I work at a grooming shop, and we are open 6 days a week, but we each get one day off besides Sunday. On Mondays, our counter help guy is off, and one of his duties is to sweep up the dog hair we all cut, shave, and brush onto the floor. It's a never-ending job, and we have to clean up our own messes on Mondays. Today, the 6 year old son of the owners came to the shop rather than go to his grandmother's house. I had a lot of shaves today, and I really hate cleaning up so I offered Alex $1 if he would sweep up the dog hair around my table. He countered with "Make it $2." I was taken a little back, but I thought it was so funny I said sure I'd give him $2. He did a really good job. I had to laugh when he asked me to please stop dropping more hair on the ground when he'd already swept up -- I was still working on my last dog. Then he decided to clean up the hair around his dad's table, and told him the same thing -- to please be neater and keep the shaved & trimmed off hair ON the table after he'd swept the floor. He had a very lucrative lemonade stand in front of the shop on Saturday, and he loves going to the bank to get $10 bills for ten singles. He's only six, but I think he's going to be quite the businessman! Kelly Busse Wolfheart German Shepherds ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================