'You want to make things fair? I'll show you fair': Neighbor demands half of bake sale earnings despite paying for none of the costs

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    Font - Posted by u/snortgiggles 2 days ago 1010 3 11 You want to make things fair? I'll show you fair. OC M A couple of weeks ago my kids and their neighbors decided to have a bake sale. We live in a tourist area with high foot traffic, and the kids make a killing. I tell the kids I ought to charge them for the labor (I said I'd help bake) and ingredients so they learn the concept of net gains, but instead I'll donate to their cause, and just to bring me back the money I lent them to make change
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    Font - Neighbor kid gets super pissed, but mine sticks to their guns, they split the money and the kid leaves in a huff. Mine comes in a few hours later, having lugged home all the gear and cleaned up, annoyed that the neighbor kid got annoyed at them. Then I get a knock on the door. It's the neighbor's mom, with the kid, who is still pouting. Mom's holding a receipt. Mom explains that they purchased a bunch of stuff for the bake sale, it cost a lot of money, and it's not fair that my kid is mak
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    Font - I sit down and (in front of them, and out loud) calculate the cost of lemonade, and cups used. I calculate the cost of flour, sugar, chocolate chips, vanilla and butter per batch of cookies, multiplied by the number of batches made. I toss in the baking soda for free (so generous). I even subtract the value of leftover cookies. Did I mention I made a lot of cookies? The neighbor kid has to fork over $23. They got pretty quiet all of a sudden. I thanked the lady for making sure things were
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    Font - o or Hobbs54 2 days ago I, a dad, was the adult for a car wash run by a Figure Skating club, taking place in a parking lot for a mall. After about an hour some of the kids want to go to the food court and get a drink, I said "Sure, just don't forget to come back." Some came back with drinks after a few minutes but the rest were like back in about an hour. I wrote up a time sheet of who was where and when and divided up the money collected to whos' bursary would receive what. Some parents
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    Font - CoderJoel 2 days ago I'm sure your kids learned plenty from this. We did the same with our kids years ago. Had a yard sale on a hot summer day and our kids opened a refreshment booth. They sold individually wraps snacks bought at Costco, cold soda by the can and lemonade. At the end of the day they made more money than the entire yard sale made. Reply Share 5.1k ElectronicKangaroo41 - 2 days ago . The yard sale was the bait. Reply Share 2.1k otterscotch 2 days ago . If there's ever a lemo
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    Font - BigCaterpillar8001 - 2 days ago Did they fork over the 23 bucks? 1.1k snortgiggles OP. 2 days ago Yes, yes they did. 1.7k Reply Share forgottenmyth. 2 days ago 592 Reply Share Epic Good lesson in not making a stink when you're getting a good deal. Reply Share Thanmandrathor - 2 days ago . 270 It's hard to know when you're getting a good deal when you're only focusing on one small part (takings) and just being all grabby and mememe about it. Reply Share
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    Font - goldenhourbaby. 2 days ago This is BEAUTIFUL 561 Font Snob 2 days ago Offering her a plate of cookies to take home was... *chef's kiss* 587 Reply Share 115 Reply Share Mistress Phoenix 2 days ago Yes, that was the most refreshing part, for me. Really sold the entire story! Reply Share
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    Font - Cfwydirk 2 days ago Outsmarting the righteous mother hen helping her know to think things through. Brava good woman! 182 Reply Share
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    Font - vacuousintent 2 days ago Well done! I'd recommend not doing bake sales with them anymore, though. Sounds like you'll have more issues in the future if you do. 1.4k Reply Share snortgiggles OP. 2 days ago Yes, indeed. Probably the first thing I said when I shut the door. 1.0k Reply Share
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    Font - FoolishStone 2 days ago Hope you got back the money you gave to make change. 143 snortgiggles OP. 2 days ago I absolutely did! My kid made sure to separate that out before the neighbor kid decided to leave. 239 Reply Share 87 Reply Share xray_anonymous - 2 days ago Your kids are very responsible and intelligent already. Way to go! Reply Share
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    Font - knouqs 2 days ago The fallout? Your kids become accountants and tax lawyers after smelling that sweet smell of blood. 850 Reply Share OblongAndKneeless 2 days ago A horrible fate 86 Reply Share
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    Font - 12altoids34 2 days ago One summer when I was 13 I set up a lemonade stand at the cul-de-sac in front of my apartment complex. Periodically I would have one of my neighbors or friends watch it while I rode my bike up to the store to get more lemons and sugar. On my second day when I was at the store I saw that watermelons were on sale so I bought a watermelon. I started selling watermelon slices. They became my biggest seller. at one point on my return trip from the store there were five U

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