He said, ‘Well, how much should I pay you boys? A dime’s too little and a dollar’s too much!’ “I’ll never forget—John and I looked at each other....” That worked out to—at most—twenty cents an hour for shoveling snow. “Oh no! This was the amount we were supposed to split. That was my grand-father....” Well, a Buffett was a Buffett, but Warren had learned a valuable lesson: Know what the deal is in advance.
