Just pay the money

Don't do middle school fundraisers.

...because if you do, the band director will give your child  a box of 52 chocolate covered pretzels on Wed and expect him to have them all sold by Friday. Yes. As in two day.

...oh, and if he doesn't sell them all, you still have to shell out the $52.

...and because you were not made aware of this clause, your child will shell out his own money to pay for the 48 unsold pretzels.

You will then be asked to take it to work and beg your co-workers to buy them.

When they are surprisingly not all sold, you will give them back to your child and tell him to sell them to his friends at school.

Good idea, right?

No.

...because your son will want to play basketball during lunch and will try, unsuccessfully, to cover the box of pretzels, which he should have left in his locker, with his backpack.

...and someone will steal the whole box of pretzels...with the money still inside.

This will make you feel bad for your son and you will end up just giving him the money that was stolen because it wasn't really his fault....but kind of.

So you should probably just not do middle school fundraisers and just give your kid $52 and avoid the stress.

One of those days.

I have something to say, and then I ain't gonna say no nore....

I HATE GROCERY SHOPPING!

All in favor?