Seriously ????????

Due to a huge ugly tree in my front yard, we are experiencing a constant leaf covered lawn, which seems to resent our feeble attempts to clear it as within minutes it looks as though we never touched it.This is why I was not too happy the other day when I realized that Michael has lent my new rakes to the neighbor kids who seem to have no respect for anything they own, let alone my belongings. Like the thought of having to replace rakes that I just bought didn't upset me enough it further looked like these kids were planning on using my rakes to make money raking lawns. Did I mention that i found this out when they "offered" to rake my lawn ? Anyway,later in the day while Michael was using our bagger mower to do a quick removal job, these same kids approached him ( after all he had handed them the rakes before) and told him that they had one neighbor who would pay them to do their yard but they needed our rakes again ( did you hear "they needed" and not "please could we" )and this time, they also needed bags to put the leaves in so could they have a few with the rakes ???? Michael being a pretty smart boy( who has seen steam come out of my ears way too many times for comfort) told them that he would be needing the rakes and that he only had enough bags for our lawn so not to count on using our stuff to make money ! Now honestly, are most kids really like this?( they are aged between Robby and Michael 13-16) I would personally be mortified to find out that my kids were involved in such a scam ! Am I an oddball ? Seriously !!!!!!!!!