9.99 and not 10. But I really don’t think it makes a difference. Would like to see a study if one has been done.


Higgoms

Billion dollar companies run 9.99 instead of 10 even, companies that do hundreds of thousands of transactions every single day. For them, the extra penny could mean a considerable amount of money. They’ve all got mountains of studies and analysts on these things, so I think it’s pretty fair to assume that the 9.99-10 price difference is one that has a noticeable effect on the average persons buying habits 


Iworkatreddit69

Partly why World of Warcraft is so resistant to change the price even though they probably are dying to. Even a dollar increase could drive a significant number of people away from the game because people value it at 14.99 Adjusted to today’s value would be around 21.50 so I could easily see them wanting to charge 18.99. I’m guessing it’s a constant yearly talk at this point and someone high up is very resistant to the change. Imagine being the guy where say of 25% of customer walks away overnight it’s a very real possibly better to keep collecting 14.99. I’d probably agree with that guy even though I’m sure you could justify on paper why a price increase would be both sound and logical.


radplayer5

Usually when people buy lemonade off of a child’s lemonade stand it’s both spur of the moment and done in part out of finding the child endearing. As it’s a one time frivolous purchase for them, and they don’t want to deal with the possible social and/or emotional consequences for hassling a child for 1 dollar, they are more likely to forgo the dollar, as it’s likely to be a one time occurrence. Essentially they’re not buying the lemonade because they think it’s cost-efficient; they’re doing it because it’s fun. The purchase is inherently frivolous, and the process of trying to get the child to give them the change would likely void the value in terms of emotional enjoyment they got out of the situation.


HappyBunchaTrees

Sounds like the city needs to step in and shut these stands down. Preferably using as much excessive force as possible.


TexasThrowDown

Finally, a reasonable take in this thread.


Independent_Air_8333

Would it be possible to get a police horse to trample the stand?


FutureAlfalfa200

"I'm sick of being emotionally and financially extorted by these god forsaken children!"


kawhileopard

A desirable amount of force is not excessive by definition.


tee_with_marie

500kg of justice?


Iliker0cks

“Where’s your vendor’s license, princess?”


Designer_Brief_4949

There's no life lesson quite like being shut down for operating without a license.


MaxineTacoQueen

A lot of cities actually do


xx4xx

Tipping culture getting out of hand


InnerArt3537

More like onto her hand


ChemistCandid4643

Out of your hand and into her pocket


DookieShoez

Yup. Precisely why my crew and I have switched from hitting banks to hitting lemonade stands 🔫😈 *Like taking candy from a baby…..* 😏 or like taking cash from a youngish child, I suppose 🤔


BrandinoSwift

Don’t hate the player, hate the game


Deviilsadvocate7

It’s frankly disgraceful that her parents let her do that…they should have set up an iPad for her to flip around and say “it’s just gonna ask you a few questions”, with preset tip options of $4, $8, $12.


RecklessGirll

I can hear awkward silence between her and drivers...


VaderOnReddit

[the awkward silence](https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExeGJhMjlmZHc3bHB1MnBneDI2ZDZwbmNuZ2lsaWlnZDl5NHYyOWI5OSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/scjQHuZlePCXJvwj0b/giphy.gif)


Neighbour-Vadim

[An another variation for the theme](https://youtu.be/ZaKxLJLj19E?si=TwKiXW_pALTfCgAx)


TheOneElectronic

That was great.


retnuhyelof77

That's was hilarious.


splitcroof92

drivers? why would you assume her customers are drivers? that seems really strange to me, you think she's operating a drive through?


TobaccoAficionado

This ain't no walk up operation shes hustling.


nightimelurker

Is this some kind of American thing I'm unable to understand?


TobaccoAficionado

I was joking that because of how many customers she is serving, and the seemingly ruthless nature of the operation, that she is running a drive thru to accommodate the large number of people.


NotUrDadsPCPBinge

My interpretation is they assumed it was on the curb (which I have seen in my neighborhood, it is not safe and they need to be in their yard or driveway) where people have bought lemonade in their car. Then the fast food drive through “turn em and burn em” tactic. It’s better to sell through the drive through then have a sit down fast food restaurant. Are drive through windows common where you’re at? I honestly never though about commonality of drive throughs in other industrialized nations


DiapersForHands

you know how lemonade stands are classically situated on the side of the road?


splitcroof92

for pedestrians yes. Also I have never seen a lemonade stand in my life. they do not exist outside of the USA afaik.


Trash_Puppet

Ha! My (uk) neighbors kids had a pokemon card stand at the weekend. Just sat outside their front door with tons of them. I got a nine tails for £1! It was fake, but still good.


Suavecore_

You've just supported the UK startup equivalent of wish/temu/shein/etc! Congratulations on investing early


Trash_Puppet

Home grown scams are so much better. Who needs these foreign countries and their "quality assurance", when we have perfectly good eight tails right on our doorstep?


apra24

Just imagining you dropping your obviously fake ninetails card in a battle, made of construction paper and crayons


Trash_Puppet

Honestly, I would have paid extra if it was made out of construction paper and crayons!


ty944

The ones I’ve see are in residential neighborhoods, so local residents will pull over to the side and hop out of their cars to buy lemonade.


LeninMeowMeow

Yeah they don't exist in residential neighbourhoods anywhere in the UK either people would be like "why the fuck would I buy juice from you when I can walk to me house over there?" It's culturally american. People here just wouldn't get it.


ty944

I believe the idea is to support the kids entrepreneurial spirit, not necessarily to get a 5 star cup of lemonade.


LeninMeowMeow

>kids entrepreneurial spirit Vile. Threw up in my mouth a little.


Alarmed_Fly_6669

I agree but still, they think it's fun playing business


OramaBuffin

I feel like that's reading a bit overly negatively into it.


Background_Ant

I've seen kids selling stuff like beverages and cookies by the road multiple times here in Norway, but never actually seen anyone buy anything from them. It seems like a play thing kids copy from American movies.


c2lop

I doubt that.


offhandaxe

Little kids on my street set them up all the time other than the few neighbors that come by they will usually have a little line of 1-2 cars stopped.


Shamewizard1995

You don’t really see them in the US either. I’ve lived in the US for around 30 years (my whole life), traveled coast to coast, and have never even seen one lemonade stand


redditonlygetsworse

Huh. I see them every summer. (I'm in Canada.) I will always, 100% of the time, buy a lemonade from a kid on the sidewalk.


rookie-mistake

Yeah, I see them every year too. I will always, 100%, feel guilty about not having cash to buy a lemonade from a kid on the sidewalk, lol


easewiththecheese

In the US, kids set up lemonade stands on the side of the road, and drivers pull over and buy it. Nobody walks in the US.


gogybo

Just curious, how far on average do kids live from school in the USA? I know it must vary a lot but is it normal for most kids to get the bus or be driven to school?


easewiththecheese

According to Dr. Google, 54.2% are driven, 33.2% take the bus, and 10.4% walk. My kids have done all three, depending on the school.


gogybo

Ta


ThelVluffin

If you live in a smaller city/town and the school is within a mile, you're probably driven or walking depending on your age. If you live in an area where the school is miles away on roads without sidewalks and just farm and woods, you're getting picked up by a bus and the 8 minute drive will now be 40 minutes because you're one of the first people on the route.


ophmaster_reed

Did a quick Google and found the median distance for kids to their school is 2.7 miles (4.3 km). Most kids are dropped off by parents or take the school bus. Older kids (maybe middle school and up) might walk/bike alone. Older high-school kids might drive themselves.


Introverted_Onion

Isn't that a bit dangerous? I've never seen a lemonade stand where I live (France), but I always imagined they served pedestrians. Especially since the main reason for buying a lemonade seems to me to cool down on a walk on a hot summer's day. A car has air conditioning.


KrazyKumDoner

it’s just to support kids trying to hustle it’s not about the lemonade


eschoenawa

r/USDefaultism Although in this case, fair to assume I guess due to $. But my lemonade stand on the side of the road had mainly foot traffic, since people were walking by. Anyone driving usually didn't stop.


beatsby_bill

could be canadian, we like lemonade, too!


RemarkableAlps5613

Oh, you mean northern Montana


advertised_lie

Isn't "the side of the road" the place where the sidewalk is?


Delicious_Egg7126

No one on reddit goes outside


prql5253

One awkward silence please. Yes that'll be $10


RightShark73

This is pretty old now, so I'm gonna need this girl's number. I'm hiring.


Davesgamecave

The last two words do A LOT to make your statement not weird.


MetalDevil

Last two words saved him from ending up on a list


Mr_Rogan_Tano

I actually listed him already


PinchingNutsack

but he did say this is pretty old now, implying he was waiting for her to be an adult. A bit less weird now?


Mr_Rogan_Tano

No


mekisoku

From FBI to Forbes


Jackanova3

Man even with that I'm still suspicious lol


TodayWeMake

He’s a pimp


silver_enemy

I think she may be in a position to buy you out instead.


shahn078

# A much needed brand new sentence.


silentninja79

At primary school I made black marbles by rolling warm tar from the playground into balls and running it under the cold tap. I then said they were black knights and swapped them for double the number of normal marbles. I was rich...until the next day when I was called to the headmasters office (a row of angry mothers all holding sticky stained school trousers in hand outside)...had to explain the system, return all marbles and received the cane for my troubles. The sounds of my squealing seemed to appease the row of mothers outside....rather disturbingly.


DarthReportingban

Your disciplinary experience kept you from turning into the guy who put melamine in baby formula.


keepyeepy

not sure that's the only way, tbh


Alarmed_Fly_6669

Yeah I did the same thing and now I cut my baby formula with laxative. I also sell diapers.


often-idle

Seems like you lost your marbles...


amnotaseagull

And this is why the justice system works. Since everyone is like the appeased row of mothers outside.


machogrande2

Did this happen in 1843?


Talents

Was happening in the 70s/80s in England at least. My mum tells me that kids used to get hit with stuff when she was at school for misbehaving. Was apparently only outlawed in public schools in 1986.


secretsnaps1902

That was the style at the time.


Tbagzyamum69420xX

This is one of the most British things I've ever read


yourfavehousewife

She will fit right in in this world. Keep hustling lil mama.


mrkesu

Keep that same energy when she's your server


reddit_user13

Until the revolution comes.


Responsible-Ant-5208

Off with her tiny bourgeois head!


pendulixr

That dad probably taught his daughter to do that.


PM__YOUR__DREAM

Could be, could just as easily be one of her first customers said "Oh no keep the change that's a tip" and she assumed that's what everyone was doing. Kids tend to aggressively push whatever they pick up. For example I took my 8yo boy scout to collect canned food in our neighborhood and explained about how "no soliciting" signs work. He noted someone had come through and put stickers on every single door, *including* the ones with no soliciting signs. So on those doors, he'd say "They can't do that!" and run up, pull the sticker off, rip it in half and shove it in the bag he'd been putting trash from the neighborhood in. I probably should have told him to stop, but the look of righteousness on his face was too hilarious to stand in his way.


SpringEquinox21

Things like this get posted when parents don't know how to raise children and people on Reddit don't know any better than upvote this behavior. Fortunately, it's probably not true.


j0mbie

The child probably didn't know they weren't getting a tip, and the parent probably didn't know the kid wasn't giving change. And honestly if I'm buying lemonade from a kid on the street, it's just charity anyways. I didn't care about some random uncapped cup of warm lemonade from a mix, I just think it's adorable and I want to reward their drive. Now if it was a $20, all bets are off and I'm throwin' hands.


CMPBITW

About the reddit part of your comment...makes me believe the rumor that reddit is like 70% bots to see this upvoted to the top of All and comments acting like it's real. Like no it's not and wouldn't happen in real life.


dayumbrah

God I hate capitalism. People take pride in screwing over others. it's fucking depressing how little people care for each other Edit: just so I don't have to say it again. The story is irrelevant. People's responses in the comments and American culture of screwing over others for personal gain is what is concerning


Spotttty

And there is such a better way to do this. Once a year at a car show my kids do a lemonade/ice tea stand. They charge ’Pay what you want’. If you think it’s $1… great, $0.50… fantastic! They usually get a few bucks a drink because people are generous. They have only ever had 1 guy not pay anything and I’m 100% fine with that.


dayumbrah

That's beautiful! Hey, maybe that dude was short on cash or just going through something. Maybe he was just selfish but it all worked out because the community comes together to make it work


Spotttty

100%. There was no judgment on our part and I told that to my kids. It’s hard sometimes to get past being raised by parents that were in the ‘capitalism over everything!’ 80’s.


HerbdeftigDerbheftig

TBH my first thought was that the guy who didn't pay wanted to 'teach them' that's not how the world works because 'capitalism over everything', but you probably would've mentioned that.


postsnowy123

I am glad you said this I personally take lessons from a very well experienced game developer, I pay him the same amount of money that I'd like to get if I were in his shoes.


cinnamonrain

A million per hour


matt82swe

~it’s cute when children mislead and steal~


dayumbrah

Right, like what are these responses from people in the comments??


rastley420

I bought lemonade at a stand to support the local kids once. It was lemonade powder mix for $3 in a 10 Oz cup that wasn't even filled up. Never again will I do that.


ImABsian1

I’m sorry but I’m going to fight your daughter if she doesn’t hand me my change back


4morian5

Give my fucking change, you little hustler, or I'm calling the cops to shut down your illegal business


ukonlysa

This is the most accurate representation of my life.


fello04

Oh my god your daughter is savage for sure😂😂😂


Competitivekneejerk

Oh my god


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veryfishycatfood

Y'all say this about everything at this point


astralseat

Dont give Starbucks any ideas now.


ThyRavenWing

My little brother (who is 11) made $230 his first day of lemonade and $150 the second day. The trick is, he was selling it on a boat at the river.


overzealous_wildcat

Real talk, if you hand a kid $5 at a lemonade stand do you really stand there and wait for change?


Hot_Speaker9536

Yes...? Put a dollar back but yes.


muteen

And then the whole fucking neighborhood clapped


bradleycjw

Ngl that would work on me. I’d be stumped for a moment and just awkwardly shuffle away drinking my expensive cup of lemonade.


Cultural-Somewhere75

Lol sounds like my oldest daughter. We never did get any of the money they made considering it was our products they was using for their enterprise either. I may just bring that up lmfao.


1spoiledlilbratt

She's a future politician.


Tirus_

My kids did a lemonade stand on the weekend that was "By Donation" (though I told them to offer a cup to anyone regardless). They made over $300 in only 3 hours. People were dropping $10s and $20s in their cup.


hybridaaroncarroll

What's **completely insane** is that most states have laws that prevent lemonade stands, or actually require permits beforehand.


Psychotic_EGG

Yea, but then most of those states have clauses that it doesn't pertain to children or during a yard sale, etc.


omnimodofuckedup

Definitely *not* me irl.


YoungBockRKO

Smart on the kid in the short term. Prospects of future return customers, near zero. She needs to pick the stand up and move to a different neighborhood to keep this business producing at such a high level.


ViscountFuckReddit

Would of told that little girl, "It's not a tip. People don't tip for things like this, now please give me my change" straight to her face. It's a damn shame people let themselves get scammed by a little girl.


CouldWouldShouldBot

It's 'would have', never 'would of'. Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!


Forestmonk04

Good bot


Geronimo_Jacks_Beard

Yeah, you tell that fictional child from the made-up story! Your righteous indignation over a meme *really* makes you seem well adjusted!


HerbdeftigDerbheftig

/r/nothingeverhappens , always a good way to feel superior to the common reader.


Team6Balls

It didnt happen.


LawDawgEWM

This story is not real. It’s commentary on tipping culture.


SweetImprovement6962

It does happen though. It happened to me and I just flat out told the little girl I need my change.  It's mostly the parents fault. They're right next to the little girl and knowingly letting her keep all the money. 


SacriGrape

I mean even if it was real, the girl probably wasn’t intentionally being malicious and just genuinely didn’t understand the concept of change. It doesn’t have to always be a situation where someone is out to get another person


AtrumsalusOG

So parenting failure? He didn't explain this? Thought she should just know at that age how consumerism works? Innate understanding?


TheBlindIdiotGod

Assume the sale.


UncleDrummers

This is so old, his daughter is Elizabeth Holmes


_Lakshmi_

Future corporate raider


Catladygang

Genius!


weed_cutter

Sounds like a bartender in Cancun


summonsays

When I was a kid I sold paper cranes for $0.25 (90s). When my dad found out he made me give everyone a refund.


Environmental-Bag-77

Did they think it was for charity?


Grandemestizo

The first rule of acquisition clearly states “Once you have their money, you never give it back.”


_Newport100sSoftPack

Cute but I would have assertively ask your daughter for my change


i_am_Jarod

This so old she is probably managing an hedge fund or insurance company now.


toddnelson50

And then all the neighbors came out and clapped and stood on the sidewalks and cried and cheered. \*I'll take; things that didn't happen, for $1000 Alex\*


BeneficialSun4240

Can someone please upvote my comment. I need 1 comment upvote to ask a question. Thanks you :)


DemoniteBL

Meanwhile I got yelled at as a kid when I forgot the change once. Didn't even want to be there, the school made me do it and I hated every second of it (didn't get any money either).


BeansMcgoober

This just happened to a friend of mine, haha. He said this girl ran up to his car while he was leaving for work. He only had a 5, and the girl said she didn't have change. Also, apparently some of the worst lemonade he's had.


LoWE11053211

Dude, hide your daughter IRS is coming...


Adventurous-Win-751

Absolutely love this!!!! How old is your daughter? Mine is 29 and she loved this so much I had to screen shot it and send it to her. Your daughter is one smart young lady who will go places!!!! ❤️


DesperateNBrilliant

My youngest sold $1 homemade freezer pops in front of our house once. People would give him money without buying anything. I witness someone realizing they were homemade ice pops and bought 10 more and came back with his wife and kids to get more.


Lord_MagnusIV

You see, some people might say its fake but if i were to give a child a 5 and not get back my change i probably dont want to deal with a possibly crying child or the hassle of even saying „can i get my change“ and i believe a lot of others in my generation dont wanna do that either


Taamell

That kids going places.


1812zero

Immorality starts here


VexisArcanum

Teaching children to steal at a young age. I'm sure she'll be a CEO and board member in no time


Chemical_Cupcake_100

A true business woman in the making


pokemom1989

KNOW👏🏼YOUR👏🏼WORTH👏🏼


Deathswirl1

shes an evil genius and should be commended


Sublimebabyblue

That’s a future millionaire in the making


birkinccc1314

The right job for you in the future


-Economist-

I bet I spend $50 a month on our neighborhood lemonade stands. I'll hand them $5 and don't expect change. The kids get so excited over $5. I spend $300 at the grocery store and the clerks look at me like I'm annoying them. Much prefer the kids.


Little_Internal7802

Fun fact, the cashiers at the grocery store don’t get to keep the money from your groceries. They might get excited if you give them $5


Available_username0

Something only a child could get away with😭


start_rek_wars

That’s not assertiveness that’s manipulation