June 24, 2004
inflation
Yesterday, as I was leaving my house, a kid came up to me and said, “Me and my friends are trying to make some money and we were wondering if we could mow your lawn.” The first reaction I had was to look at my lawn, and it was indeed in sorry shape. So I congratulate the young entrepreneurs on their obvious skill in targetted marketing.
However, being a cheap bastard myself, I’m always hesitant to pay someone to do something I can easily do myself. My cheapness trumps my laziness almost every time. I also subscribe to the school of thought that says if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself.
Regardless, I asked how much he wanted and his price was $15! Sorry kiddo, there’s a lot of PBR to be bought for $15. I mumbled something about doing it myself and took off, slightly embarassed to be denying some kid a bit of cash and contributing to the stereotype that Asians are tightwads. But on the whole, I felt good about saving $15 and drinking a bunch more beer because of it.
June 27th, 2004 at 1:44 am
Around where I live the kids charge $50 dollars to mow your lawn plus additional if you want them to edge it and mow your bushes. Since I have a great riding mower, I think it might actually be cheaper to just hire a prostitute for an hour to take care of it. It’s up to her what she wants to do with the bush.