Police shut down lemonade and cookie stand

United States
July 18, 2011 6:37pm CST
A couple of neighborhood kids set up stands selling cookies and lemonade stand during a local car show a few blocks away to be shut down by the PD! Really does every kid need to check w/ the local PD to see if they need a permit now days? or any regulations on it? I think it would be one thing if they spent their whole summer doing it but just during a car show.... hmmmm... sounds like a vendor saw it and got a lil ticked and reported the kids. http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/appleton-pd-shut-down-lemonade-stand
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
19 Jul 11
That's sad! Having a lemonade stand is all apart of being a kid. Now they can't even do that.. GRR. When I was a kid we used to be able to get paper routes when we were like 11. One of my friends had one, she covered like a 2 block radius. I don't remember how much she earned, but she got tips and everything. I helped her do it a few times just to hang out with her. It was decent for a kid that age to earn a little bit of extra cash. These days, kids don't do the paper routes anymore.. the adults do them. Adults with cars can cover more area, and adults want the extra cash. So sad how things have changed.
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• United States
19 Jul 11
I know they used to have paper "boy"'s here too. I do think it's a dirty shame they took that sort of job away from kids. I thought around here they did it because the newspapers condensed from having a morning and evening paper to just one in the morning and kids were in school or asleep when they wanted them delivered. Hubby used to deliver papers for one of those lil community papers when he was a kid, his dad had to help cause they lived in the boonies. Even if they wanted adults the cost of gas to deliver to places that are not in your neighborhood outweighs what one gets paid. Our local paper sends it via snail mail when they send out their freebies.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
19 Jul 11
Sure it is not right. People talk about encouraging children to learn about business and about money and when they do, complain that it is hurting local businesses. And I bet the permit cost a fortune and would take all of the profits of this lemonade stand. Bureaucracy in action. What do they want the parents to do? Sell the house and move somewhere else where the girls can sell lemonade without any problem? Say is there not an age limit that those under a certain age can sell lemonade at maybe a token $1 permit. Then they would have the letter of the law without punishing these girls get up and go.
@djbtol (5493)
• United States
19 Jul 11
I think this stinks. It might be called harrassment. Either the police have too much time on their hands, or they are on an ego trip we cannot even understand. Next thing, they will throw those kids in jail for a night or two.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
19 Jul 11
That is just ridiculous. Poor kids were probably heart broken about it.
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• United States
19 Jul 11
Awwh I am sure the girls were very disappointed as I read that tears were shed. I see where it says "It's certainly not that Appleton is against little girls setting up their cookie and lemonade stands. But the overall intent of the ordinance was to protect the vendors at these events,” So yes the vendors absolutely said something as they felt they would perhaps loose out on business. Is it fair, not morally but legally they did have the right. I do think back and say wow a few dollars for the kids why not, better then they sit all day in front of computer games. But unfortunately the police did have the right and sad though as now I also hear that in some states the kids are responsible to claim taxes for such sales. Oh my...
• India
19 Jul 11
Yes friend I agree with you the girl were very disappointed. People born the child and then they said their small child work as vendors. I hate this type of parents. Why they born child in wholesale. Dear friend now I am okkk but still not chat with my husband. I am waiting of him first they will chat with me.
• United States
19 Jul 11
Not only is it a good way to pass the time but teaches the kids communication, sanitation, food prep, and cash handling skills.
• United States
19 Jul 11
I think the kids had a little fun selling the lemonade as a pass time. Surekiha, do speak to your husband and not allow time to keep the silence, that will distance you my friend in the relationship, sometime we have to set aside the pride and give in a little for the sake of love and our relationship
• Guam
19 Jul 11
It is the law. It is stupid but lawful.
• United States
19 Jul 11
Very Stupid! It should be an exemption if they are on their own property and it's a once a year thing.
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
20 Jul 11
Personally that is the problem these days, is that almost everything you do you need a permit for, and a license and this is leaving kids out from having the choice of Fun to earn some extra $$ doing something. It is a shame that they are not wanting kids anymore to earn anything and have heard many cases of things like this happening even around here. Just makes you wonder anymore if the people being this way were treated like this when they were younger?
• United States
23 Aug 11
i can see my town doing that.they're been known to threaten adults about vendor licences if they don't see a child present at the booth.
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
19 Jul 11
It seems ridiculous that kids can't set up a lemonade stand in their yard. I would really protest the fact that they did that and it sounds like some of the people who passed the ordinance didn't realize it would affect the kids. Hopefully that will change next year so they can sell their lemonade. At least some of the customers left the kids tips. Thanks for sharing this!