50 cents for a glass of water with a lemon and hand residue on it, or because their Fisher-Price registers do not know how to calculate tax, but I’d rather give them the benefit of tThis afternoon I realized the inevitable: lemonade stands just aren’t effective anymore. Now, I understand that “anymore” is a confusing term. I could be noting that lemonade stands were effective up until this morning, or I could be noting that they haven’t been effective since the invention of refrigeration. But none of that matters. All I know is that I have no plans in the near future to buy lemonade from a stand, especially while sitting. And it is primarily because the kids who run lemonade stands maintain business practices that are, quite frankly, too good. Here are some examples:

No tax — Kids very rarely add tax to their lemonade prices. Some may argue that it’s because they are already charging 50 cents for a glass of water with a lemon and hand residue on it, or because their Fisher-Price registers do not know how to calculate tax, but I’d rather give them the benefit of t

s were effective up until this morning, or I could be noting that they haven’t been effective since the invention of refrigeration. But none of that matters. All I know is that I have no plans in the near future to buy lemonade from a stand, especially while sitting. And it is primarily because the kids who run lemonade stands maintain business practices that are, quite frankly, too good. Here are some examples:

No tax — Kids very rarely add tax to their lemonade prices. Some may argue that it’s because they are already charging 50 cents for a glass of water with a lemon and hand residue on it, or because their Fisher-Price registers do not know how to calculate tax, but I’d rather give them the benefit of t

ave no plans in the near future to buy lemonade from a stand, especially while sitting. And it is primarily because the kids who run lemonade stands maintain business practices that are, quite frankly, too good. Here are some examples:

No tax — Kids very rarely add tax to their lemonade prices. Some may argue that it’s because they are already charging 50 cents for a glass of water with a lemon and hand residue on it, or because their Fisher-Price registers do not know how to calculate tax, but I’d rather give them the benefit of t

are, quite frankly, too good. Here are some examples:

No tax — Kids very rarely add tax to their lemonade prices. Some may argue that it’s because they are already charging 50 cents for a glass of water with a lemon and hand residue on it, or because their Fisher-Price registers do not know how to calculate tax, but I’d rather give them the benefit of t

50 cents for a glass of water with a lemon and hand residue on it, or because their Fisher-Price registers do not know how to calculate tax, but I’d rather give them the benefit of the doubt.

Easy return policy — It’s very easy to get your money back if you don’t like the lemonade. But the reality is, you’d have to be a creep to make that request. Telling a kid you don’t like the lemonade is like slapping the kid in the face — twice! The first would be for the insult and the second would be because you are a stranger who shouldn’t be talking to him. But essentially the return policy is an effective one: if you want your money back, you can just stick your hand in the envelope and take it back. I think this policy would work well with fast-food restaurants, but then they’d have to add a button with a picture of a “return” on it, and it’s hard to draw that.

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