Saturday, I posted what I thought was an amusing anecdote. I told how I’d bought some treats from a young girl’s bake sale, but she’d been woefully unprepared to take my money and give me change. I meant the story to be comic relief, but quite a few GRS readers found it unamusing — and, in fact, thought I came off as something of a jerk. Oops.
In retrospect, many people raised valid concerns (though some folks were making mountains out of molehills). I was something of a jerk. To make amends, today I want to provide a frame of reference so you can see where I’m coming from (not that this excuses my behavior), and I want to provide some tips for parents with entrepreneurial kids.
Mea culpa I apologize if my post on Saturday seemed rude or insensitive. That wasn’t my intention. Yes, I was laughing at the girl who couldn’t make change for me, but I didn’t intend to be mean-spirited. I love that she was out there selling donuts and cookies and lemonade, even if her small business was doomed to lose money. But I couldn’t help but be amused by her timidity. Why? Because I’ve been there many times before.
You know what? I hope that twenty years from now, unbeknownst to anyone, I’ll buy a new sofa or television or automobile in a store owned by this girl. I really do.
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