Neighbourly ???

[micmak]

Every Saturday I get the Newspapers for six old people. They only get papers on Saturdays for the TV guide. For the last couple of weeks I have been under the weather so no papers. Today I went to ask if they still wanted papers or had they made other arrangements. Every one of them told me that Mrs X's grandson had got them last week. When it came to paying for the said papers he charged everyone of them £1 for going for them. No mention was made of this beforehand. Entrepreneur or a little sh1t bag. I know what I would call him.

[ljdksa]

Polite and respectful, yes, but they also need to learn the meaning of money. If he understands he has to work to earn money, surely that's good? And it's a bit patronising to imply elderly people are always daft, humourless and selfish. They may even have been pleased to see a lad doing something good.
I would be interested to see what they report back to micmak about it. A lot of "my" elderly people would have found that enterprising and amusing and one of my 96-yr-old clients would have said to the boy, "send me an invoice!"