Not much is more refreshing on a hot summer’s day than a cold glass of lemonade — except maybe an ice cold beer.
One Utah boy put a “twist” on the classic summer lemonade stand, offering up “ice cold beer” to his neighbors, many of whom actually called the cops on the budding entrepreneur, considering he’s still 10 years away from being legally allowed to drink the beverage.
When Brigham City police arrived at the “beer” stand, however, they found out the catch: the 11-year-old was sellingroot beer— he just wrote the word “root” on his sign really, really small.
Brigham City Police Department
“This young man, in the area of 600 South 200 East, has a twist on a lemonade stand,” the Brigham police department wrote in aFacebook post on Tuesday. “Yep, he’s selling beer … ROOT BEER, that is. His marketing strategy has resulted in several calls to the BCPD, but apparently its paid off as business has been good.”
“Quite honestly, once our officers got there they found it quite ingenious,” saidLt. Tony Ferderber to CNN, which identified the boy’s name as Seth.
“Genius! We need more young entrepreneurs,” wrote onecommenter on the post.
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“Great going! Kudos to the kid for thinking up the idea. I hope he made a lot that day!”added another.
“See you onShark Tanksoon kid,” addedanother commenter.
The creative stand has made the news in cities across the country, prompting many from outside his Utah community to visit the police’s Facebook post.
“If only he delivered! We’re only 1,500 miles to the SE. Excellent marketing initiative that made the news in Houston. 👍,” commented theFort Bend County Sheriff’s Officein Richmond, Texas.
With so many writing on the post that they’d love to visit Seth’s stand simply because of his humor and creativity, the Brigham police added in a comment on their post that he’d be in operation again Wednesday from noon to 4 p.m. Seth plans to keep his stand open until school starts up again, CNN reported.
source: people.com
