I'm Such a Sucker

[seXieleXie]

Today when I was walking from campus back to my dorm I saw two little boys, maybe 8 or 9 years old, sitting on the grass next to a main walkway with a little wagon. they were just sitting, looking up at the people walking by. An older woman (their mom?) was asleep on a blanket a few feet back on the lawn.

As I got closer I realized they were selling lemonade. My heart broke just a little when i got close enough to see their money cup that only had two quarters in it. I stopped and talked to the boys for a little bit and found out they had been sitting in the sun for about an hour and had only sold one lemonade. So, because I'm a complete sucker for cute kids, i gave them a dollar and purchased two cups of warm, watery and overly sweet lemonade.

*sigh*

Please tell me others are this easily manipulated by their emotional responses...


edited 'cause i can't spell

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[kotori]

if you've got another dollar, I've got all this Enron stock--I was thinking of setting up a wagon. . .

 

[perks]

lemonade?

fuck, it has to be koolaid for me to part with any paper.

 

[Guest]

Oh lexie,

You are such a giving spirit.
I'm the biggest sucker, ever.

 

[lavender]

 

[MechaBlade]

Nope, kids do nothing for me. I would've went back and demanded a refund and sent a letter to the Better Business Bureau.

 

[Aphrodisiac]

sexie,

I did some thing similar yesterday , I came to a light & there was an elderly man & woman. It was obvious they were homeless and had a sign saying how they needed money for food.

Yes, I know I am a sucker but I rolled down my window & gave them $2.00 ... I noticed that I was the only person who did that in that whole lane of cars. I don't know if that makes me stupid.

Today as I was walking out of Wal Mart, a little boy came up to me asking for money... I see them a lot ... and some how I don't trust the kids but I fall for the homeless people.

Don't know......

 

[mistressastra]

Sure you are

but so what. I used to sell lemonade when I was a kid, my sis sold popcorn. See the reasoning here?


Kids need to begin understanding commerce early and if they are willing to try this sort of thing, I will help out when I can.

 

[Sex & Diamonds]

When I was a kid we lived near a flowershop. Everynow and then for arcade money me and my younger sis and bro used to climb into their garbage bin and pick out all the flowers they would toss. There was a drug store on the corner and we would sell them outside that. We would just tell all the nice folks that the flowers were priced at what ever they thought they were worth. We always made a bundle !!!

Thanks mostly to people like you seXieleXie and raindancer.

And all you others out there that have a soft spot for kids

 

[Rambling Rose]

Look at it this way...

LeXie, buying lemonade from a child's stand is a rite of Spring! I do it every chance I get.

 

[MrKinkMaster]

You gave her a dollar??? That bitch better come home with it!!!! LOL

 

[ginslinger]

Even if it is my last...

You must be of true heart, and pure soul... No jokes here, u did it just right...
Of coarse u know, now u'll have to give up ur next 10-10-220 call...

 

[rexfelis]

You're not a sucker. You're a sweetheart. *hugs*

I avoid things like that though, because they make me feel uncomfortable. Not sure why.

 

[ginslinger]

The truth is, my friend and lover, her name is Zoe. She would have given them 5$ for 2 glasses, and told them, "It's hot out here boys, the lemonade's on me..."
Me, I like her style... I don't think ur a sucker, it's ok to have a good heart...

 

[ginslinger]

LMFAO...

Hey mr kink... Funny, very funny ...

 

[Mensa]

If I feel good about it, I'm ahead.

Being willingly sucked in by a child never really counts as stupidity.

 

[ginslinger]

sexie,

Yes, I know I am a sucker but I rolled down my window & gave them $2.00 ... I noticed that I was the only person who did that in that whole lane of cars. I don't know if that makes me stupid.


Don't know......

Another true heart... No, ur not stupid...
But, be as careful as u r kind...

 

[Starfish]

Coming from a unique background, I've been in a lot of situations that took the likes of a kind heart, as in your situation, and others like lavenders. Several times when I was going to be on dead tour I would sew the winter before and have many many dresses to sell. Often, I made a great living on it. So, when on several occaisions girls who lived on the road would scrounge up their best beads, and little things, and see if they could get a dress for whatever they had to trade I would give dresses away (ones valued at 50-80 dollars that I made from hand), just because I knew what it would mean to them and it made my heart smile. Most of them were just barely getting by and what money they had was needed for food, so I always gave away about 5-7 dresses each season, or whatever. Hell, as long as I got fed, got to the next show, and had good people around me, I would have given them all away.

In that society and in the sort of mass subculture that has spawned from it, that kind of thing is common place. Everyone wants to help each other out. I don't know how many times I was in situations where others helped me out. Like when I had no money at all, hadn't eaten in two days, and was sitting in the lot in Mountain View CA with two other poor degenerates eating someone elses leftover lasgane they threw a pan of on the ground, and the lady from a van that had an oven in it and they were selling big yummy enchaladas came over with plates for all three of us, and just smiled and said she hoped we were okay. I asked if she wanted me to work for her for the rest of the day, and she said no, smiled and said for us to enjoy.

I wish society was like the Dead lot. If it were, it'd be more open to understanding what is important in life and what is bullshit.

Being a hoarder is bullshit. Being unsympathetic to poverty is bullshit. Being apathetic is bullshit.

Keep buying that lemonaid.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

Darn. I thought this was gonna be about some other subject...

But, yeah, I'd fork over some greenbacks, too. I agree with Starfish--or was it Karl Marx?--"from each according to his/her ability, to each according to his/her need."

 

[lavender]

 

[Guest]

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[Hamletmaschine]

Someone give this man the stellar blowjob he deserves so he can get his mind off of sucking.

It's that obvious, huh?

 

[lavender]

 

[HoldenMcCrank]

I spent 10 years working in an area

That was very low income. The store that I worked in was right next to a store that sold booze. There wasn't a day when I didn't get someone come into the store saying they were fify cents short of a bus ticket. The bus station was 4 block away. I would ask them 3 questions: Where are you going? How much is the Ticket? How much do you have? Never once did I get 3 answers they would just turn around and leave. However, one day a man walked in, waited in line till all the other customers were taken care of and said "Sir I am not going to lie to you I need 75 cents more to get a bottle. Can you spare 75 cents Please?" I looked him straight in the eye and said "You are the first person to come in here and tell me the truth. I will give you the money on 2 conditions. 1 Don't ever tell a soul I gave you a dime. 2 I don't ever want to see you in my store asking for money. Deal? " He agreed. I then handed him a 5 dollar bill and said "you can have this but get something to eat too!" I thought he was gonna cry. He thanked me and I never saw him again.

You are not a sucker!

You are a very nice person!

Holden