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A few years ago my mother-in-law and step father-in-law, both octogenarians, lived a few houses away from his granddaughter and great grandson who was about 14 years old at the time. My brother-in-law and I would routinely shovel them out, but sometimes it was a problem. We asked the kid if he would be able to shovel the one car length driveway and the walkway. His response in front of his mother was to ask , "How much?"
Mom didn't say anything. The kid would have been duly compensated. End of story - he never shoveled, and Mom missed a valuable teaching opportunity.
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