Smart Kid
March 7th, 2007 | by Todd W |I’m delivering a pizza last night. The total comes to something like $19.80. I knock on the door, and an eleven-year-old kid answers and yells, “Mom!”.
He vanishes for a second and I hear a woman say, “Give him this and get the pizza.” By the sound of it, she has her hands full with a toddler.
The kid pops up again with money. He looks down at a $20 and 3 $1 bills. Without hesitation, he jams the $3 in his pocket and hands me the $20 with the hint of a smile.
The kid just tipped himself.
I’m torn between anger and admiration.
My second reaction is to yell “Mom!!!”. (No, I didn’t…but it would have been funny.)
3 Responses to “Smart Kid”
By Chris on Mar 8, 2007 | Reply
You should have called out to the Mom that the kid just pocked the 3 dollars. That kid has done it before and probably does the same crap at school - and mom doesn’t know it. Someone needs to stand up to that 11 years old before he becomes an adult and then starts harming people.
Chris
By Mike! on Mar 9, 2007 | Reply
For what it’s worth, I thought what the kid did was hilarious (mostly because it didn’t happen to me). Also, I used to deliver beer and you wouldn’t believe the number of adults who think it’s okay to let their kids pay for the 40’s. I can’t tell you the number of upset parents who berated me because I made them get up off the couch and pay for the alcohol themselves. And pissed off parents never tip.
By Stephe on Mar 16, 2007 | Reply
ROFLMAO!
I’d advise that little douche not to let you catch him getting off the bus. This is Sparta!!