Cold water leads to hot water in Milwaukee

by Roger Sinasohn (Subscribe to Roger Sinasohn's posts) Jul 1st 2007 8:50AM

Categories: Teens & tweens, Money & Work, Health & Safety

Here's a clever update to the classic lemonade stand -- kids in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are selling bottles of cold water at intersections to overheated drivers. At a dollar a bottle, it's a deal for the drivers who likely want to cool off without having to stop. For the kids, it's an easy way to earn some money for school supplies or summer fun. The problem is, city officials are worried about the kids' safety.

Alderman Joe Davis, whose district includes several intersections where children sell bottled water, says "for me, the safety hazard is with them standing in the median with so much traffic." Davis wants local police to warn kids that they can sell from the sidewalk but not from the median or in the street. Kids can even be fined -- up to $75 for selling from the median.

What do you think of this? Would you let your kids sell water at an intersection? From the median?

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Ann Adams 7-01-2007 @ 7:26PM

The ten year old was selling from the median and his parents were okay with that? I don't think I'd let a ten year old sell from anyplace except in front of my house unless an adult was right there.

The sixteen year old though is a different story. My older son did things at 16 that, had I known about them beforehand, would have given me heart failure. Selling drinks would have paled by comparison. Actually, if I'd known about them, I would have confiscated the skateboard which is what happened when he was busted. I bet he borrowed one though.

Roger, you'll appreciate a teen riding his skateboard from the crest of the California Street hill all the way to Market. A friend of mine reported him. Jim and a friend decided to race the cable cars.

I almost breathed a sigh of relief when he joined the Army at 17. Much safer.

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