Posted on 06/30/2018 5:19:20 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A 12-year-old Ohio boy's summer vacation was anything but exciting until someone called police on him for doing his job.
Reginald Field started a business cutting grass for his neighbors, but his service at one customer's house resulted in a 911 call.
Fields said everything was going fine until his customer's neighbors called the police, claiming the teen had mowed part of their lawn.
"They said I was cutting their grass," he said. "I didn't know it."
The neighbor told authorities that the teen and his crew had cut a portion of their property and were in their yard.
Fields said he became discouraged after the incident, but then the customer decided to post about the incident on Facebook.
The post received thousands of views and hundreds of shares, and with it, a business boom.
Now, Fields is receiving a lot of support and requests from new clients.
"Just give me a call," he said. "I will be there. On time."
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Last word.....The owner should have showed the young man where the property lines were.
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LOL
Boy that's sad.
How many times did the police show up for that lame complaint?
The only time the police ever showed up in a relatively serious way in our suburban neighborhood ..... was when on Halloween about seven girls and seven guys got totally NAKED .... rang the doorbell of the Superintendent of Schools ...... wiggled all our parts........... and headed off into the shrubs.
One funny night.
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Well said. (jmo)
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Rand Paul's neighbor?
True, that. During my college days I was employed by the college as a paid math tutor for disadvantaged students. There was this big black man in his twenties having difficulty with algebra, I had to start with basic math and slowly teach him higher skills. At first I thought he was a dirt poor kid trying to improve his employability. Nope, he was rich and trying to better himself. Started working parking cars at a lot, saved enough to buy his own parking lot, and later expanded and hired others. I learned a thing or two from him.
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LOL ..... genius comment.
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No, I mean John Kasich. He’s in Ohio, and I can see him calling the cops on a kid moving a lawn.
moving=mowing.
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I hear you ............. I was somewhat of a well to do kid in a suburban community just outside of Pittsburgh.
The greatest and most meaningful direction that came into my life was from a wonderful workingman. He was the "cleaning man" who came to many of the houses in our neighborhood. He was a "Negro", as was said then. He was a great worker ........... but more than that ......... to me ..... he was a close friend.
He taught me how to work, he taught me how to see the world.... and he taught me how to survive when my father jumped off a bridge to his death.
I was 13 years old when that happened.
Let's call this man, Kenneth........ that was his name.
When my father did his thing, Kenneths's words were the most meaningful to me. He said. "Keep your chin up."
Your story, roadcat, is powerful.
The neighbors who called the cops on him are idiots.
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Where would he take that lawn?
YES!! First offense: $250. Second: $500. Third: 30 days in isolation to think about how stupid they are.
Oh BS.
It’s not destruction of property and most certainly did not warrant a 911 call.
Not much, given that we often had quite a few kids in our yard playing ball. Somehow the cops would know if we had 3 boys playing, or 13, and might show up for the larger group. The cop would be apologetic, my mom would roll her eyes, and we would all disperse and go to someone else's house, or make the journey to the park.
Right ON ..............
He had way too much free time. You should have reported him for luring at your backside. That would have sent him scurrying inside. Fences make for good neighbors.
We have some pasture land where a part of the fence line was bowed a couple of feet over onto the neighbor’s land. It’s been our two families for generations and no one cared because it’s pasture and they’ve rented our side off and on so no big deal. Both families shared fence repair costs through the years but the bow was never corrected and no one could remember why it was there. It just was. A few years ago, the neighbors’ great grandkids inherited the property and the first thing they did was get new survey lines (the old line was dead on) and hire a crew with big expensive machinery to put in a new fence and fix the bow. Hey, fine, we get the use of a new fence and aren’t out a dime.
Your's is also a strong message. What I learned, besides don't judge a book by its cover, is not to think you're better than someone else and they have little to offer just based on appearance. Because of my experience with that black man in college, I helped others later as an IT guru.
One guy was a rough gangsta looking black guy from the ghetto working as a technician for me. Upper management wanted me to fire him. Guy couldn't write well, poor speech, and people were put off by his looks and manerisms. But he was a hard worker and dedicated, and curious. I taught him about routers and programming in exchange for his troubleshooting skills with multiplexers and wiring. He watched my back when we went to ghetto areas, me a white guy in a suit apreciated his street smarts. He worked his way up to a high-paid router administrator for a complex.
“He’s not a little kid chasing a ball. He’s destroying property.”
I know what you mean.
Local bunny rabbit criminals have been destroying my property in similar fashion.
Tastes like chicken!
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