I remembered when I had 9 clients who I sholved snow and mowed lawns for. I think I was about 8 when I started with my brothers.
A buddy and I had three to four people we did the same for, mowed and shoveled. What a great way to make a few bucks. One old lady would go out of town a few times a year and she paid us to look in on her house and water her two plants.
I recall she had booze up on the same shelf as cleaning chemicals in her hallway. And all sorts of pills from different doctors: “take two in the morning” right next to the “take one at night”. Figured they were uppers and downers, but who knows.
Never crossed our minds to drink any of her booze or steal her drugs.
We lived down the street from the high school. Growing up, every graduation night the streets would be packed for parking. We would go around and ask our neighbors if we could use their driveways to park cars. We’d charge $5 a car and fill up the driveways.
I remember one time my sister had parked out on the street and then left for a date. A car came in, pulled into the open spot on the street, and gave us $20 for “holding his place open”!