Damn little crack dealers. (thoroughly tongue-in-cheek)
It is great to see young ladies learning entrepreneurial spirit, and lessons that you often don't learn until you are deep into B-school. There are plenty of marketing lessons taught through these practical hands on.
Aha. That anxious avoidance response must explain why, in a similar facedown, I not only succumbed to the sweet little cookie sharks but got ripped off. When I tried to buy 2 boxes for 12 dollars by holding out a twenty, she exclaimed “oh, you can buy 3 boxes with that”. Assuming that was a volume discount I meekly said “throw in some Thin Mints”. I grabbed my 3 boxes of New Years Resolution ending treats and walked away wondering what just happened to me!
Oh man, I used to be part of the Girl Scout Cookie Industrial Complex. One reason it survives year after year is that the Girl Scouts uses the money wisely, with a lot of it going back to the seller's troop, where the girls have some say in how it gets spent. It's a great lesson for them on the front end (selling) and on the back end (budgeting to use the proceeds). Of course the older girls budget while the younger girls are the best sellers. When my daughter was in kindergarten, she sold 100 boxes in the blink of an eye, she was just that adorable. There are a lot of great volunteer Moms making it all happen.
I stopped buying from the kids when two people at work were selling for their offering and got into a nasty row about it. Seriously? Like anyone has a monopoly on selling at work. I went online after that.
Damn little crack dealers. (thoroughly tongue-in-cheek)
It is great to see young ladies learning entrepreneurial spirit, and lessons that you often don't learn until you are deep into B-school. There are plenty of marketing lessons taught through these practical hands on.
Aha. That anxious avoidance response must explain why, in a similar facedown, I not only succumbed to the sweet little cookie sharks but got ripped off. When I tried to buy 2 boxes for 12 dollars by holding out a twenty, she exclaimed “oh, you can buy 3 boxes with that”. Assuming that was a volume discount I meekly said “throw in some Thin Mints”. I grabbed my 3 boxes of New Years Resolution ending treats and walked away wondering what just happened to me!
Oh man, I used to be part of the Girl Scout Cookie Industrial Complex. One reason it survives year after year is that the Girl Scouts uses the money wisely, with a lot of it going back to the seller's troop, where the girls have some say in how it gets spent. It's a great lesson for them on the front end (selling) and on the back end (budgeting to use the proceeds). Of course the older girls budget while the younger girls are the best sellers. When my daughter was in kindergarten, she sold 100 boxes in the blink of an eye, she was just that adorable. There are a lot of great volunteer Moms making it all happen.
I stopped buying from the kids when two people at work were selling for their offering and got into a nasty row about it. Seriously? Like anyone has a monopoly on selling at work. I went online after that.
And the season is too short!