A Yorkshire mum has gone viral after she earned money by collecting a bin bag of rubbish at Leeds Festival.
Sharon, best known as Shazza, from Mexborough in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, went to the Braham Park event with her daughter Beki over Bank Holiday weekend. And while the pair were excited to see The Skinner Brothers, and Bilk, Shazza found a quick way to get £33 in her pocket.
She realised if she collected paper cups people had thrown on the ground, she could get 10p per cup in return. Shazza has been branded a "national treasure" after she spent half an hour collecting as many cups as she could find.
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Beki shared a video on TikTok of her mum's smart move to make money, and over 3.7million people watched it. She said: "My mum at Leeds Fest.
"£33 half an hours work." The clips showed Shazza with a full black bin bags of cups, before she handed it in, got her money, and had a big grin on her face.
Thousands of people rushed to the comments to applaud the savvy mum. @Liss said: "Big respect for your mum. She's a festival queen."
While @memezar added: "Shazza is a national treasure." And Daniel Pearce said: "Top woman, you should be so proud."
@Loos_of_London said: "We did this last time we were at a festival which was about 10 years ago. Very much enjoyed spending our cup money."
And @Lee added: "Up to now this is the first positive video I have seen from Leeds. Huge respect to your mum." Beki shared a second video after her mum went viral.
Beki told her: "You've got a few likes on TikTok". Shazza said: "What do you mean?"
Her daughter added, "you've gone viral", before Shazza laughed and said, "don't tell lies". "You have, I swear to god."
Shazza wasn't the only one trying to swap her cups for cash; little girls Louisa and Anabelle were spotted running around the festival trying to find as many cups as they could find.
One man branded them “future Dragon’s Den candidates”. “You’ve never seen two little girls so determined.” They managed to make £38.
The savvy trick left many saying online that they are going to try and make money in the same way at Leeds Festival 2023.
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