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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Jane
February 22nd, 2010
12:47 pm
You’re the one sentenced to pack them up in individual bags and deliver them? HOW ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER?!?!
cld
February 22nd, 2010
12:49 pm
I didn’t order any this year. I still have a box of Thin Mints in our freezer from last year. I did see three groups of Girl Scouts selling cookies at one shopping center yesterday (three different store fronts). I didn’t feel too much guilt shaking my head “no” since I had my hands full carrying a toddler. That was my “out” last year, too – hands are too full to stop and buy any boxes.
When I do get cookies, I throw them in the freezer. Thin Mints may not take long to thaw, but they are too hard to be eaten straight from the freezer – so it removes the easy access element.
A
February 22nd, 2010
12:49 pm
I am waiting for my delivery from a neighborhood girl scout! Thin mints, get over here!
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
February 22nd, 2010
12:54 pm
We actually all do it together — both big kids are very good at organizing and pulling the orders — Dad is not so good because he is color blind!! The order sheet is color coded and I swear he messed up several of the orders last year!! — I was going to start writing out waht each person owed so we can staple it to the bag – but I’m just sitting here looking at these cookies!!!! they’ll all help when they get home from school but in the meantime l …
Becky
February 22nd, 2010
1:04 pm
Bought one box this year..That’s it for us..
Valstake
February 22nd, 2010
1:19 pm
I never order or eat them (but then I rarely eat sweets.) Cookies are simply wasted calories. Anyway, GS cookies are overpriced, just like any fundraising product. I don’t mind fundraisers, but I don’t want the product (whatever it is)… just the tax deduction.
Jeff in Roswell
February 22nd, 2010
1:25 pm
Darn – the neighborhood girl didn’t come around this year. I like the thin mints and the peanut butter best! They don’t last long around our house…
Sarah H
February 22nd, 2010
1:25 pm
Bought 3 boxes this year. One of me and two for the grandkids. I didn’t get Thin Mints for myself or they would be gone before I even got them home.
Sarah H
February 22nd, 2010
1:25 pm
oops – one for me not of me lol
JJ
February 22nd, 2010
1:31 pm
No thanks, swimsuit season is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
I don’t eat a lot of sweets.
YUKI
February 22nd, 2010
1:33 pm
I agree with Jeff….those two are my favorites as well. We didn’t have anyone come by this year. Probably a good thing. I would eat them fast. All of them sitting on your table like that….yikes. They would be calling my name. Stay strong!
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
February 22nd, 2010
1:39 pm
just opened another box of Samoas!!! my weakness — have only eaten one but am thinking of eating another one!!
Lady Strange
February 22nd, 2010
1:55 pm
I buy only 1 box a year, always Tagalongs (my fave). They don’t last long but with only one box it’s not so bad. I try not to buy sweet stuff much cause I don’t have much willpower to resist once it’s in the house.
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
1:57 pm
Somebody tell the ajc ajc folks to get the picture of that d@mn snake off the ajc.com
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
1:59 pm
On the subject of GS Cookies….I buy them to help my friends’ kids. (No my girls are not scouts). When I cleaned out my pantry the other day I tossed 5 boxes of the cookies in the trash.
Michelle
February 22nd, 2010
2:03 pm
I bought a box of peanut butter and thin mints. I actually still have some from last year, but I like to buy stuff from the kids if they are brave enough to come up to the door! I really appreciate the kids taking the initiative!
DB
February 22nd, 2010
2:06 pm
This is the first year in 12 years I haven’t been overseeing Girl Scout cookie sales — odd! My daughter called me from college and told me that her boss’s daughter is a Brownie and was selling, and wondered if we wanted any. We did! :-)
For those who think that they are overpriced — yeah, they are. And it’s shocking how little of that money actually goes to the troop. Most of the proceeds to go the Council, and cookie sales and Annual Fund donations are basically what keeps the Council operating and serving over 45,000 girls and almost 10,000 adults, including the wonderful camps and programming, as well as adult training.
For those of you watching your weight, most troops were collecting donations that could be sent to soldiers overseas, or given to the V.A. Hospital, or even local fire departments, etc. So if you didn’t want to be tempted but wanted to help, that was a good way to do it (and still can, at booth sales you’ll see).
julia
February 22nd, 2010
2:08 pm
Those things are the devil
Photius
February 22nd, 2010
2:08 pm
MMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
New Stepmom
February 22nd, 2010
2:14 pm
I LOVE Girl Scout Cookies. Last year we got a bunch and put them in the freezer until after our wedding (I wanted that dress to look GOOD!). THis year since I am pregnant, I can’t wait to get them and not feel bad about enjoying them since I have not gained much pregnancy weight.
We did not order many boxes this year. My step daughter told us nothing about them and never brought an order form. I think her mom did all of her sales, which my husband and I do not agree with. We finally did add 3 boxes to her order once last call went out and used her not asking us about it as a learning experience on responsibility and accountability. Theresa, I think it is great that the whole family puts the orders together.
julia
February 22nd, 2010
2:19 pm
I know I am not the only one to feel this way but I guess I will be the one to say it. I will NOT go shopping during Walmart / Publix / etc when the tables are set up and you are being attacked by the cookie monsters that stand out there…If I did not buy the cookies on the list from the parents that very nonchalantly lay it on my desk at work… I am not going to buy them every weekend while you stand outside the stores.
JJ
February 22nd, 2010
2:24 pm
FCM – don’t you know it’s Python Hunting Season? there are so many of them being released into the Everglades they have opened season on them. Now apparently, they are invading Georgia….oh yay. Coming soon to your backyard!!!! LOL
Becky
February 22nd, 2010
2:25 pm
Whats wrong with the picture of the snake?
julia
February 22nd, 2010
2:26 pm
JJ you are gonna tick off PETA – we got into a HUGE debate over lil animlas being slaughtered *cough* :)
Tiger needs me on his PR team
February 22nd, 2010
2:29 pm
@Theresa…”How do you stop yourself with that many boxes sitting around?!!”
1. Only eat them in front of a mirror naked (now granted some of the fancier places frown on this)
2. Keep a list of all the blogs topics you’ve posted here how unhappy you are with your weight.
When I’m dieting (which is always to keep the weight off), I keep a picture handy me at the beach several years ago at my WORST and when that plate of nachos is on the table or chips and salsa, I look at the plate, then the picture. It takes about 3 glances and we have a winner. It’s a better appetite suppressor than any pill.
5!!!
February 22nd, 2010
2:44 pm
I doubt PETA would be opposed to the Python hunts. There are apparently 1000s of them messing up the ecosystem down there.
I wish we could hunt the people who import and buy these things in the first place.
julia
February 22nd, 2010
2:48 pm
they oppose everything….
Spacey
February 22nd, 2010
2:52 pm
I’m pregnant and my neighborhood Girl Scout and her wonderful Mother delivered mine on Friday night!
Theresa, I don’t know how you do it. I would eat them all.
BTW – I think someone else pointed this out, but you can donate the cookies. My Girl Scout’s troop is giving their donated cookies to a Domestic Violence center for women and children in Lawrenceville. A lot of the girls mail the cookies to troops. Ask your troop when you see them. If you like the cause, donate a box.
Girl Scouts are a wonderful organization. Worth every penny and calorie in my opinion. :)
BTW – I hate the snake picture too! But, I’m all for shooting them if I don’t have to see it in my backyard.
Tiger needs me on his PR team
February 22nd, 2010
2:52 pm
@Julia…do you hate PETA for their methods or just everything they oppose on principle?
JJ
February 22nd, 2010
2:53 pm
People Eating Tasty Animals?
JJ
February 22nd, 2010
2:54 pm
Wan’t PETA all over PrezBo when he swatted a fly? A FLY for crying out loud.
julia
February 22nd, 2010
2:56 pm
Yea JJ they did … that is why I said they oppose everything…..
No Tiger I dont “hate” them but they do take it way to the extreme.
Tiger needs me on his PR team
February 22nd, 2010
2:59 pm
@Julia..I would agree with, but I also am glad they are there to combat some of the battles against animal cruelty they wage.
julia
February 22nd, 2010
3:05 pm
tiger, it may have been this site but someone threw this out there…. PETA wanted to discontinuing mass production of cows milk, it should come from humans……..
motherjanegoose
February 22nd, 2010
3:06 pm
I love the Samoas (sp?) thin mints and peanut butter. I stopped buying from the girls years ago because my husband is a SUCKER for any darling child selling things.
I used to order my share ( 4-6 boxes) and then another 10 boxes would appear…can we say overboard! So, I am sure we will be getting some but I have no idea who, what, where and when. Out of my control and I will enjoy whatever shows up:).
Busy week for me but ya’ll have fun…I will be on the plane!
Dar
February 22nd, 2010
3:08 pm
Hi, Tiger. I agree that we do need groups like PETA around to remind some of the other bipeds on the planet that they need to be humane. Julia also gets a thumbs up from me on the call that they are too extreme sometimes. I have been a vegetarian (okay, if it weren’t for Vermont cheddar I would be vegan) for decades now, but I do not judge others for what they eat of wear.
Cookies was the topic, but my earlier post never made it on the board, but here is a summary. I do not eat them. I am disturbed by the women in my office who are girl scouts — well, I guess their daughters are and the moms just do all the work. Whatever. I hate having to modify my schedule to avoid grocery shopping during the prime times to get attacked…and I do not appreciate the dirty looks from the hovering moms when I do go to the store in daylight and politely decline to purchase GS cookies.
Tiger needs me on his PR team
February 22nd, 2010
3:09 pm
@julia…I’m not saying they don’t have a fringe element, I’m just saying that they also address some very fair animal cruelty issues as well.
Tiger needs me on his PR team
February 22nd, 2010
3:10 pm
@dar…we are of the same opinion. I think Julia’s criticism of their fringe element is fair.
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
3:13 pm
JJ I am all for hunting snakes. The less there are of them the better. My eldest saw a Moccason at camp last year. Mr. Jim pulled it out of the boys cabin (where it was curled up) and put it in a tree. They showed a picture of it in the slide show at church…you should have heard the congrgation GASP and fidget!! My eldest decided they don’t bother her. When I take her to camp I am on high alert for those suckers, and no I am not going to be a couselor there. She is told clearly to be on alert too (moccason and rattler and coperheads are big in Perry GA). The kids are not allowed to wander too far and she said they are shown how to check the cabins/bunks for them. ME? I would be up all night in a well lit area (like the Holiday Inn).
Becky — nothing wrong with a snake if it is a DEAD one.
I hate the durn things.
julia
February 22nd, 2010
3:14 pm
well I could see this battle, Make this a law, milk for human consumption only comes from humans… NOW you have the animal activates against the rights for HUMANS….. I would pay good money for that fight…
DAR thank you very much… I hate that time of season to go shopping….
julia
February 22nd, 2010
3:15 pm
FCM I feel that way over spiders…. **shudder**
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
3:17 pm
Julia I am going to get MJG to read you “Be Nice to Spiders” !!! LOL
julia
February 22nd, 2010
3:21 pm
FCM to this day I have never seen that spider movie….. never have and never will…… I freaking come UNGLUED over those…. years back, a boyfriend and I were at home depot. I decided to sit out in the jeep. I had the door open but decided to roll down the window… up in the crack was this HUGE black spider smoooshed this side of hell. Girl I let out this scream that has the security running to my aid and jumped out of the jeep a good 5 ft….. the boyfriend came running because he heard me scream….. :)
Becky
February 22nd, 2010
3:25 pm
@FCM..I had snake as a pet once, so guess thats why it didn’t bother me..I’m sqeamish (sp) of rats..
JJ
February 22nd, 2010
3:27 pm
Snakes are the ONLY thing that keep my from buying lakefront property.
Spiders don’t really bother me, unless they jump out at me and scare me. Then my first reaction is to kill them. I had on live in my cabinet for a about three weeks. We had a talk and I told her as long as she stays on her side of the cabinet (under) we would be just fine. One day she jumped out at me, and well, that was it. She broke our agreement. I hope PETA doesn’t come after me…..
julia
February 22nd, 2010
3:28 pm
**sticks fingers in ears repeating rainbows and sunshine – rainbows and sunshine**
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
February 22nd, 2010
3:29 pm
dar i’ll look for it
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
3:41 pm
“Snakes are the ONLY thing that keep my from buying lakefront property.” AMEN
FCM
February 22nd, 2010
3:43 pm
Becky snakes are not pets…there is nothing fun and cuddly about a snake. They make a mighty nice belt, purse, or pair of boots though. :)
julia
February 22nd, 2010
3:46 pm
FCM, the boy asked me last week would I get him a lizard… HMMMMM NOOOOOOOOOOO!
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!! :)
Girl Scout Guy
February 28th, 2010
2:49 pm
Did you know that 100% of all proceeds go directly to your local council? No other non profits can brag of such a track record. The girls who knock on you door, and who sell at your store fronts learn multiple skills that they take with them through life. Did you know that 17 of our 17 lady Senators were Girl Scouts? Did you know that the Girl Scouts of Central Illinois and their community have raised 100,000 packages of Girl Scout Cookies to send to our troops in war zones! God Bless our Girls and God Bless each local Girl Scout Council. Doing the right thing for almost 100 years! Thanks to all who support the girls of their community.
Sunshine
February 28th, 2010
8:52 pm
After looking at 111 cases and another 13 cases on top of that, you get will power to not even want one cookie. Not to mention the work and keeping your mind delivering over 600 boxes with your daughter. I am so ready for this to be over, I am going insane. lol
Sunshine
February 28th, 2010
8:58 pm
I agree with the Girl Scout Guy. It seems like the scouts are the only ones who send to our troops over seas, of course not including the family members who send items over seas as well. Not to mention you see the Girl Scouts standing outside selling in the snow, rain, cold, and whatever else the weather decides to do.