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2018-08-07 at 11:27 PM UTCKid age 9 robbed at gunpoint in Monroe NC
(Man, what a piece of shit the guy is. this world is going downhill so fast)
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8611270-181/north-carolina-lemonade-vendor-9?ref=TSM&sba=AAS
North Carolina lemonade vendor, 9, robbed at gunpoint gets gift from Lowe's
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BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | August 7, 2018, 11:17AM
| Updated 5 hours ago.
MONROE, N.C. — A 9-year-old entrepreneur whose lemonade stand was robbed of $17 got a boost for one of his other business ventures from a home-improvement chain, while authorities continued searching Tuesday for his teenage assailant.
Investigators were still searching for a male suspect in the Saturday afternoon stickup, said Union County Sheriff's Office spokesman Tony Underwood.
"We're hoping to get that tip that might help us identify this person," Underwood said. Investigators planned to meet Wednesday with an information technology specialist to download what might be on surveillance cameras outside the club house of the community where the boy lives, he said. The lemonade stand was located at a traffic circle at the entrance to the community in Monroe, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Charlotte.
The young drinks vendor, whose first name is Mark, said a teenager pointed a handgun at him.
A business card that one customer collected from Mark's lemonade stand states he also works as a lawn mower, dog walker and professional ring bearer.
Home improvement chain Lowe's gave the boy a new, $1,100 riding lawn mower on Monday after spokeswoman Sarah Lively said officials at the company's Charlotte-area headquarters saw news reports.
A person who responded to a text sent to the telephone number listed on the boy's business card said Tuesday that Mark was selling lemonade again Sunday at the community pool and collected $256 in donations alone. The person, who identified herself as Mark's mother, declined interview requests from The Associated Press on Tuesday and declined to give the family's last name. -
2018-08-07 at 11:47 PM UTCCould have SL more than $17.
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2018-08-07 at 11:50 PM UTCMorals.
A lot of people need something to believe in. -
2018-08-07 at 11:54 PM UTC
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2018-08-08 at 12:02 AM UTCIt's just weird.
Of course I could see a kid slightly older knockin his stand over some 30-40 years or more.. ago
but I think since the early mid 90s.. this is becoming more of a thing. perhaps the next time the punk won't say shit.. just watch the kid slip the money in a box or his pocket, walk up with friends waiting in a car and shoot him dead and steal his shit.
that's a 3rd world issue and shouldn't be a first. because in third world, anger comes with desperations
not a 1st world "lets do it because it's fun or shocking and I need to be jumped in then prove my manhood to this gang, or, Lets do this because it's the only way to get on the front page of news.
the ledge of shock is getting wider yet the envelope Pushed, is getting smaller. less to push over. easy and without remorse. -
2018-08-08 at 12:05 AM UTCAt least he made bank in donations afterward.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2018-08-08 at 12:14 AM UTC
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2018-08-08 at 12:19 AM UTC
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2018-08-08 at 12:35 AM UTC
LMAO.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2018-08-08 at 12:37 AM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2018-08-08 at 1:58 AM UTC
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2018-08-08 at 3:18 AM UTC"Professional ring bearer"
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2018-08-08 at 4:21 AM UTCWhat a participation award. This should have been a teachable moment about why insurance and security are important, but instead we just taught the kid that if something bad happens - don't worry, we'll shower you with free shit.
Bet: 30 years from now this kid is going to be living in a 0 bedroom apartment after going through 2 messy divorces from marriages strained by financial ruin from his numerous failed business ventures.
He could have been the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. -
2018-08-08 at 4:28 AM UTCI dunno manny, i live in a really good neighborhood and i saw a kid about his age having a lemonade/ tea stand and that isn't a normal thing these days here, but I stopped by and asked for a 2 dollar ice tea while pulled up smoking a jay and the kid was pretty cool so i tipped him. But it did cross my mind that i wonder where this kids parents are at because even back in my day this wasn't something that would happen. I told him to keep it cool and burnt off.
But whats even worse than potentially getting man handleded is the city fining you and your parents because it is illegal to operate a stand in austin tx unless you have the proper permits, otherwise id do it all day errr day myself. -
2018-08-08 at 4:45 AM UTC
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2018-08-08 at 4:46 AM UTC
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2018-08-08 at 7:38 AM UTC
Originally posted by S6x A person who responded to a text sent to the telephone number listed on the boy's business card said Tuesday that Mark was selling lemonade again Sunday at the community pool and collected $256 in donations alone.
so the media figured it would be a good idea to tell all the other would be robbers that the kid now has $256 to rob off him?
yeah, good call.
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2018-08-08 at 7:45 AM UTC
Originally posted by HTS What a participation award. This should have been a teachable moment about why insurance and security are important, but instead we just taught the kid that if something bad happens - don't worry, we'll shower you with free shit.
Bet: 30 years from now this kid is going to be living in a 0 bedroom apartment after going through 2 messy divorces from marriages strained by financial ruin from his numerous failed business ventures.
He could have been the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
Paying it forward ...? -
2018-08-08 at 11:29 AM UTC
Originally posted by HTS What a participation award. This should have been a teachable moment about why insurance and security are important, but instead we just taught the kid that if something bad happens - don't worry, we'll shower you with free shit.
Bet: 30 years from now this kid is going to be living in a 0 bedroom apartment after going through 2 messy divorces from marriages strained by financial ruin from his numerous failed business ventures.
He could have been the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
Lol. Jesus Christ, HTS. Being robbed at gunpoint would be a horrific, traumatic thing for a child. It's not a time at that age to learn a lesson that way. Give him as many "participation awards" as possible after that shit.
