Stop tempting me Girl Scout Cookies!
Darn you Girl Scout Cookies! Why do you mock me? Why do you tempt me every time I walk past the dining room? You are so luscious and sweet, and I want to eat you all. But instead I am sentenced to pack you up in individual bags and deliver you to your new owners — who will then gobble you with delight! I will try to be strong you 166 boxes — minus the three that we’ve already eaten since we picked you up yesterday at 3 p.m.!
Do you have Girl Scout Cookies coming to your house? Are you packing them up for delivery? How fast do you eat them? How do you stop yourself with that many boxes sitting around?!!
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103 comments Add your comment
Dar
February 22nd, 2010
3:55 pm
Thanks, Theresea — no biggie, I just summarized it. Honestly, I really didn’t have anything important to say anyway.
Cammi317
February 22nd, 2010
3:56 pm
I am waiting on my Tagalongs….Love that Chocolate and Peanut Butter! I was quite disappointed to see that they dropped the Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies this year. My father and daughter love those things..
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
3:57 pm
I dated a guy who had a red tail boa and a green lizard of somesort. The lizard was cute. Snake scared the crap out of me even though it never did much. Another guy had a King snake…very good birth control since I refused to step foot in his room as long as the snake was there!
House sat for a friend. He had a Monitor (somebody else fed that and it lived where I would see it). He forgot to tell me he had an eel….just about had to peel me off the ceiling when I first saw it swim in the tank. Fortuntely my BF at the time worked in a pet store, he fed the eel and other fish for me.
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
3:58 pm
I mean wouldn’t see it….I am not too keen on lizards. Though there was one at the Dentist the other day and it was active. If they sit me facing it again I am leaving.
julia
February 22nd, 2010
4:00 pm
FCM lol yea I would too
MomsRule
February 22nd, 2010
4:02 pm
We have bearded dragons. They are pretty cool. It took me a while to get used to the crunching of live crickets though.
julia
February 22nd, 2010
4:03 pm
**shudder**
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
4:06 pm
I will take a Lizard over a snake.
JJ I was told a goat will take care of the snakes.
Lady Strange
February 22nd, 2010
4:09 pm
I don’t see why you would need to avoid stores, not like the Girl Scouts are going to chase you down and make you buy a box of cookies. I just tell them “No thank you” and they leave you alone.
You all would hate my house, I have a gecko and a snake. LOL!
Becky
February 22nd, 2010
4:10 pm
Have had a pot bellied pig, a snake, a skunk, a goat as pets before..The goat, we put on a leash and walked him just like a dog..I’d rather have a snake over a hamster anyday of the week..
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
4:13 pm
I’m not getting a hamster either. Rodents are not pets.
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
4:14 pm
ok to stay on topic….can you use the cookies as bait for the rodents and snakes and then drive them out like they did in Ireland? Where is St. Patrick when you really need him?
jd
February 22nd, 2010
4:19 pm
JJ – I’ve lived on water front property for over 10 years and I’ve only seen (2) king snakes so far but the spiders on the boat will tote you off :) I don’t know why everyone thinks of snakes when they think of the lake…..they’re just as likely to be around your kids swimming pool as they are a huge body of water.
julia
February 22nd, 2010
4:21 pm
LS then the moms look at you like how dare you saying NO to “my” child……
Becky I have a pot bellied pig too, she started off as a 9 month old rescue kitty that was thin as all get out, now her belly sways when she walks :)
FCM, the last hamster we had died one night after I let her have a bite of mashed potatoes… the boy said I killed her :)
New Stepmom
February 22nd, 2010
4:30 pm
Julia, I may have to make mashed potatoes tonight. My step daughter has a hamster that is almost 2 years old-it came along before I was permanent ;o)! I think that aged hamster has to be a record. We keep thinking it will die and it just keeps going. It is better than a snake though. I hate the things….
julia
February 22nd, 2010
4:32 pm
NSM, dont feed her potatoes you will find it dead in the morning :)
MomsRule
February 22nd, 2010
4:36 pm
I had a racoon when I was a kid. He was awesome! We never caged or leashed him, he lived in the house and ran around outside, always returning. He had a great house in the tree too that Dad built. He got along great with our dogs, cats and horses. LOL
My dad got pulled over one time for speeding. Ricky was sleeping on the back seat. The cop said, “You cannot keep that animal!” My Dad replied, “He’s free to go whenever he pleases.”
HB
February 22nd, 2010
4:58 pm
Mmmm, thin mints…I sure hope the GS are selling outside neighborhood grocery stores this weekend. They don’t seem to come through apartment high rises to take orders and none of my coworkers have daughters currently in the GS.
cld
February 22nd, 2010
4:58 pm
I don’t make eye contact with the adult cookie sellers. I try to avoid eye contact with the girls, too. Usually just a quick “no, thank you” or “not today” and then immediately look away. Walk with a purpose (and a baby in your arm if you’ve got one) and it really isn’t that bad. Girl Scouts aren’t the only ones who set up shop outside my grocery stores . . .
SRH
February 22nd, 2010
5:02 pm
On the cookis topic, I ordered 3 boxes fom the cute kid across the street. I got the wrong order! I ordered 2 samoas and 1 thin mints, but got one peanut butter and 2 shortbreads! Yuch – the worst flavors. I hope I can exchange!
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
5:21 pm
Oh I bought 5 boxes from my good friends daughter. They were outside the Kroger this weekend too. I avoid the store. ;)
penguinmom
February 22nd, 2010
6:19 pm
I haven’t really ordered girl scout cookies since they took away the Scot-tea cookie. (yes, I know it was ages ago.) The shortbread without sugar sprinkled on top just doesn’t cut it. Nothing else they offer has really tempted me to spend the money.
I think they should do a retro year and offer the original sugar cookie again.
Jeff
February 22nd, 2010
8:26 pm
Temptation of the girl-scout cookie is not a cross I must bear. Bag of potato chips, ‘nother story.
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
February 22nd, 2010
8:30 pm
We are being very efficient this year — Rose and I just finished bagging them all up — but we made tags with what everyone ordered on it and the cost and then put that with an envelop — so they’ll know what they ordered and how much it cost — I’m getting ready to print out thank you notes to put inside all the envelopes before Rose goes to bed — got to hurry”!! she did an awesome job sorting and really thinks that is fun!
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
8:36 pm
Jeff I am with you sir. Potato chips HAUNT me. Like I said I threw out 5 boxes of cookies.
DB
February 22nd, 2010
11:36 pm
Dar and Julia, you’re right, the girls can sometimes be a mite enthusiastic, but they shouldn’t be interferring with your access to the store. If they do, you should let the store manager know, who will quickly speak to them. But would it kill you to just smile and say, “No thanks, but good luck!”? Believe me, the girls are very used to being turned down — don’t think you are the only one! Most moms smile and remind the girls to watch their manners — if you’re getting glares, it might be because you’re glaring, too.
It’s pretty brutal out there at a booth sale — lots of no’s (which have to learned to be accepted gracefully), making sure the girls can make correct change, the lady who asked you to save the last box of Samoas for her and then left by a different door to avoid you (when you could have sold that box three times over), the unruly little boy who knocked over a display and banged up a dozen boxes, making them unsaleable (and the mother didn’t apologize, just said, “I told you not to touch them!” and walked away, and the weird man who walked up to older Girl Scouts (Cadettes) and accused them of not being Girl Scouts because they weren’t wearing the green Junior or brown Brownie uniform to the point of actually sending a cop over to check our credentials! Or the man who tried to pay for one box of cookies with a counterfiet $100 bill (we used one of those counterfeit pens on bills $20 and over). Or the slightly odd lady who lectured the 7 year olds on the fact that they were all going to end up fat and diabetic because of cookies. Or the obviously substance-impaired man who got mad at the girls and started to cuss them out because they had sold out of Tag-A-Longs (”You stupid little b…” ended up getting an adult (me) in his face very quickly and backed off with a meaningful, “Sir, you need to just leave. Now.”) Then there was the lady who brought a half-eaten box of cookies up to the table and said that she had bought them the week before, but didn’t like them and wanted her money back — from us. Okkaaaayy . . . A few people are nuts, some people are just having a bad day and get a cheery “Have a nice day!” anyway, and most everyone else are nice. That’s life.
Sorry, but I guess I’d have expected a little more tolerance from people on a parenting board towards girls who are taking their first steps in commerce. Just ask yourself what you would want these girls to learn from you — that people are mean? Or that most people are nice?
Jane
February 23rd, 2010
7:04 am
julia – did you change your online name? Didn’t you used to be Julia?
shaggy
February 23rd, 2010
7:30 am
WARNING: Girl Scout cookies are choking hazards and will need to be redesigned into flat, roll-up sheets or pureed into an appealing mush. (Actual warning label on this year’s cookies)
Dar
February 23rd, 2010
11:03 am
@DB – I am always pleasant. And before the Girl Scouts and their “handlers” started getting too aggressive at the front door of Kroger I used to hand them a $5 and say “no thanks, no cookies, just take this as a donation.” I do not glare at anyone, not even my X. Just gonna shop late at night for the next month or so.
Becky
February 23rd, 2010
12:28 pm
@DB..I’ve never had any problems with GS at the grocery store..If I don’t want to buy nay, I just say “no thank you” and they say ok..I would never be rude to a young girl..If it was an adult, might be a different story..
julia
February 23rd, 2010
1:09 pm
jane I did not realize that is was all in small case :) Yes I am one of those that hang up on telemarketers. If I want to go buy something I will go get it. I dont want it dangled in my face. I really do not care for them standing at the entrance of the grocery store.. Why dont yall set up your tables like at the gas station like the cheer leaders do???
HB
February 23rd, 2010
1:38 pm
Dangled in your face? The ones around here just have boxes sitting on a table, not even at eye-level. Much like the boxes sitting on shelves in aisles and the cashier line inside. It never dawned on me that the presence of GS cookie booths would bother people, assuming the girls aren’t aggressive and will accept a polite “no”. Interesting.
julia
February 23rd, 2010
1:49 pm
HB but in the store I dont have every cookie brand saying can you please buy a box of me
Dar
February 23rd, 2010
3:23 pm
@HB – these littel girls run at you when you approach the front door of the store. Same with the Sub and Boy Scouts selling popcorn, etc. I have a guilt complex and it is nearly impossible for me to say “no” even though I do not want or need the items. Normally, I will just hand them a $five and call it a donation….but then they hit you again on the way out of the store! Maybe I am in the wrong, but whenever my child has been asked/forced/bribed by prizes into selling something for school or another organization I just ask “how much are you really looking for?” and write a check as a donation. Bugging friends and family to buy candy/cookies/wrapping paper/trinkets just isn’t my cup of tea….
Dar
February 23rd, 2010
3:24 pm
oops….that should be Cub Scouts
Becky
February 23rd, 2010
4:36 pm
Wow, I’ve never had Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts or anyone else run after me at the grocery store trying to sell me anything..I walk by, they ask if I would like to buy anything, I say yes or no and thats it..
julia
February 23rd, 2010
5:28 pm
Dar I feel the same way
HB
February 23rd, 2010
6:54 pm
Becky, that’s been my experience for the most part too (occasionally one might run up to me, but no biggie), and I don’t have a problem politely turning them down if I already have bought my yearly supply of Thim Mints and wishing them good luck with a smile. They’ve never looked heartbroken by my turning them down.
bamaakt
February 23rd, 2010
8:56 pm
I am a long time lurker, but never post. However, being a Girl Scout leader, I have to chime in.
Many people may not realize that all of the money we get for our troop comes from the parents, donations and product sales — cookies. We do not get money from council or any other source. We must rely on the generosity of others to keep our troop going.
As for cookie sales, booth sales are our lifeline for sales. Many girls do not get out and sell in the neighborhoods. First, some don’t allow it and second, many people can resist an order form, but really want the cookies when they see them. We setup about 10 booth sales a year and my girls are lectured before they go on their behavior. When someone tells them no thank you, my girls say thank you back to them. They do not chase down people and they are not overbearing. Quite frankly, they don’t need to be. People actually thank us for being there. Many people do not encounter Girl Scouts and do not have a “source”. In fact, we sold close to 100 boxes, just sitting in a parking lot waiting for our parents to come pick up their cookies (I refuse to drag 4,000 boxes to my house, so we meet in a public location). We had people coming up and buying them buy the case. I still wonder what people do with a case of Thin Mints.
And for the record, the girls are not just doing this for the prizes…at least not in our troop. The girls know it costs money to do things and help out others with service projects. They know how much we earn from each box and they have sales goals. It is truly a valuable lesson for each girl out there selling.
HB
February 23rd, 2010
11:02 pm
“I still wonder what people do with a case of Thin Mints.”
We open one box immediately and start munching, freeze a few to enjoy the rest of the year, and take the rest to work to sell at cost to our fellow apartment-dwelling colleagues who also lack an ordering source. It’s actually become a tradition in our office — first one to find a booth, brings in extras for the rest of us to buy. Always Thin Mints. Thanks for supplying us!
julia
February 24th, 2010
10:27 am
bamaakt – this is not the atlanta site but this program is just like the programs at school and no I am not bashing those either, I just choose to not participate but this link shows some of the “incentives” for the children to get the largest cookies sales they can. (http://www.kyanags.org/about/cookieprogram.aspx)
Lola
February 25th, 2010
3:11 pm
I like that even tough guys like Duff McKagan from Guns n’ Roses aren’t immune to the spell of Girl Scouts and their cookies! http://bit.ly/9Z65uD
insane
February 26th, 2010
9:29 am
Some of you people are insane. How did this blog get from talking about Girl Scout Cookies to Peta & snakes. Anyway, I don’t eat a lot of cookies, however I do like to support the Girl Scout and their efforts to teach the girls. I my daughter was a Girl Scouts for the past 3 years (didn’t do it this year for lack of time) and I was the cookie mom for our troop. Money is used to help girls offset the cost of summer camp and other events. It keeps them busy, encouraged but more importantly off the street getting into trouble. One of the reasons mom did a lot of the work was for safety reasons with door to door sales. This year the unit took a new direction and is encouraging girls to go door to door with their parents. Therefore I ordered 15 boxes and I donated them to local fire departments in my area.
IKNOWISHOULDNT
February 26th, 2010
10:23 am
I ordered two boxes of Samoas. One for me and one for my two sisters. I ate both boxes and had to buy another box for my sisters!!!
Shaakira TS
February 26th, 2010
10:53 am
Well, I tell ya — they are SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE!!!
As the Fulton County Service Unit Cookie manager, I spent 2hrs in the warehouse receiving, counting, sorting, and RECOUNTING nearly 18,000 boxes last Friday morning! Then we spent the following 5hrs dispersing them to 30 Troops here in Atlanta. Amazingly, I did not crave the cookies then. Maybe it was because of how cold it was and how busy we were.
However, within minutes of picking up my daughter’s own order that evening and getting home, I had already torn into a box of DULCE De LECHE! What a joy…. My 9yr old grabbed a box of TREFOILS and my 7yr old grabbed a box of LEMON CHALET. The following morning, before eating anything else, I simply couldn’t resist opening a box of SAMOAS as they are my weakness (along w/ THIN MINTS)! As it is, my 18yr old will come home this weekend and find her favorite 2 flavors lying on her pillow. =)
Be sure to look for us in your neighborhood or visit the website, http://www.gsgatl.org to find a Girl Scout Cookie Booth near you!
LibraryJim
February 26th, 2010
11:09 am
Thin mints = Keebler Grasshoppers
Do-si-do’s = Nutter butter
awesome leader!
February 26th, 2010
11:12 am
I am a leader for a Daisy troop and a Brownie troop. After have cookies in my house every year the temtation of wanting to eat them goes away! I still order them but I give them to my kids to eat. :)
LibraryJim
February 26th, 2010
1:36 pm
Awesome leader: I don’t know how you do it! My daughter was in from Brownies to her Silver Award, and we never got over the temptation! Even with going to “Keebler Grasshoppers” and “Nabisco Nutter Butters”, when GSCookie time rolled around, we’d still have to order several boxes for ourselves.
alicia
February 27th, 2010
12:48 am
samoas and thin mints that is all we eat. I bought 3 boxes just today. They will be gone before the weekend is out.
evilcookies
February 28th, 2010
2:27 pm
They are so evil! This is about the time of year that those of us who are trying to lose weight are at a crucial junction – we’re tempted to “throw in the towel” – we’ll never lose those 30 lbs by summer – and then along comes the next wave of temptation after the on-slaught of Christmas – Girl Scout Cookie time – followed by Easter basket temptation – it just never stops. I think the girl scouts should sell fruit from Harry & David or something – that’s what this country needs – not another thing to make us fat!! :)