Girl Scout Cookies...Yuckkk!

[johnnymk]

So the girl across the street knocks on my door and asks me if I want to buy some girl scout cookies. I look at the puny pack of assorted cookies and she says $3.50.

Then I look at the ingredients and it says palm oil which gives me major heartburn.

So I turned her down. I guess that's like being a communist, but sorry, I don't need a small handful of treats which gives me acid reflux every time I chew on them.

Besides, I don't know what the girl scouts stand for today.

[chrissy]

What do you mean you don't know what the GS stand for?

[Cubsfan]

Dude, it's like $3.50. If I'm in that situation I just tell the seller to eat them for me.

[MrGreg]

I ordered 6 boxes from the daughter of one of my coworkers last week. I eagerly await thin mint bliss and samoa guilt.

[Jenny]

They aren't nearly as good this year for me cause they switched bakers. Chrissy can explain it if anyone wants to know why.

The caramel delights/samoas are still fabulous. I don't eat the thin mints, so I dunno about those, but the pb patties & the shortbread with chocolate on them are too dry & crispy. :(

[chrissy]

*sigh*

Yes, IF your area council uses ABC baker, they moved and changed ovens. And by doing so, the texture is different. But they are still good :D


We are wrapping up presales - Audrey is just shy of 200 sold so far.

One thing GS is about is leadership. Teaching girls to lead their own way. And giving them the oppertunities to try things they might have never tried or have been able to try without the program. It's for every girl - no matter who or where you are in life.
Audrey loves it that she has had the oppertunities to see things and do things that we don't do as a family. It will also help her with college apps and scholarships. She likes it because it's fun.
And as an adult in GS, I get to watch these girls grow and try things that they didn't know that they could do and succeed. Being there as a mentor and as a good role model is an awsome feeling especially when you know that you might be their only one. And believe me these girls watch our every move and call us out just as much as we do them! (we (our troop) work with 12-18 yr old girls)
Unfortunately, there is a shortage of good leaders in this world - not only in GS. Maybe that will change if more girls get involved in a program that can encourage leadership abilities.

[johnnymk]

What do you mean you don't know what the GS stand for?

The school system and everything else in the world today teaches independence for girls and women. Plus they have tons of sports teams at school where they can learn sportsmanship.

What exactly is the Girl Scouts teaching that they aren't receiving in their every day lives?

I am just curious.

[chrissy]

The school system does not teach independence. My daughter and son have to wear uniforms, walk on the right side of the hall (mikey), walk to the left (so when they get out of classroom 103 and their next class is 101, they have to walk all the way around and out the other set of doors and back into the hallway to get to 101) (audrey).

Not every kid wants to be in a sport. I know mine do not. And not only that, we couldn't afford sports. Even on base, they want $60 per kid to sign up, then theres a uniform charge among others. While sports are good for kids, it's not for everyone. And teams, just like troops are only as good as their leaders/coaches.

I gave examples in the other post for leadership. Some scouts are part of outreach programs. Some troops camp. Some are very earth friendly and do a lot of environmental community services. Some like to travel and raise money to do so.

It's a social group, just like boy scouts. It was actually based on boy scouts a long time ago when Juliette Gordon Low based the program off the ideas of Lord Powell. Each troop is different because it's what the girls want to do.

It's not all just cookies, although it does teach the girls business skills (supply and demand, budgeting, marketing, bookkeeping).

[uncledaddy]

Personally I love those fattening cookies. Especially the Samoas and the PBs. :lick: I do about 20 boxes a year.

[renovation]

The school system and everything else in the world today teaches independence for girls and women. Plus they have tons of sports teams at school where they can learn sportsmanship.

What exactly is the Girl Scouts teaching that they aren't receiving in their every day lives?

I am just curious.
im suprised others haven't jump in here. i think your pulling are leg .or being a smart As- .
but heres a link for you to learn from-http://www.main.org/gsusa/histry.htm

they're been girl scout as long as i can remember .my sister who's 4 years younger then me was one and Im 52. the wife and I were a troops cookie parents for a year when my daughter was in scouts some 18-20 years ago .talk about a house full of cookies. they were pile to the ceiling (no lie).and my wife has worked afternoons most her time or midnight .so i always got to play MR MOM . and cookie time has always been in the winter .lots of fun selling and delivering cookies in the middle of a blizzard ! some store have a policy that you may sell in front of but not in there store or lobby .great fun with 9 to 12 year old girls in a freezing blizzard .the troops make most of there funds for the year off cookie sales. they help pay for field trips ,badges ,craft supplys, camping trips . and the girls learn a lot. in are area were in a very mix wage scale school .we have welfare to kid rocks in are school district and everything inbetween . i wont say kid rock was out there selling girl scout cookies but we did have some other famous people :) and the girls are all treated as the same rich or poor.
if they sold the right number of cookie boxs they get the same prizes as the next. and if they were short the troop /my daughters troop anyway would give them credits needed to reach that prize from the store's cookie sales.

[Sirrich3]

Gotta find me some GS cookies

[johnnymk]

I read an article years ago that whoever makes the cookies use the Girl Scouts as pawns and keep the majority of the profits. I don't know if that's true but I still don't feel obligated to buy them.

Anyway, I was thinking about the girl across the street who was selling the cookies. I really don't like her. I have seen her carelessly handle the family's dogs. Twice she has come to my house and told me her mother NEEDS a ride and demanded that I take her to two different places which weren't close, which I did. I am sure her mother put her up to it, but she has a real attitude which I don't like.

Maybe if it was some other girls in the neighborhood who are real sweet, like the ones directly across the street, I would have bought them. But they still have palm oil which makes me sick.

BTW, google Girl Scout cookies and palm oil. There is a lot of negative comments about their cookies.

Thanks for the info on the Girl Scouts.

[DarkFury]

What do you mean you don't know what the GS stand for?
"Gotta Sell" more dayuum cookies!!! :heh:



But seriously... the Girl Scouts are certified "crack dealers"... except that they don't give ya the first hit for free. :eek:

Stupid addictive cookies... (munch, munch, munch... :munch: cringe... looks around for another box... :eek:

[chrissy]

Johnny, it's like oreos or any other cookie, not everyone is going to like them. We understand that. And I am sorry you have a rude girl living across the street.

Yes, we do have to pay the bakers. There are two companies, ABC and Little Brownie. Each council sets the price of the cookie. This is our break down. We don't do level incentives so more money goes back to the programs from council and troops.

Cookies sell at $3.50 per box:

Troop Profit $ .75
Troop Incentive $ .05
Land, Building and Equipment Fund $ .10
Girl Program $1.55
Cost of Cookies $ .90
Cookie Program Operational Cost $ .15

(and if you want more history on cookie sales http://www.frontiercouncil.org/cookies_nuts/cookie_history.html )

[Prngr44]

What's all this business about independence AND leadership???

They need to be teaching things like ironing and vacuuming and warshing dishes!!

Jeez.

[DarkFury]

Prngr44... I'd suggest that you "duck and run" for cover.



INCOMING!!!!! :eek:

[oblongmelon]

Johnny, it's like oreos or any other cookie, not everyone is going to like them. We understand that. And I am sorry you have a rude girl living across the street.

Yes, we do have to pay the bakers. There are two companies, ABC and Little Brownie. Each council sets the price of the cookie. This is our break down. We don't do level incentives so more money goes back to the programs from council and troops.

Cookies sell at $3.50 per box:

Troop Profit $ .75
Troop Incentive $ .05
Land, Building and Equipment Fund $ .10
Girl Program $1.55
Cost of Cookies $ .90
Cookie Program Operational Cost $ .15

(and if you want more history on cookie sales http://www.frontiercouncil.org/cookies_nuts/cookie_history.html )

IT'S SLAVE LABOR..our gs camp was so run down that there was no hope saving it..the council wanted parents to donate money to polish it up..then I found out that the council used to take trips out west for conventions...compliments of the GS organization..aka THE COOKIES MY TROOP SOLD..no thanks...i never let my own kids sell cookies after that!~

[johnnymk]

What's all this business about independence AND leadership???

They need to be teaching things like ironing and vacuuming and warshing dishes!!

Jeez.

:stupid:

and mowing the lawn, plus shovelling the snow from the sidewalks.

[Jeffbx]

:stupid:

I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to mow the lawn!!

[Prngr44]

:stupid:

I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to mow the lawn!!

Hah!

I remember a fight I had with my parents that ended with me screaming "The only reason you probably had kids was so that WE had to do all the stupid work!!!"

I'm surprised they kept a straight face.

[chrissy]

IT'S SLAVE LABOR..our gs camp was so run down that there was no hope saving it..the council wanted parents to donate money to polish it up..then I found out that the council used to take trips out west for conventions...compliments of the GS organization..aka THE COOKIES MY TROOP SOLD..no thanks...i never let my own kids sell cookies after that!~


That is sad and disgusting that that happened.

When Mt. Charleston got hit with snow a few years back and damaged our camp, our council needed help too. Some families donated, but a couple contractors also donated labor and supplies. I do know that our president does attend the yearly conventions but that would be part of her job. To meet with other councils and the national board.

I dunno. Scouts is scouts. It's for some people, it's not for others. Some people shouldn't be involved in it at all that are involved and vice versa. There will always be bad with the good.