She Ordered Girl Scout Cookies And Now There’s A Whole Bunch Of Drama Around It
After being asked, “do you want to buy some Girl Scout Cookies?” this mom just got swindled out of Tagalongs and Thin Mints.
As a working mom, fundraisers of any kind are tough for me. I want to promote socialization, responsibility, and accountability with my children.
Still, sometimes there is not enough time in a day to go door to door and convince your neighbors to buy chocolate bars and wrapping paper.
Covid has made it more difficult because I don’t want to let the kids go to strangers’ houses (while I wait at the curb), and people don’t even want to open their doors unless it’s an Amazon delivery person.
Luckily, organizations like the Girls Scouts of the USA have made it very easy to get the cookies we love with or without visiting the local hardware or grocery store.
Instead, you can buy cookies and have them shipped directly or find a local cookie stand here.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t so easy for this lady. She ordered her cookies from a local Girl Scout’s mom, that posted a link to a Facebook mom’s group.
A week later, she got a notification from the Girls Scouts of the USA’s web page, letting her know her cookies were ready.
A few days later, the Girl Scout’s mother told her that not all the cookies she ordered were available and suggested she “donate” the payment she made in place of cookies. She politely declined and tried to coordinate the delivery of substitute cookies.
KCULP – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purpose only, not the actual person
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It was one excuse after another. “I don’t hear anything for a week or two, and then she messages me to coordinate “delivery” but doesn’t want to come to my house because it’s too far.”
So, she tried to get Girl Scout mom to meet her halfway, but Girl Scout mom didn’t even bother to get back to her.
An entire month goes by, and still no cookies. So is this lady a terrible person for filing a ticket with the Girls Scouts of the USA and blocking the girl’s mother on Facebook?
“I don’t want her innocent daughter to get in trouble or whatever happens with that (I’m not sure how that works?), but I also don’t want to be out $35 and cookie-less.”
Read the original post on Reddit here.
Dear Cookie-less, You are not terrible. You did the right thing. Sure, she could have run out of the flavors you ordered, but she could coordinate with another scout mom or troop leader and get the missing cookies.
After looking at the Digital Cookie Support platform on the Girls Scouts of the USA website, it says, “in-person delivery requires approval by a girl’s parent. If your request is approved, you’ll receive an email. If your order is not approved within 5 days, your order will default to the secondary option you chose during checkout, and you’ll receive a notification.”
You paid for the cookies, and the mom should have delivered them to your doorstep. This mom is not representing the ethics and the standards of the Girls Scouts of the USA, and she’s setting a poor example for her daughter. It’s not the kid’s fault.
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