It's the Girl Scouts' fault I gained 3 pounds in the last 10 days. Thin Mints? Ha! They don't make you thin! Even with fewer cookies to a box this year, one can eat the whole box in two or three sittings. And, they are everywhere!
Cute little uniformed Girl Scouts push their minty treats at the entrance to stores, gyms, and offices. If it isn't the Scout herself tempting passers by with cookies, it's her parents.
Do we really need Scout mommies bringing the order forms, or, even worse, the cookies themselves, into work? How much time is spent selling the cookies, collecting the funds, and delivering them office-to-office? Are the parents a little more pushy than the Scouts? Actually, I understand their plight, as I'd be pushing to get rid of them too; otherwise, 3 pounds would be 33 pounds.
There's been a lot of talk lately about the pressure to buy Girl Scout cookies at work. I wonder if the buyers really feel pressure, or are they using it as an excuse for their purchases? To get the cookie pusher off your back, you could buy one box. Buying 5 boxes then saying you felt pressured is a little silly.
Plus, we're all grown ups at work. Shouldn't we be able to say a polite, "No thank you" when invited to purchase cookies? If someone working with me couldn't say "No" to something like that, I just might question his decision-making ability overall. Would he be able to resist a vendor asking for a price increase? Would she negotiate a fair rate with a supplier? I wonder...
Plus, oh, one more plus...
What is the company supposed to do? Ban the sale of Girl Scout cookies in the workplace? Why punish the people who want the cookies, just because someone cannot say "No" on their own? I'm not sure CEOs or HR VPs have time these days to police the sale of cookies. Not sure I want them spending their time that way either.
What do you think? Is selling Girl Scout cookies at work a problem? Do you have a solution?
My cookies are finished. Now I'm going to blame the Girl Scouts for the extra time at the Y!
Kelly Tyler posts experiences and stories which help readers improve their workplace performance.
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