Girl scouts cookies

[Anonymous]

I cannot stand the overbearing push to get people to buy these at the office. The boss used to have his secretary blast out “friendly” reminders to sign up to buy from his daughter, who was the citywide champ every year. The pathetic quotes from her in the local paper about how her “hard work” pays off were comical. We finally had enough of this and just before the cookie sale deadline the massive sign up sheet disappeared. After a frantic dither to locate it, the message finally got through. About a month later a policy prohibiting this was issued. This is unfair and inappropriate in an employment setting.

[Anonymous]

I will buy then if a kid knocks on my door or is standing outside in the cold selling them. I will not buy from a friend posting on Facebook that their kid is selling them.

I also buy fewer boxes not that I can buy them for a lot less at Aldi or Lidl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is selling cookies online right now with her troop. It is funny and awkward at the same time. Neighbors we barely know stepped in and bought cookies from her. Some other people I could bet would support her didn’t come through yet

You sent the link to the neighbors? Or you put it in their mailboxes? Either way, yeah it’s awkward. I didn’t let my daughter do this. They aren’t really supporting her. Her troop is getting cents for each box.

[Anonymous]

I personally adore Carmel delites and thin mints. I can take or leave the rest.

It's a good experience for the girls and gives the troops money for activities, as well as giving council money to supplement camps and other activities.

And they are a whole lot better than the random raffle tickets for gift card wreaths or crappy baskets that seem to be all the rage this year with dance teams and bands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is selling cookies online right now with her troop. It is funny and awkward at the same time. Neighbors we barely know stepped in and bought cookies from her. Some other people I could bet would support her didn’t come through yet

You sent the link to the neighbors? Or you put it in their mailboxes? Either way, yeah it’s awkward. I didn’t let my daughter do this. They aren’t really supporting her. Her troop is getting cents for each box.

Our troop earned over $2000 from cookie sales, and we're about as low-key as you can get with cookies. Not all families can just pay for troop activities, so cookies really are a vital part of the funding for most troops.

[Anonymous]

I don’t plan to buy any this year. If my tween and teen want them, they can use their money to buy a box or two. I used to love Think Mints, but as I have gotten older, I have lost my taste for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is selling cookies online right now with her troop. It is funny and awkward at the same time. Neighbors we barely know stepped in and bought cookies from her. Some other people I could bet would support her didn’t come through yet

You sent the link to the neighbors? Or you put it in their mailboxes? Either way, yeah it’s awkward. I didn’t let my daughter do this. They aren’t really supporting her. Her troop is getting cents for each box.

Our troop earned over $2000 from cookie sales, and we're about as low-key as you can get with cookies. Not all families can just pay for troop activities, so cookies really are a vital part of the funding for most troops.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot stand the overbearing push to get people to buy these at the office. The boss used to have his secretary blast out “friendly” reminders to sign up to buy from his daughter, who was the citywide champ every year. The pathetic quotes from her in the local paper about how her “hard work” pays off were comical. We finally had enough of this and just before the cookie sale deadline the massive sign up sheet disappeared. After a frantic dither to locate it, the message finally got through. About a month later a policy prohibiting this was issued. This is unfair and inappropriate in an employment setting.

Former Troop Leader here. I agree that it's not appropriate at the workplace. It's unethical for a manager trying to get subordinates to buy them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a Girl Scout dad, I sell at work but I always have my daughter give me a message to put in the email about why she's selling and what she gets out of Girl Scouts. If people say they want cookies I send them the link to her site which has another message from her. I want her doing all much selling as possible.

But I'll also say people definitely want them. A friend passed along my daughter's link to one of her friends and that person bought 20 boxes from a girl she's never met.

My office banned parents selling their children's cookies. Wrapping paper, peanuts. Etc. as they should. You want to believe that the employees in your office want these cheap cookies. They feel forced because you are the boss and they look cheap and mean for not supporting your snowflake.

Perhaps in your office this was necessary, I have no idea. In my office, my daughter sells cookies to a small number of people (usually about three out of thirty employees) usually only people who expressly ask to be reminded about cookie season, and she's never sold to anyone who reported to me (but she always sells to my boss). I don't expect to change your mind at all on this, but in my experience, your comment seems quite silly.

In my experience, you sound like an entitled jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will buy then if a kid knocks on my door or is standing outside in the cold selling them. I will not buy from a friend posting on Facebook that their kid is selling them.

I also buy fewer boxes not that I can buy them for a lot less at Aldi or Lidl.

The most cookies my daughter ever sold was when she went door to door in the snow. Everyone was home, felt sorry for her, and bought a ridiculous amount!

[Anonymous]

I will buy from most girls I come across. I was a Girl Scout and then my dd was a Girl Scout until she left for college. Selling cookies helped her in so many ways. She became more confident in public speaking, she learned how to interact with the public, how to make a sales pitch, money skills, budgeting and working towards a big goal over multiple years of selling cookies. Are the cookie more expensive than the version in the store, yes. But, I enjoy them and want these girls to continue in Girl Scouts.

[Anonymous]

No. The friends' kids who sell them are so far away they'd have to mail them to me. Plus I think they're overpriced and I find the kids annoying so I don't buy them in person.

[Anonymous]

I was never a Girl Scout but I love the cookies! One of the (very few) things I miss about commuting was the girls who set up their table at the metro station so I could easily buy a ton of cookies on the way home. Now I have send out emails to my neighbourhood listserv to find out who selling and deal with doing things online (annoying).

[Anonymous]

I donate via the “buy cookies for the Troops” option. I do this for my daughter so that we can avoid the awkward pushiness of hounding friends and family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot stand the overbearing push to get people to buy these at the office. The boss used to have his secretary blast out “friendly” reminders to sign up to buy from his daughter, who was the citywide champ every year. The pathetic quotes from her in the local paper about how her “hard work” pays off were comical. We finally had enough of this and just before the cookie sale deadline the massive sign up sheet disappeared. After a frantic dither to locate it, the message finally got through. About a month later a policy prohibiting this was issued. This is unfair and inappropriate in an employment setting.

Your a foul one, cookie Grinch
As an employee, you're a Geek!
Technically you're lacking
With the girl scouts, you have no backing,
Cookie Griinnn-inch!!