Would you find this strange?

[poppyseed]

Um, yes. Very strange. Wtf?

[CurlyQ284]

Lol that's funny. My cousin used to cut out alphabet letters from construction paper and sold those along with all my aunts groceries. One of the neighbor kids I grew up with sold EVERYTHING. He tried selling happy meal toys, made potpourris from wildflowers to sell, made a tunnel maze out of cardboard boxes and sold tickets to the other kids to go through. Kids are weird.

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Jul 8, 2013 9:33:39 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

A little girl (say around 9 or so) comes to your house trying to sell a picture she drew to raise money for her dogs birthday party.
When you politely say no, she says "Not even a dollar?"

I'd be more suspicious as to why her parent(s) are allowing her to wander around door to door selling shit alone.

[speckledfrog]

Future salesperson!

I sold shit door to door as a kid. Yarn bracelets, anyone? Lol, my poor neighbors. I never guilted anyone about it though.

[wambam]

I would laugh and shut the door.

But I'm a heartless bitch.

[Dusky]

No. My neighbor's kid once tried to sell raffle tickets for a chance to win his brothers X-box. Kids are weird.

[Deleted]

i'd find it odd and amusing, provided that the kid is otherwise cared for and the parents are otherwise normal.

[FastHands]

YOU'VE BEEN CASED!

[vicky]

I used to have a bead bracelet sale on my block. lol. I made bank for my ice cream truck fund.

[crazycakes]

Eh, I sold stuff door to door as a kid. I think it was usually through school programs as opposed to random things I made, but I don't think this is particularly weird. Very entrepreneurial of her!

[alare]

Yup, strange. But yay for entrepreneurial spirit!

At least she was trying to sell something, not like the kid who kept going into my neighbors garage and asking for money . .

[Muddled]

In my neighborhood, it would probably be more like, "Not even a dollar, you fucking cheap whore?"

[textbookcase]

I would find it amusing. Kids are weirdos, man.

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Jul 8, 2013 9:44:50 GMT -5 FastHands said:

YOU'VE BEEN CASED!

OMG lol

[iamgrace]

Kids are weird.

[hymen]

Lol, when we were young my friends and I used to sell crap like this all the time. We once stopped our neighbor's car and got him to buy a "cat leash" - a piece of rope that had a loop at the end.

But to be fair, our prices were much cheaper.

[BaliHai]

I'd probably laugh and then be the pushover who goes to find a dollar. For her dog's birthday party? That's kind of adorable, in a kids-are-weird way.

[Deleted]

For some reason, I immediately thought of my days on The Knot when the usual response was "no one else is responsible for paying for your pretty princess day". Just insert "your dog's pretty princess day" and you have yourself a reply.

Seriously, though, I'd find this pretty strange.

[FastHands]

I'd let her weed the mulch beds for a few bucks. lol

I know what you mean, though -- if it wasn't a kid that I knew lived down the block or something, I'd wonder where the parents were. I'd probably just assume they were somewhere within sight, though.

[Deleted]

Strange but hilarious and awesome. I totally would have given her a dollar.

[medicmommy]

Our oldest went door to door when she was 8 or 9 selling "tattoos" that she drew with her markers. She even had a menu with prices. She had woken up before us and snuck out. One of our elderly neighbors bought from her.

[vicky]

Jul 8, 2013 9:46:08 GMT -5 Muddled said:

In my neighborhood, it would probably be more like, "Not even a dollar, you fucking cheap whore?"

Ah, Brooklyn, where even the Jehovah's are surly.

[lilybug]

I would have laughed. I've never had a kid try to sell something random at the door, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[Muddled]

Jul 8, 2013 10:01:32 GMT -5 vicky said:

Jul 8, 2013 9:46:08 GMT -5 Muddled said:

In my neighborhood, it would probably be more like, "Not even a dollar, you fucking cheap whore?"

Ah, Brooklyn, where even the Jehovah's are surly.

We train our kids to be assholes from an early age. It's an art form, really.

[Deleted]

Lol, I think it's hilarious.

[runforrest]

Jul 8, 2013 9:58:47 GMT -5 v said:

Strange but hilarious and awesome. I totally would have given her a dollar.

Agreed.  She sounds awesome.

[cheeseandcrackers]

hahaha... gotta work for that dollar, kid!

[definitelyO]

sounds like something my BFF's DD would do - she's all about making money - she's 7 and comes over and tries to get DS to sell stickers with her     she's  all about the money.

[juliagoulia]

Kids do weird things. The day the girl who would become my lifelong BFF moved in across the street she and I went door to door asking people if they had cookies. Finally one of the neighbors called my mom laughing and said "we don't mind at all- but, thought you should know...." Lol. We were 5ish? And you know what? We got some cookies that day- so it was a pretty solid plan we hatched.

[sergey]

Kinda, just in a risky activity kinda way. I'd probably give the kid a buck and send her on her way assuming she was otherwise well taken care of.