I refuse to go door-to-door selling "products" for Thing1's school fundraisers. I REFUSE. Remember back in the days of yore when we were sent out into the neighborhood without so much as a BB Gun for protection? We'd gleefully bang on all our nieghbors' doors selling magazine subscriptions, cheap candy bars, or pre-packaged popcorn in crappy tin cans, completely ignorant of all dangers. Pay no attention to the pedaphiles, freaks, or perverts, kids! Don't forget to ask 'em if they want a subscription to TEEN BEAT!
Not anymore. If my kid has a fundraiser for his school, I'll buy products myself and that's IT. I'm not sending Thing1 door-to-door with a clipboard and a pencil. Even though this is a military base, it just isn't safe for a 5-year old to be pounding the pavement. Did you know that several people actually own PIT BULLS on our street? How stupid is THAT??? Fucking dangerous dogs! (And YES, I stand by that statement. Trained or untrained, Pit Bulls are so crazily inbred now that they are not trustworthy around strangers. Dangerous dogs.)
I also hate it when other peoples' kids come to MY door and then I feel obligated to buy because I don't want to be "mean" to the neighbors. One of my New Year's resolutions was to harden my heart and say 'no thank you' to kids when they sell stuff. If I don't need it or want it, FORGET IT. So far, though USMCman has been suckered into buying 4 chocolate bars. (I wasn't home to put the foot down on that one, so he gets a 'pass'.)
Do you get conned into buying stuff sold by neighborhood kids? Or do you sic your dogs on them?
2 comments:
I don't even go to the door--sort of a non-issue though, since there aren't many kids in my neigborhood--THANK GOD!!!
You already know what I'm going to say to YOU though, harden your heart and just say NO!!
I know what you mean. I used to sell tons of girl scout cookies to pay my way to camp. I can't see letting D-M go out to do that.
I worry that buying stuff encourages schools to put kids in these unsafe situations. I mean I have a convicted child molester 3 doors down. And since there is no big sign in the yard saying little kids not allowed to knock on my door, I end up warning them myself.
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