What is the fascination with Girl Scout Cookies???

[dyjack]

Re: What is the fascination with Girl Scout Cookies???

Didn't have time to read the whole thread but....

I bought about 10 boxes of cookies this year from relatives and coworkers. Never touched a single box. Each of the troops had a program where you purchase the cookies and they are shipped to members of the military overseas. They never once came into the house. And that was a VERY good thing.

[Kandimom]

Re: What is the fascination with Girl Scout Cookies???

OK, I'm going to be the Lone Ranger here, but I am a Girl Scout mom, troop leader and Cookie Mom for our troop. I've had over 2400 boxes in my possession for the past month and have been able to resist, because I'm committed to changing my lifestyle. BUT.....

It's really not necessary to hurt the girls if you don't want to buy. A simple "No Thank you" suffices, and my troop girls (all 15 Kinder-4th graders) are trained to smile and say "Thank you" even if you don't buy. We offer the option of donating boxes that are sent to troops if someone doesn't want the cookies themselves, and the girls and troop leaders have no control whatsoever in the cookies that their council chooses to sell. Several leaders in our area lamented the fact that our council chose to quit selling the one sugar-free cookie we had, but the choice was not ours. So please people, be nice. If you don't want them, just say smile and say no, or offer a dollar toward their "Gift of Caring" boxes (ours go to specific soldiers, but other troops in other areas choose their own recipients).