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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/AppropriateRip9996 on 2024-07-12 17:18:32+00:00.
I was a kid with a snow shovel. I went around the neighborhood and offered to shovel the driveway for $5. I was getting paid. Everyone seemed grateful. One house had a resident with MS and they were happy to pay.
There was one snow-covered driveway left but the boy there refused the $5. He wanted to pay a quarter and I mean $0.25. I had no other driveways to shovel, but I thought to myself that the kid was told to shovel himself and wanted to get out of it for a quarter. I took his deal knowing he would get in trouble if I took a long time to clear the driveway and his mom came home. I took his quarter up front.
So I'm shoveling for a quarter, but for a quarter you get half hearted effort. I'm taking my time and doing an excellent job. Occasionally he yells at me to hurry up. Yeah yeah. Sure. You do remember you paid me a quarter. I'm getting there.
Eventually I'm almost done and mom comes home. She is furious. She demands to know why I'm shoveling the driveway she told her boy to shovel. I told her that her son agreed to pay me a quarter to shovel the driveway. She was furious and gave me $5 before going into the house yelling at the kid.
I probably spent all my money on candy.