‘I am the leader/boss. I am also cool and nice’: Heartwarming local boys win over the neighborhood with their lovable snow shoveling business proposal

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 13, 2024 11:00 PM EST

Remember when local kids used to set up their lemonade shops' on the corner with ramshackle tables, styrofoam cups, mom's antique water pitchers, and the biggest tub of lemonade you've ever seen? Although there's much to question about the food safety involved when buying fruit juice from a child with marker all over their fingertips from making their poster-board signage, any adult with a heart feels the gravitational urge to buy a cup.

Don't mind if I drop a $20 tip in the tip jar just to reward your efforts, kiddo. 

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  • It's an adorable happenstance to stumble upon in your local neighborhood kids engaging in a fruitful hobby. Like when babies put on sunglasses, dogs wear human clothes, or when a parrot speaks perfect English, something's charming about children taking on the challenges of adulthood with the innocent lens of childhood dreams. 

  • When I was about 6 years old, my sister and I put together a marionette beanie-baby play in the park and we sold tickets for $10 a pop. Although we never calculated the thousands of man-hours (playtime) that went into the script, practice, and production of the show, we earned hundreds of dollars at the end of it! So even if it was financed by charitable local adults, it still felt pretty great. 

    Scroll to enjoy another happy tale of industrious neighborhood kids that'll warm your heart and would have any local adult reaching for their wallet.

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    "You're hired"
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    Local kids dropped this business proposition in my mailbox This is too cute not to share. It also looks like they may have used a typewriter which is even better! Snow shovelers
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    Snow shovelers The boss me and my brother would like to shovel your didewa Hiya im Sidewalk snow for our Buisness. You will pay a small even fee. I would prefer 10 to 16 bucks in dollar bills please if you have them. We are looking forward the this Buisness so please recommend. Otherwise if you do recommend (I would be very happy) We work from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. [Dark Time.] Call our number. 11 years old cool & nice loves the snow. 2:9 years old is the boss/Leader nice kind Im the boss hello! plea
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    xprdc 17 hr. ago There is so much to love about this. That it's a family-owned small business of two people; the boss is the younger brother; both brothers take turns "speaking" to the recipients; even being upfront with warnings. I wish them well!
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    HansElbowman 12 hr. ago The younger one being the boss is the absolute best 809 Reply Share trashlikeyourmom 11 hr. ago The older brother is "the muscle"
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    alfooboboao 12 hr. ago easily the best part. it was his idea and he roped the lil brother into it 151 Reply Share GayVoidDaddy 11 hr. ago The *older brother.
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    Abject_Shoulder_1182 11 hr. ago I was thinking big bro had the idea and roped lil bro in by telling him he could be the boss
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    Lunarath 10 hr. ago As an older brother of 2 I was thinking I'd never have let my younger brother think he was in charge. But telling him he's the boss and making him believe he has to do most of the work because of it is absolutely something I'd have done.
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    NovelTAcct 12 hr. ago My favorite is that it's typewritten with a real typewriter and you can see imprints in the paper where they used the backspace/erase function, I remember that sound so well
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    TobyFunkeNever - 12 hr. ago Incorrect...it's a family-owned small buisness of two people Reply Share 14 Kay-Knox 11 hr. ago It's a two-owned family business of small people.
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    Question4theppl5 18 hr. ago Imagine if I submitted this to HR. . "I am the leader/boss. I am also cool and nice. I prefer dollar bills. I don't work holidays. Please recommend my work to others."
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    mmharvey73 17 hr. ago Lol. I am sure it wasn't their intent, but it almost comes off as a "protection" offer with all the warnings in it. I kept reading through it looking for something like: Warning: it would be a tragedy should your neighbors snow somehow find it's way into your driveway just before you are leaving for work. We make sure this doesn't happen.
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    Question4theppl5 17 hr. ago Oh it def has mafia vibes. It would be a shame if something happened to Sarah's two wheel bicycle and Johnny's super soaker... ✩456 Reply Share MyDogHas FluffyPants 12 hr. ago Someone's going to find a snowman's head in their bed.
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    Mumof3gbb 11 hr. ago I read it like that too. Funny. It's obviously not their intention but it came off so threatening. Cute kids. Love how the younger one is the boss. How did he manage that?!
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    YouVersusTheSea 16 hr. ago "I work 3-5 (Dark Time)." 235 Reply Share guy_incognito23 - 10 hr. ago 3-5 (Dark Time) • A Novel by Stephen King
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    Ampallang80 15 hr. ago This is my new email signature! Except the please recommend my work to others ↑39 Reply Share HiddenCity 12 hr. ago sounds like most linkedin posts
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    xhilaryx 17 hr. ago This is aggressively adorable. 657 Reply Share Unfair-Mortgage-527 15 hr. ago Right? It's like eek.... and awww.... at the same time! Haha ↑ 87 Reply Share elizamoreau92 12 hr. ago I am in love with these kids!
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    Fuller Eichler 18 hr. ago I just found the best reason to invest in a snow making machine 3 468 Reply Share drunkenbangs OP. 18 hr. ago Right!!! We've got a big snow storm coming tomorrow so i'll be giving them a call after it calms down
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    The NiceKindofOrc. 15 hr. ago From this point forward all tradesmen should provide an overview of their age, general temperament and something they like about their job, to potential customers. Mine would be: 36 yo, cynical, fan of comfy work boots.
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    madjones87 15 hr. ago I'm actually applying for a new job tomorrow, I'm going to do this as a cover letter. I have a job anyway that I'm happy with, this one is just more convenient so I don't really see it as much of a risk... 95 95 Reply Share Business-Bee-7797 15 hr. ago Please do it and update!
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    Pippified 15 hr. ago Cutest thing is that the older brother loves his lil bro so much he let him be the boss. Bros bein bros. ↑ 84 84 Reply Share Atwood412 13 hr. ago Big brother was like, "I ain't no people person. I do the things, not the people. Talk to my little brother."
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    Katie Godiva 17 hr. ago Man I'd hire them and I'm in a place where snow hasn't touched the ground in decades. So cute!!!! Reply Share 70 1 more reply ... Queen Dare_Bear 16 hr. ago Better get that $10-$16 dollar bills ready post haste! I hope they rake in the dough! :)
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    Beez1111 11 hr. ago Resume complete. You're hired
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    whoitis77 15 hr. ago You better make them hot chocolate as a bonus. 40 Reply Share Extremely unlikeable 21 hr. ago Is there anything better than a cup of hot chocolate after coming in from a day in the snow?
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