A boy came by yesterday
By ersmommy1
@ersmommy1 (12588)
United States
January 28, 2009 10:25am CST
with a shovel. He was looking to clear driveways. Now it has been years since I can remember kids going around doing this. My hubby thanked the kid but sent him on his way. He is going to shovel the drive. Has anyone come by your place? When was the last time you paid a kid to mow the lawn or shovel the drive?
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@tracie1758 (507)
• United States
28 Jan 09
A couple days a go a little boy came to our door too wanting to shovel our front walk. That was the first time anything like that ever happened to me. I wouldn't know how much is an acceptable payment. I felt bad for him because it was so cold out but I don't trust this new neighborhood I'm in and so I'm skeptical of everyone, even little boys with shovels.
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
28 Jan 09
it should have been fine if you allowed him to do it for you. those little ones do this because they are really so very hard up with money.
yes, i am one who is easy with them. i always think in terms of the difficult times that these kids are in. surely, they will not be offering help like that if it is not a desperate move.
it is easy to give your trust if he is alone and he is still too young to pull off a mischief while you are around keeping watch of him while he works. then, you can dismiss him, as soon as, he is through with his work.
well, tracie, i really wish the best of everything for you. have a good day, friend.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
23 Feb 09
That is good. Seems nobody is wanting to go to house to house to see if they need shoveled out anymore. I hope he was able to shovel a few drives to make a little bit of cash.
@1grnthmb (2055)
• United States
28 Jan 09
I think it is great that a kid would have the ambition to do this. More people need to get involved in their neighborhoods. Two years ago we had a couple of boys who were collecting for a cause and the were willing to do any kind of yard work to earn the money. It so happened that I needed to load a bunch of stuff in a truck to take to the dump. I had been trying for a couple of weeks to get my daughters to do it and finally these boys showed up and I paid them $20 to load the truck for me.
@DaddyOfTheRose (2934)
• United States
30 Jan 09
I like to see Kids out there trying to make some money and help people out at the same time. Many of our elderly need that kind of offer. I don't, myself, hire kids to shovel the drive.. but that's partially due to an oddity of our street. Long and short, the snow plows make a turn in front of our house. In order for shoveling snow to make a difference, the kid would have to shovel my drive way and 12-15 feet into the street. I don't really care to explain this to the kids, so I do this myself.
@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
28 Jan 09
it has been more than two years since i hired that guy who passed by our place asking a certain fee to rid our area fronting the road of those unsightly grasses.
from where we are right now, this is unnecessary. we have rented an apartment where no grass grows as the front, side and backyard are all concrete pavements.
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
28 Jan 09
I remember paying my neighbor boy to help me with the leaves. I had so many (truckloads), it would always take forever. He would voluntary come over and just start helping. He was a good kid, so I would give him a couple of bucks for helping.
He always wanted to help, no matter what I was doing out in the yard, it seemed like he'd just show up. And would often volunteer his dad sometimes for bigger jobs, lol. I sure do miss that kid.
@moneymommy (3418)
• United States
28 Jan 09
I haven't seen it lately but when I was young it was common. I being a girl would even go out and shovel snow for the elderly.
