Kids' Neighborhood Bake Sale Goes Bitter When An Entitled Mom Demanded Half Of The Profits Despite Her Kid Bailing In The Middle Of The Day
Literal receipts were brought, ingredients were measured and computed, and the entitled mom owed money!
Neighbors, at best, are your fiercest allies and, at worst, your unshakeable nightmares. There seems to be no in-between, and if you are one of the unlucky ones, you know just how bad things can get.
This mom recently experienced this tension with her neighbors because of their kids' shared bake sale. OP (original poster) shared that they live in a neighborhood that attracts a lot of tourists, so her kids and the neighbor's kid decided to sell cookies.
OP joked that she should charge them for her labor and the ingredients she paid for because she wanted to introduce the concept of net gains. Instead, she will donate those to their cause, but they do have to repay her for the money she lent them for loose change.
The kids earned a lot of money, and OP loved seeing them learn about hard work and getting excited about their success. All was going well until the neighbor's kid got bored after a few hours.
He wanted to go home and told OP's kids to come by his house once they were done to deliver his half of the profit. OP's kid said that wasn't fair, and if he was going to leave, they should split the money they had on hand.
Most of what they were selling was baked by OP, but the neighbor's kid didn't care and insisted they split everything 50/50
OP's kids refused to give in to his demands, making the neighbor's kid leave in a huff. After a few hours, OP's kids cleaned up and carried everything they used for the sale.
They were annoyed that the neighbor's kid got upset with them. Suddenly, they heard someone knocking; it was the neighbor's kid, who was still pouting, and his mom, who was holding a receipt.
The mom explained that she brought a bunch of items the kids used for their bake sale. It cost her a lot of money, and it was unfair that OP's kids were making money off of what they bought.
The mom was demanding compensation for what she purchased. OP saw the receipt and immediately noticed items they didn't use for the bake sale.
OP became annoyed that the other kid's mom turned something innocent and fun into an awkward conversation. The mom was ignoring the fact that her kid went home early and that OP was primarily in charge of baking all the goods they sold.
OP shook it off and got her own receipt. She sat with the kid and his mom and then began calculating every item she bought for the bake sale.
OP made a lot of cookies, and by the end of her computation, the neighbor's kid owed OP $23. Everyone was quiet, and OP thanked the mom for making sure everything was handled fairly.
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She offered them a plate of cookies to take home, which they refused. You can read OP's full story below:
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OP's neighbors are officially done thanks to their attitude
vacuousintent
She made sure to let them know they were no longer welcome in future bake sales
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They also paid their $23 bill
BigCaterpillar8001, snortgiggles
Did the rest of the kids make any profit?
toiletbrushqtip
Looks like they made a killing!
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The audacity of that mom to complain
toiletbrushqtip
She could have gladly appreciated what her kid made, given that he went home in the middle of the sale
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OP's kids should continue this tradition, and they will be set for another summer
CoderJoe1
Fair is fair, and if the parents wanted their kids to earn the same despite putting in half the effort, that says more about them, really
Hobbs54
Horse fever is not a sickness. This is just a story about a granddaughter who really wanted a horse and worked for it.
pyrofemme
Another story that brings a lot of nostalgia of summers long gone
12altoids34
OP has doomed her kids to a future of fiscal responsibility
knouqs
OP's kids will always keep receipts and use them when needed
virtualadept
OP did a really great job, and her kids are growing up with a strong, shiny spine
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Hopefully, the neighbor kid learned something from this experience because his mom won't teach him the beauty of responsibility
readerf52
As delicious as a cookie
goldenhourbaby
OP did a really great job teaching her kids hard work and seeing things through. She also showed them what it's like to stand up for yourself against a person intent on intimidating you.
With the way they stood their ground when the neighbor's kid demanded half the profits, they are already practicing what OP preached. The other kid's mom should have accepted the cookie; it would have paired well with her wounded ego.
