The three young girls -- under the watchful eye of a nanny, sitting on the grass with them -- explained that they had regular lemonade, raspberry lemonade, and small chocolate candy bars.
Then my brother asked how much each item cost.
"Oh, no," they replied in unison, "they're all free!"
I sat in the back seat in shock. Free? My brother questioned them again: "But you have to charge something? What should I pay for a lemonade? I'm really thirsty!"
His fiancee smiled and commented, "Isn't that cute. They have the spirit of giving."
That really set me off, as my regular readers can imagine.
"No!" I exclaimed from the back seat. "That's not the spirit of giving. You can only really give when you give something you own. They're giving away their parents' things -- the lemonade, cups, candy. It's not theirs to give."
I pushed the button to roll down the window and stuck my head out to set them straight.
Ah yes, meeting an obnoxious asshole that yells at you for the shitiest of reasons -- always makes a lasting impression on children.
(via AmericaBlog)
UPDATE: Somebody on the twitter-machine makes the ultimate point about this hypocrite:
Of course, the young girls are giving something of value, Terry Savage is simply charging you what market value of her work dictates.