Mama Diaries

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Bubba's First Job

Ladies and gentleman, my boy has a job.  Doing what?   You'd better sit for this.  Ridding the neighbor's yard of ... dog poop!  (No, it's not our dog's poop.)

Apparently, the neighbor was tired of cleaning up the stuff from his two dogs, so he asked Bubba if he'd be interested in doing it every week.

Bubba wasn't too sure about it until the guy told him he'd get paid.

"Sure," my boy said.  "I'll do it."  Anything for money.

I watched the little dude do his job with a big shovel and garbage bag.

When he was done, he came home with a big grin, showing me his wages. "Mama, look what I got," he said, holding up a dollar.

"A dollar?  That's all you got for scooping a bunch of poop?"

"Yeah, I got to set my wages."

Wow, that neighbor got a deal!   I would've charged a lot more for a job like that.

So now, once a week Bubba will do his job.  I'm sure that'll look nice on his resume:  Pooper Scooper. 

14 comments:

  1. Lol well it shows he is willing to deal with poo. Lots of places have plenty of it.

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    1. Haha. Hopefully he'll end up with a slightly better job. Okay, a lot better job!

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  2. He sounds like a hilarious kid. Glad he's making a few bucks!

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    1. He is a funny guy. I hope he keeps his ambition when he's an adult!

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  3. That's terrible the neighbor didn't pay him more. Shame on him.

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    1. I thought he deserved more, even if he did set his own wages. Maybe he can renegotiate.

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  4. he needs to renegotiate his pay!!

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  5. LOL, how cute. Might be getting in on the ground floor of his own lawn care business. Never know. Maybe he'll get to renegotiate his pay once he's been at it awhile and shows his dedication to his work. Be proud mom. There are kids older than him that don't want to bother going out and working. Your young man is a go-getter. : )

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  6. It's awesome that he's proud of himself and being responsible for a task, but he should definitely be paid more.

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