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Cop Cites Lemonade Stand Kids For Sales Without a Permit
What would summer be without a couple of kids with a lemonade stand? And a cranky neighbor getting them in trouble?
A couple of kids in the Philadelphia are were doing what enterprising kids do in the summer – serving up cold drinks for a little cash when a neighbor called the cops. But instead of telling the neighbor to get over it, the cop cited the children for sales without a permit.
The kids have been let go after higher ups in the department explained the law doesn’t apply to little kids.
The neighbor, by the way, called the cops not just to be a crank but because he didn’t think the kids had adequate supervision as they started hawking the drinks door-to-door. We’re not expecting him to volunteer to help the Girl Scouts out anytime soon, but I suppose he had a point.
After all, can anyone say no to a kid hawking fresh lemonade? It’s hard enough to drive by them – when they show up on your doorstep, you’re practically beholden to hand over some cash for that tangy sweet cup of yellow goodness.
There has to be some sort of age cut-off for getting a town permit, however. Are we going to ask the local ten-year-old to visit the building inspector with an engineering report before he can put up his fort? Or make them file sales tax reports on their friendship bracelet making sales?
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OlhoNaTV commented on Jul 22 09 at 9:32 pmLemonades!
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