An enterprising San Diego Girl Scout recently sold more than 300 boxes of her cookies in six hours by positioning herself outside a marijuana dispensary. While the Scouts and authorities discuss the legality and propriety of her action, I can’t help thinking of an equally smart scout here in Thornton, Colo. She stationed herself in front of a carry-out pizza parlor on Super Bowl Sunday. I know that because my son bought some cookies from her in addition to his pizzas. I don’t know how many boxes she sold, but I thought it was a great idea. (I know, I know, parents probably come up with these ideas, but sales are sales and the Scouts are a great cause.)
I have a Brownie in my family… and I will definitely pass her these information! Smart and hilarious !
Too bad the Super Bowl is only one day a year. Anybody selling cookies in front of my supermarket on Super Bowl weekend would have made a fortune. But the pizza parlors and any place selling wings would have been even better.
Good for her!
It’s hard to believe anyone is questioning her actions. It’s not like she was inside the shop or anything.
I took my little daughters into a sorority house one time during cookie sales. Of course, now my girls are all in their 30’s…..
How’d that go? I’d expect a very supportive response, plus snacks are everywhere on a college campus.
Some kids just have a sixth sense—they start so early!
And they grow up so fast!
Clever – half of sales is knowing where to place the product. Got a grin out of this second successful location. (Parents may help, but kids are pretty smart and observant these days….makes it hard on other scouts that didn’t grab the idea first – they have sales contests now for top seller.)
I think the extent of my ideas would be in front of the local supermarket, where people are already in food-buying mode. I’m still not sure why a pot shop was such a great spot.
munchies – and it was just so humorous and weird to see a Girl Scout by a pot dispensary.
I think they’ve found another good spot locally is outside an exercise place.
Hmm, two ways to figure that. Either people work up an appetite when exercising … or they are fitness minded and wouldn’t go near a cookie. Regardless, I could never say no to a scout selling cookies and I wish them all the best.
We hand ours off to a local mom/military moms group that ships them to troops. She started years ago when her son requested some and now it’s a big local thing.
Oh that’s a great idea! Can’t do enough for our troops.
Scout leaders can be a narrow minded lot.
I recall they gave me the boot on the first day, I attended the cubs meeting, just because I sneaked out from the meeting, climbed upon the roof and blew all the fuses in the light box, and the lights went out.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
I lasted2 meetings of the Boys Brigade, and then nobody else would have me, can’t for the life of me understand why, even to this day. I thought they were supposed to encourage boys with initiative
Initiative and ingenuity! What a bargain they missed out on. Oh well, their loss.
well that’s open to conjecture 😀