Day 3820: Grubhub and Edna.

 

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Michigan six-year-old orders $1,000 worth of food on Grubhub

Six-year-old Mason Stonehouse was playing on his dad’s phone before bedtime and spent about $1,000 on Grubhub orders. The food started coming to the Chesterfield Township family’s home near Detroit around 9 pm Saturday night. And it kept coming.

The Stonehouse family’s Ring camera footage shows delivery after delivery coming to the door. Mason’s dad, Keith, was bewildered – until he figured out what happened. His father tried calling the restaurants to stop the orders once he figured out what had happened, but they told him to contact Grubhub. The leftover food was shared with neighbors and eaten as leftovers.

“I was trying to explain to him that this wasn’t good and he puts his hand up and stops me and says ‘Dad, did the pepperoni pizzas come yet?’ I had to walk out of the room. I didn’t know if I should get mad or laugh.”

Grubhub (GRUB) said the company reached out to the Stonehouse family about their son’s “unexpected spending spree” and offered them $1,000 worth of Grubhub (GRUB) gift cards.

Mason’s parents said they tried to turn the six-year old’s spending spree into a money management teaching moment. They grabbed his piggy bank and started taking money out – a coin for the pizza, a coin for the shrimp and so on.

“It sunk in when we were actually taking his money to teach him a lesson,” said Kristin Stonehouse, Mason’s mother, who told Mason, “We know this money in your piggy bank means something to you … [and] it’s only a fraction of what was spent.”

Mason’s parents said it will take some time before he gets his phone privileges back.

A while back, a reader asked if ...

I had step-by-steps for yesterday's Edna?

Why yes, I do.  And, thanks for asking.

1. ink

Started with heavy watercolor paper postcard, using an ink brush to draw. I know you noticed the unwanted line?

2. watercolor

A quick splash of color from a kids watercolor set and strategic collage placement ...

3. collage

Finished Edna with security envelope liners for the collar, junk mail for the background and homemade collage paper for the hair & bow. And there is still a trace of my mistake?

All this when I should have been working on taxes.

Shhhh don't tell anyone.

 

Throwback Thursday

 

 

 2004 Orange County Fair,

Demura Sensei's Costa Mesa Dojo Demo Team. 

Roy Center, Jared Stanton, Kelly Harada, Cheyenne Lopez, Preston Schow, Shayla Van Wormer, Luis Perez, Tess Bernstein, Alyssa Hatton Devyn Jackson, Cody Jackson, Danielle Vartanian, Lulu Meeks, Emily Bernstein, Jaimie Harada, Kristie Harada, Andy Anjosian, Alex Anjosian and more.

 

 

 

A special 4+minute video, Taichi Chuan, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Asian Golden Weaver

 

 

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