In a move that has officially secured its place in the ‘Absolute Low of the Week’ hall of fame, an armed individual in South Boston thought it was a perfectly reasonable life decision to rob a 12-year-old’s lemonade stand. Yes, you read that correctly. Someone looked at a child’s small-batch citrus enterprise, saw the profits, and thought ‘I need that.’
The young entrepreneur — who had presumably spent considerable time squeezing lemons, making change, and perfecting that classic summer side-hustle — was confronted by a suspect who apparently skipped the part of childhood where you learn that stealing from kids is, at minimum, deeply uncool. According to reports, the robber showed the 12-year-old a gun during the incident, which is about seventeen levels of unnecessary when your target is a child selling a beverage that costs roughly fifty cents a cup.
Let’s pause and really sit with this for a moment. The planning that must have gone into this caper. The target scouting. The conclusion that *this* — a lemonade stand — represented the criminal opportunity worth pursuing. One has to wonder what the expected haul even was. A fistful of quarters? A lukewarm cup of Country Time?
South Boston police are investigating the incident. The young victim, to their enormous credit, appears to be the toughest small-business owner in Massachusetts right now — a title they have absolutely earned.
If there’s any silver lining squeezable from this particularly sour situation, it’s that the story has since inspired an outpouring of community support for the young vendor. Because if there’s one thing people love more than lemonade, it’s rooting for a kid who got knocked down and deserves to get back up.
When life gives you this story, you just have to shake your head and pour yourself a glass.
*Source: Yahoo News / Reddit r/offbeat*
Original story via Reddit Offbeat
