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by: pickles Active Indicator LED Icon 3 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 3:28pm  
We had a young guy come up in driveway asking if he could do some work to earn some money. My husband started to be rude but I asked what the money was for he said his dog needed surgery I might trust people too much but I would rather a kid ask to do some work for money than steal or be a punk around here. I took him to get his mower. We talked a bit asked him where he was from how old he was ? 17 from Baton Rouge. He called his mom on my phone. He came back mowed the yard. He was a very respectful kid. I called his mom saying my husband was bringing him home. I hope if kids come up ask if there is any work for them others will help him out. His name is TJ. I hate feeling like the world is all bad & we can't trust others. 4951
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Jpgurl Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 3:33pm  
We had a young guy come up in driveway asking if he could do some work to earn some money. My husband started to be rude but I asked what the money was for he said his dog needed surgery I might trust people too much but I would rather a kid ask to do some work for money than steal or be a punk around here. I took him to get his mower. We talked a bit asked him where he was from how old he was ? 17 from Baton Rouge. He called his mom on my phone. He came back mowed the yard. He was a very respectful kid. I called his mom saying my husband was bringing him home. I hope if kids come up ask if there is any work for them others will help him out. His name is TJ. I hate feeling like the world is all bad & we can't trust others.
 
@pickles: awwww what a cool story. What neighbor hood?
 
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 3:39pm  
i am teary eyed now. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 3:40pm  
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 3:44pm  
I called his mom saying my husband was bringing him home

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To Baton Rouge? 4951
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pickles Active Indicator LED Icon 3 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 3:48pm  

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>> We had a young guy come up in driveway asking if he could do some work to earn some money. My husband started to be rude but I asked what the money was for he said his dog needed surgery I might trust people too much but I would rather a kid ask to do some work for money than steal or be a punk around here. I took him to get his mower. We talked a bit asked him where he was from how old he was ? 17 from Baton Rouge. He called his mom on my phone. He came back mowed the yard. He was a very respectful kid. I called his mom saying my husband was bringing him home. I hope if kids come up ask if there is any work for them others will help him out. His name is TJ. I hate feeling like the world is all bad & we can't trust others.
 
@pickles: awwww what a cool story. What neighbor hood?
 
 
@Jpgurl:
He lives in Sherwood trails. My husband just came back from dropping him off. He is 17 his mom moved here to get him away from gangs in BR. They talked a bit. He starts high school back next yr. His dog does need surgery so my husband feels better we helped & told him to come back if he can in 2-3 weeks. We don't have a lot of money but we do have it better than a lot of others.
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 3:56pm  
We had a young guy come up in driveway asking if he could do some work to earn some money. My husband started to be rude but I asked what the money was for he said his dog needed surgery I might trust people too much but I would rather a kid ask to do some work for money than steal or be a punk around here. I took him to get his mower. We talked a bit asked him where he was from how old he was ? 17 from Baton Rouge. He called his mom on my phone. He came back mowed the yard. He was a very respectful kid. I called his mom saying my husband was bringing him home. I hope if kids come up ask if there is any work for them others will help him out. His name is TJ. I hate feeling like the world is all bad & we can't trust others.

@pickles:
 
 
Where I grew up young kids were the ones doing yard work back then usually after they took care of their own yard.  Now days kids are so lazy and the parents think that type of work must beneath their kids so they hire illegals to take care of their yards and ***** about low wages and all the illegals coming here.  In my field of work we are having problems with young kids not wanting to work and not taking learning serious.  They want to be hired at top pay with no experience.  Kids need to learn responsibility about earning money and working at a young age.  Thanks for giving this young man a chance. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 4:02pm  

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>> We had a young guy come up in driveway asking if he could do some work to earn some money. My husband started to be rude but I asked what the money was for he said his dog needed surgery I might trust people too much but I would rather a kid ask to do some work for money than steal or be a punk around here. I took him to get his mower. We talked a bit asked him where he was from how old he was ? 17 from Baton Rouge. He called his mom on my phone. He came back mowed the yard. He was a very respectful kid. I called his mom saying my husband was bringing him home. I hope if kids come up ask if there is any work for them others will help him out. His name is TJ. I hate feeling like the world is all bad & we can't trust others.
 
@pickles: awwww what a cool story. What neighbor hood?
 

@Jpgurl:
He lives in Sherwood trails. My husband just came back from dropping him off. He is 17 his mom moved here to get him away from gangs in BR. They talked a bit. He starts high school back next yr. His dog does need surgery so my husband feels better we helped & told him to come back if he can in 2-3 weeks. We don't have a lot of money but we do have it better than a lot of others.
 
@pickles: see if you can find out the dog's name and the vet- if you don't mind. I had a donation for a homeless pup that needed surgery. He got picked up by a rescue who covered the surgery.- I know rescues can always use the $$ but I'll donate what I was going to give to the vet towards the cost of this dog.
I love that he is motivated enough to work to save money for his dog
 
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 4:02pm  
We had a young guy come up in driveway asking if he could do some work to earn some money. My husband started to be rude but I asked what the money was for he said his dog needed surgery I might trust people too much but I would rather a kid ask to do some work for money than steal or be a punk around here. I took him to get his mower. We talked a bit asked him where he was from how old he was ? 17 from Baton Rouge. He called his mom on my phone. He came back mowed the yard. He was a very respectful kid. I called his mom saying my husband was bringing him home. I hope if kids come up ask if there is any work for them others will help him out. His name is TJ. I hate feeling like the world is all bad & we can't trust others.

@pickles: That kid came by our house last week, but it was a day after I had mowed our yard.  DH said he wished he could've thought of something for that kid to do, but gave him the $5 he had in his pocket anyway.  It is very refreshing to see a kid working for his money and to help pay for his dog's surgery too... even more emotionally touching.
 
 
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pickles Active Indicator LED Icon 3 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 4:17pm  
I have his moms # if any one wants it. I can message y'all. I cried when my husband told me about him in gangs & they talked about how God puts some one in your life for a reason. We are burying my husband grandma tomorrow on my husband bday so we are very emotional right now. 4951
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pickles Active Indicator LED Icon 3 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 4:44pm  
His bike is a little beat up so I'm gonna try to get him a new one or semi new one. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 5:08pm  

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>> We had a young guy come up in driveway asking if he could do some work to earn some money. My husband started to be rude but I asked what the money was for he said his dog needed surgery I might trust people too much but I would rather a kid ask to do some work for money than steal or be a punk around here. I took him to get his mower. We talked a bit asked him where he was from how old he was ? 17 from Baton Rouge. He called his mom on my phone. He came back mowed the yard. He was a very respectful kid. I called his mom saying my husband was bringing him home. I hope if kids come up ask if there is any work for them others will help him out. His name is TJ. I hate feeling like the world is all bad & we can't trust others.
 
@pickles: awwww what a cool story. What neighbor hood?
 

@Jpgurl:
He lives in Sherwood trails. My husband just came back from dropping him off. He is 17 his mom moved here to get him away from gangs in BR. They talked a bit. He starts high school back next yr. His dog does need surgery so my husband feels better we helped & told him to come back if he can in 2-3 weeks. We don't have a lot of money but we do have it better than a lot of others.
 
@pickles: see if you can find out the dog's name and the vet- if you don't mind. I had a donation for a homeless pup that needed surgery. He got picked up by a rescue who covered the surgery.- I know rescues can always use the $$ but I'll donate what I was going to give to the vet towards the cost of this dog.
I love that he is motivated enough to work to save money for his dog
 
 
@Jpgurl:
 
I can donate too. Please give me info when you get it . I can make a donation to vet. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 5:15pm  
That is so great!  Glad there are still kids out there who want to earn money for things important to them and not just expect everything given.I use to knock on doors asking to mow yards when I was a teenager too.  Brings back memories.   4951
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pickles Active Indicator LED Icon 3 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 6:12pm  

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@pickles: awwww what a cool story. What neighbor hood?
 

@Jpgurl:
He lives in Sherwood trails. My husband just came back from dropping him off. He is 17 his mom moved here to get him away from gangs in BR. They talked a bit. He starts high school back next yr. His dog does need surgery so my husband feels better we helped & told him to come back if he can in 2-3 weeks. We don't have a lot of money but we do have it better than a lot of others.
 
@pickles: see if you can find out the dog's name and the vet- if you don't mind. I had a donation for a homeless pup that needed surgery. He got picked up by a rescue who covered the surgery.- I know rescues can always use the $$ but I'll donate what I was going to give to the vet towards the cost of this dog.
I love that he is motivated enough to work to save money for his dog
 

@Jpgurl:
 
I can donate too. Please give me info when you get it . I can make a donation to vet.
 
@sweetie:
I texted his mom to see what vet it is. He told me about $800. So I sent her a text that if we knew what vet it is we could try to help out. Especially since he was trying to work hard getting the money. Thanks again.
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~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 6:15pm  
@pickles: Thanks for sharing. I'm not near Sherwood, but have a couple of friends who live there so I will see if they need their lawns mowed. It's nice to see a young man asking for work rather than expecting money from a parent or someone else. 4951
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Jpgurl Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 6 years ago   Apr 5, '17 6:27pm  
Thnx @pickles- I will watch for info - do it when you can- focus on Family right now- I'm sorry for your loss 4951
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