"maxine in ri" > wrote in message
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> On Jan 24, 7:28 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> "Andy" <q> wrote in ...
>> > January 25, 2007
>>
>> > I don't know if it's a national roll out date but in and around
>> > Philadelphia the Girl Scouts of America will begin their annual cookie
>> > sale
>> > by opening the cookie booths (I suspect by supermarket and convenience
>> > store entrances.).
>>
>> > I need a box of thin mints, a box (maybe two) of Do-Si-Dos and a box of
>> > lemonades (I think they're missing in 2007) cookies.
>>
>> > When you walk up and they ask if you'd like to buy Girl Scout cookies,
>> > don't forget to ask...
>>
>> > Are they made with real Girl Scouts?
>> > --Wednesday Adams, The Adams Family
>>
>> > AndyTheir cookies suck, so I usually tell them that for health reasons,
>> > I can't
>> eat sweets, and I offer to just donate $10.00 to their troop they're not
>> Nazi assholes like the BSA. But, the parents are usually thrown for a
>> loop
>> when they have to figure out how to account for a donation without a
>> cookie
>> sale.
>
> The Troop Cookie Manager (no more cookie moms, please) learns how to
> handle those situations, and should be instructing the girls and anyone
> assisting in staffing a booth in the fine art of saying "thank you."


You'd think the adults would've seen the good deal staring them in the face:
I give them cash, and the troop keeps 100% of it. Duh.