How many boxes of Girl Scout cookies have you bought this
year? I’m already up to three. And they haven’t even started selling their
leftover boxes yet. I stupidly ordered two boxes from one Girl Scout, and when
another one came around the office—well, I couldn’t just say “no,” right? I
haven’t been on the receiving end of the GS sales pitch yet, and I have to say
. . . IT’S SO MUCH PRESSURE! If every single one of my coworkers brought in
their daughters, I would buy 32 boxes of cookies, if not more.
I used to be a Girl Scout, so I totally understand the pain
of not wanting to talk to strangers, much less sell them a beard of crumbs. And
so when they wander around with their shy eyes and ugly uniforms, my wallet
practically falls out of my purse. They don’t even need to ask me if I want
cookies. They don’t even need to make eye contact! All they have to do is come
within fifteen feet and I’m buying another box of Caramel Delights (or Samoas,
if you’re from St. Louis).
Girl Scout:
[Around the corner]
Me: [Sniffing the
air] Oh god, not again.
Girl Scout:
[Turns corner]
Me: [Covering
eyes] Damn you, tiny cookie troll! Haven’t you made me fat enough already!?
Girl Scout:
You’re not fat . . .
Me: [Stink eye]
Girl Scout: I
like your hair.
Me: Give me two
boxes of Shortbread.
Girl Scout:
[Under her breath] Sucker.
Me: What was
that?
Girl Scout: What
about a box of our new mango cookies?
Me: [Stink eye] Mango cookies?
Girl Scout: I
think you’re cool.
Me: I’ll take
three boxes of those mango cookies too.
Does anyone else feel my pain? How do they get away with
swindling us every single year?
p.s. I would never actually buy a box of mango cookies. What
the hell is that about?
Ha. I love this.
ReplyDeleteI was that Girl Scout. Even sold more than 100 boxes to one person a few years in a row. Just bringing that order form to my Dad's office was like gold. Towards the end I didn't even go around the neighborhood.
You know, you can freeze the cookies and they keep for a long time. (That's the winning line).
I would've been so jealous of you in my girl scouting days. I could hardly sell five boxes to my FAMILY. My cookies won't last long enough to freeze. But that is good to know. :)
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