Something is seriously amiss!
Well it's that time of year again..........when you are harassed outside of your local supermarket by kids or simply bugged to death by co-workers selling Girl Scout Cookies.
I am not sure what happened or when it became acceptable for parents to sell things for their kids........but I have a real problem with it. My mother never let my sister and I sell things and at the time we were pissed but now I see why that was a brilliant idea. If you have box after box of Girl Scout Cookies in your home.......who is kidding who? They aren't being sold. 50% are being eaten by the occupants of the house.......same with those candy sales! Next thing you know, you owe the Girl Scouts hundreds of dollars.........and paying $1 for each Reeses Cup or Caramello you ingest adds up!
So, my mother, being the smart lady she is, never let us sell things. She also knew we were lazy as heck.
I'm going back now to the days when it wasn't deadly to go door to door either! When the actual selling was easier....you could do it alone, not with your mom and a bodyguard!
I have to admit, I did participate in the Read-a-Thon, which wasn't just wrong for the simple fact that I bugged people at their homes, but that I was lying and stealing essentially because I was and still am a non reader! So, that was just wrong on my part to participate in such a lie.
So, back to the Girl Scouts and parents selling things for their kids. Then who earns the badge for the most cookies sold? It should go to the parents. I guess I don't mind a parent selling things only I don't want to be asked to buy.........ANYTHING. Put up a sign in the community kitchen or even send an email but that is all I want to know about your cookies!
So, the security guard downstairs (a father this time and not the typical mother) is selling cookies. he has an entire shop set up! He has a sign, photos of his daughter and get this......a plate with the day's featured cookie! Smart right? But then I got to thinking.....it is nice to let us taste the cookie (by the way it is ALWAYS the boring one, shortbread or the new Cafe thing...all plain, never a thin mint or samoa) but he is paying $3.50 a box to let us all "try" the cookies.
Is his strategy paying off? I like the guard so probably I will buy a box but it goes against all that I believe.
My other disappointment came when I was looking on the web for a list of the cookies. I was convinced that there should be a new cookie each year! How hard is it to come up with a new cookie each year??? There aren't many choices and some of the names have changed.
Tagalongs are now called peanut butter patties??? and the Samoa is called some thing like Caramel something or other.......I guess Tagalong isn't a nice expression........if you ask someone if they want to "tagalong" that sounds ok but a tagalong really is a pain in the ass right?
And I'm sure Samoa was found insulting by some. (people from Samoa, also the dogs Samoyed didn't like it much)
I came to a conclusion about the Girls in Girl Scouts. They are lazy. They want the badges but don't want to sell the cookies. They push it on their parents........or they stand outside of a supermarket bugging me. Many don't even have the uniform on at the supermarket. They are just there in their J-Lo sweat outfits. I would be more inclined to purchase cookies from a sweet brownie or GS in her Uniform! Also, they should be going door to door, with a parent, working for the sale! That is how you earn a badge sister. They are also lazy because they can't come up with new cookie ideas! Please, I can think of at least 5 whilst I write this blog entry!
http://www.girlscoutcookiesabc.com/atc/Caramel_deLites.asp
I am not sure what happened or when it became acceptable for parents to sell things for their kids........but I have a real problem with it. My mother never let my sister and I sell things and at the time we were pissed but now I see why that was a brilliant idea. If you have box after box of Girl Scout Cookies in your home.......who is kidding who? They aren't being sold. 50% are being eaten by the occupants of the house.......same with those candy sales! Next thing you know, you owe the Girl Scouts hundreds of dollars.........and paying $1 for each Reeses Cup or Caramello you ingest adds up!
So, my mother, being the smart lady she is, never let us sell things. She also knew we were lazy as heck.
I'm going back now to the days when it wasn't deadly to go door to door either! When the actual selling was easier....you could do it alone, not with your mom and a bodyguard!
I have to admit, I did participate in the Read-a-Thon, which wasn't just wrong for the simple fact that I bugged people at their homes, but that I was lying and stealing essentially because I was and still am a non reader! So, that was just wrong on my part to participate in such a lie.
So, back to the Girl Scouts and parents selling things for their kids. Then who earns the badge for the most cookies sold? It should go to the parents. I guess I don't mind a parent selling things only I don't want to be asked to buy.........ANYTHING. Put up a sign in the community kitchen or even send an email but that is all I want to know about your cookies!
So, the security guard downstairs (a father this time and not the typical mother) is selling cookies. he has an entire shop set up! He has a sign, photos of his daughter and get this......a plate with the day's featured cookie! Smart right? But then I got to thinking.....it is nice to let us taste the cookie (by the way it is ALWAYS the boring one, shortbread or the new Cafe thing...all plain, never a thin mint or samoa) but he is paying $3.50 a box to let us all "try" the cookies.
Is his strategy paying off? I like the guard so probably I will buy a box but it goes against all that I believe.
My other disappointment came when I was looking on the web for a list of the cookies. I was convinced that there should be a new cookie each year! How hard is it to come up with a new cookie each year??? There aren't many choices and some of the names have changed.
Tagalongs are now called peanut butter patties??? and the Samoa is called some thing like Caramel something or other.......I guess Tagalong isn't a nice expression........if you ask someone if they want to "tagalong" that sounds ok but a tagalong really is a pain in the ass right?
And I'm sure Samoa was found insulting by some. (people from Samoa, also the dogs Samoyed didn't like it much)
I came to a conclusion about the Girls in Girl Scouts. They are lazy. They want the badges but don't want to sell the cookies. They push it on their parents........or they stand outside of a supermarket bugging me. Many don't even have the uniform on at the supermarket. They are just there in their J-Lo sweat outfits. I would be more inclined to purchase cookies from a sweet brownie or GS in her Uniform! Also, they should be going door to door, with a parent, working for the sale! That is how you earn a badge sister. They are also lazy because they can't come up with new cookie ideas! Please, I can think of at least 5 whilst I write this blog entry!
http://www.girlscoutcookiesabc.com/atc/Caramel_deLites.asp
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