What would you do? Random kid showed up and set up a lemonade stand on our lawn

[Anonymous]

You are a nut, the mom is a nut too. Poor kid.

[Anonymous]

I am shocked by the number of people who think OP was right in this situation. It sounds like the mother overreacted, but imagine how humiliating it must have felt for that child to be paid to go away. It's so absurd I wondered if OP was a troll. Yet, here people are, equating a 10 year old's lemonade stand out on the sidewalk to a hot dog stand? OP's poor MIL must be mortified.

[Anonymous]

Whether there is a sidewalk is a huge detail you need to clarify. You do not have any right to tell someone to move from a sidewalk. I’m also curious what state this occurred in.

[Anonymous]

Op was wrong /

1) not her property
2) possibly not her mil’s property
3) lemonade stands are adorable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op was wrong /

1) not her property
2) possibly not her mil’s property
3) lemonade stands are adorable

+ 1. OP, you are what is wrong with the world.

[Anonymous]

Hmm, I would not have paid the child to leave the lawn. I would have charged them rent, plus first, last, and security in case of damages.

[Anonymous]

You are a sick loon OP

[Anonymous]

The parent/kid should have asked, as a courtesy. OP/MIL should have said yes, with a clear statement that they were unable to supervise in any way and could not be responsible for the kid or stand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lemonade stand in November? Poor planning.

Yeah. Agree with this and that’s why I’m leaning towards claiming this is a false narrative. My kid is the queen of lemonade stands, and they don’t make any noise and they don’t exist in November.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lemonade stand in November? Poor planning.

Yeah. Agree with this and that’s why I’m leaning towards claiming this is a false narrative. My kid is the queen of lemonade stands, and they don’t make any noise and they don’t exist in November.

Does your queen set up on other peoples lawns?

I don’t think it’s a noise issue. I think it’s an annoyance issue and she still right. It’s not OK for people to just set up on your property. The minimum they could’ve done is ask for permission first.

[Anonymous]

Why not just let the kid do the stand?

[Anonymous]

Yelly mom is a weirdo. They should have asked. I don’t understand the entitlement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am shocked by the number of people who think OP was right in this situation. It sounds like the mother overreacted, but imagine how humiliating it must have felt for that child to be paid to go away. It's so absurd I wondered if OP was a troll. Yet, here people are, equating a 10 year old's lemonade stand out on the sidewalk to a hot dog stand? OP's poor MIL must be mortified.

No way. When I was 10 years old (fourth grade) I was more than aware enough to know I shouldn't be going into people's yards without permisssion. If my mother made me do it, I'd have been mortified by her and actually relieved to "have" to go away.

What kind of children are you raising?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and I went to my in laws house to watch MIL after a hip replacement. Their home is a corner lot that gets a lot of traffic. Someone drop their probably 10 year old kid off with a lemonade stand at the corner of the property, did not ask for permission and left the child there unsupervised. Upon finding this set up we gave the kid $40 and asked them to call their mom to pick them up because we didn’t know this child and didn’t feel comfortable having them on the property alone and inviting strangers to stop by and have noise from the stand as MIL is in recovery. Their mother came and was screaming at us, called us names and claimed we were hurting this child by not letting them have their lemonade stand at the corner of our lawn and that we were ruining their childhood. We told them to go or we would call the police. Did we do the right thing? What would you have done?

I can see your concern but I would have let the kid have their lemonade stand on the edge of the lawn -
Despite the loony mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whether there is a sidewalk is a huge detail you need to clarify. You do not have any right to tell someone to move from a sidewalk. I’m also curious what state this occurred in.

No one can set up a stand on the sidewalk either. It would be the city's job to tell them, not OP, but public access is not the same as right to use the property however you want. And if we're going down that road, vending usually requires a permit.

But the question is WWYD, not what was legal. I would have let it go, I think OP is mean, and I feel bad for the kid.