I got scammed. =[

[MannDude]

You can work here at any age. Lots of kids, teens, etc work on family farms and stuff.

When I was his age, I put flyers I made in mailboxes in my neighborhood advertising that I will do yard work / mow yards. Didn't really get a good response, so I figured I'd help this dude out and let him mow my yard.

You live, you learn

 

[Ruchirablog]

You can work here at any age. Lots of kids, teens, etc work on family farms and stuff.

When I was his age, I put flyers I made in mailboxes in my neighborhood advertising that I will do yard work / mow yards. Didn't really get a good response, so I figured I'd help this dude out and let him mow my yard.

You live, you learn

Its okay to work on family stuff privately. Problem is that if you employ kids and someone (probably your hater) will call child protection services and you are done

 

[drmike]

Wasn't this kid old enough to be an adult @MannDude?  I thought he was a mid to late teen...

 

[texteditor]

You can work here at any age. Lots of kids, teens, etc work on family farms and stuff.

My first job, back when I lived in the northern part of the state, was doing detassling of corn for/through Pioneer at 13yo.

It sucked and I quit after two weeks, when I knew I had enough for a Gamecube

 

[MannDude]

Wasn't this kid old enough to be an adult @MannDude?  I thought he was a mid to late teen...

Still in High School i'd reckon. Makes getting conned even worse.

My first job, back when I lived in the northern part of the state, was doing detassling of corn for/through Pioneer at 13yo.

It sucked and I quit after two weeks, when I knew I had enough for a Gamecube

Used to help my gramps out at his cabin from time to time, then 15-17 worked at a Subway, then a steakhouse after that. Worked pretty much all though High School. Subway was actually fun though, worked with friends. Steakhouse sucked.

 

[drmike]

Heck I delivered newspapers when I was 12 until 16.   Big old route and expanded to deliver the other competing paper too

Spent evenings cleaning buildings and in the summers worked for my uncle cutting lawns in addition to everything else.

Kids today

 

[Jade]

Heck I delivered newspapers when I was 12 until 16.   Big old route and expanded to deliver the other competing paper too

Spent evenings cleaning buildings and in the summers worked for my uncle cutting lawns in addition to everything else.

Kids today

Yeah kids today thinking they can just go and ask Mr. MaanDude to mow his lawn but get the money first then not mow it I'm sure you'll see the kid one day again MaanDude  :lol:

 

[Amitz]

I would visit his home and do something similiar to this:

Just more successful...

"You see what happens, Chris, when you fuck a stranger in the a**! You are entering a world of pain, little Chris! A world of pain!"

 

[MannDude]

Yeah kids today thinking they can just go and ask Mr. MaanDude to mow his lawn but get the money first then not mow it I'm sure you'll see the kid one day again MaanDude  :lol:

Actually, I was up late till after the sun came up a week or two ago. I was walking to the store and there was a group of kids on the corner. It then dawned on me schools back in session. I bet if I were to walk by there at 7:30AM tomorrow he'd be out there! Haha.

Anyhow, I'm not going to lose sleep over this, but I did just post this on a 'crime watchers' group on Facebook for my town. I just don't like the idea of some tubby little kid chuckling at the dumb sucker who gave him a measly $7. Hope his parents see it and figure out it's their son and have a good talking to him. Maybe ground him and be made to mow their yard with a ruler and a pair of scissors, haha.

All I know is when I was his age, if I pulled that shit and got caught I'd be in a world of trouble. My father would not be happy with that. I'd not have internet, no TV. Come home right after school and do all the crappy chores in the world for a month or two if he found out I stole / scammed someone. Due to this, I didn't get in trouble and was a good kid. (Or wasn't dumb enough to get caught doing things I shouldn't)

 

[drmike]

*nods* ---> wasn't dumb enough to get caught doing things I shouldn't

 

[KS_Phillip]

Actually, I was up late till after the sun came up a week or two ago. I was walking to the store and there was a group of kids on the corner. It then dawned on me schools back in session. I bet if I were to walk by there at 7:30AM tomorrow he'd be out there! Haha.

Anyhow, I'm not going to lose sleep over this, but I did just post this on a 'crime watchers' group on Facebook for my town. I just don't like the idea of some tubby little kid chuckling at the dumb sucker who gave him a measly $7. Hope his parents see it and figure out it's their son and have a good talking to him. Maybe ground him and be made to mow their yard with a ruler and a pair of scissors, haha.

All I know is when I was his age, if I pulled that shit and got caught I'd be in a world of trouble. My father would not be happy with that. I'd not have internet, no TV. Come home right after school and do all the crappy chores in the world for a month or two if he found out I stole / scammed someone. Due to this, I didn't get in trouble and was a good kid. (Or wasn't dumb enough to get caught doing things I shouldn't)

They had internet when you were a teen?  Wow I feel old now

 

[drmike]

They had internet when you were a teen?  Wow I feel old now

Join the age cult.   We were cool with 300 baud and BBSes in my teen years.

 

[MannDude]

They had internet when you were a teen?  Wow I feel old now

I'm 25. So I had 28Kbps as my first internet experience.

 

[kunnu]

lol, very interesting story

I was scammed by a transport dept(only $0.05 lol)

 

[Slownode]

My neighbour(cop) hears of this a lot, says almost all who start young end up in prison, 70-90% depending on race.

Although they avoid my street because it's full of law/military retirees.

 

[Sonwebhost]

At least it wasn't Sonwebhost taking your money  :lol:

Chris is coming back to your door so have his $7 ready. That's how to rool

 

[HostUS-Alexander]

When I was his age, I put flyers I made in mailboxes in my neighborhood advertising that I will do yard work / mow yards. Didn't really get a good response, so I figured I'd help this dude out and let him mow my yard.

When i was his age i started my first ever web host, which i sold last year for £x,xxx :3

- Alexander

 

[AnthonySmith]

haha that sucks man.

Just think, if he spent 8 hours a day going door to door 5 days a week he could easy get at least 25 people a day to say yes which is like a 30k salary.

Kinds of the hosts of tomorrow take note, you can make more profit without outlay or a paypal account every summer from now on instead of starting wtfhost or omfghosting.

 

[drmike]

Sadly, when you get into less savory urban environments, these scams are so common.

Forget where I saw it, but was a well known panhandler who fakes and stages his poverty plight.  Here he's pulling in 6 figures a year and living rather large.

I tend to reserve pay until after someone has done work

 

[Enterprisevpssolutions]

Interesting read. This is why I always pay after the work is completed, the most he will get is maybe half up front then if its completed correctly he will get the other half if not well he can get back to work untill its done right. LOL Sorry for the hard lesson to learn but I find kids today are very lazy they grow up with a silver spoon in their mouths and a iphone in their pocket.  opcorn: