There was a bomb threat at Carson's high school on Wednesday. It wound up being a false alarm, but disrupted the student's day nonetheless as they were all sent home for the day.
During the evacuation the students were asked to leave all of their belongings behind. Carson decided that was a stupid request so he took his backpack with him. As it turned out, his decision to grab his pack earned him a few dollars.
Carson takes a cold lunch every day. It always consists of a Boost, a muffin, a fruit (usually applesauce but on Wednesday it was an orange), and 3 granola bars. He keeps his lunch in his backpack so he had his lunch with him when everyone was evacuated.
Can you see where this is going?
Carson is never one to pass up an opportunity to make a dollar or two, especially if he considers it easy money requiring little effort or sacrifice on his part. When kids around him started to complain about being hungry, he began to offer lunch items for a price. Of course he didn't sell it all to one person because "You make more money if you sell to more people because some people may be willing to pay more" as he informed me. He wound up making $4 for the muffin, orange and 3 granola bars.
I'm not sure if I should be proud of him for exercising his entrepreneurial spirit or embarrassed that he took advantage of others during a "crisis". If I'm honest, probably proud; he saw an opportunity and made the most of it.
1 comment:
Good to see that Carson hasn't lost his old enterpreneurial spirit. I think if any of the kids were having a true food emergency (think Michael-), he would have shared but sounds like these were high school kids who were missing the lunch that they had planned to at school anyway. At least it wasn't chips & soda.
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