Comments | aruarian_dancer: Kid's Fund Raiser

aruarian_dancer

Kid's Fund Raiser

Jan 17, 2009 09:52

They call it Rock-a-thon. All they do is that they put kids in the gym with a rocking chair for each, with TVs, video games, radios, snacks, drinks, blankets, and pillows, etc., and let them play all day from 10 AM to 5 PM today. As I dropped my daughter off at the middle school, the gym looks like an emergency evacuation shelter. It was utter ( Read more... )

rant, fund raiser, school, ugly truth about girl scout cookies

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kogepant January 18 2009, 05:56:23 UTC

And don't forget that while the price was going up, the size of those cookies was going down.

It's funny. They all say "Girlscout exclusive" but you can find thin mints anywhere. They're called "Grasshoppers" and they're made by the little Keebler elves. 8D

aruarian_dancer January 18 2009, 06:58:41 UTC

You're so right about the negative correlation of price and cookie size! XD

It's high time that someone should do an exposé on this. :D

kogepant January 18 2009, 16:19:31 UTC

Oh, I used to sell girlscout cookies some 20 years ago. I remember. They used to be huge with MANY cookies in the box. Now they're all "Here's your 10 cookies in that three dollar and seventy five cent box." Eff that.

aruarian_dancer January 18 2009, 16:40:15 UTC

My daughter was a Girl Scout until 3 years ago. So many people bought the overpriced cookies, but man, I have to admit it felt like I was ripping people off.

Some moms and dads sold over one thousand boxes per season (mostly by appealing to the people of their church)! I don't miss their annual fund raiser at all.

kogepant January 18 2009, 05:59:44 UTC

ps

And as soon as I finish replying to your entry, I head over to postsecret.com and see this:

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aruarian_dancer January 18 2009, 06:59:12 UTC

I remember when my van looked like that. Hahaha.