Day 65 - Girl Scout Cookies

Joel and Tiffany vs. Girl Scouts
 
Nobody can resist Girl Scout cookies, unless you are a sociopath and/or are otherwise completely devoid of human desire.  Every year around this time, Joel and I employ a basic defense when it comes to going to local destinations...like the grocery store.  The first and most important step in achieving success is that we have already purchased cookies from a co-worker or friend's kid.  If this has not happened (ergo we are suffering from an absence of Girl Scout cookies), then all bets are off.


Here are the few simple steps that we have discovered which might help you survive Girl Scout Season.

1. Avoid the entrance that the Girl Scouts have secured.
2. If Girl Scouts are present at all entrances, consider another shopping location.
3. If this is not an option due to time constraints and/or high probability that Girl Scouts have infiltrated every nearby grocery option, then adhere to the following protocols:
1. While making your way into the establishment, maintain eye contact with one another with utmost focus and self control.
2. If cute girl comes up and directly questions one of you, break eye contact momentarily only to mention that you have already purchased cookies. 
3. If cute girl persists with aggressive sales tactics, such as "You can never have enough girl scout cookies" or "Oh...okay...thank you for supporting us and have a great day.", break eye contact.  Spouse with less or no cash runs into the store immediately and leaves the other behind with no remorse.  Spouse with cash stays to negotiate.  Negotiate means "buy as many boxes as you can with the amount of cash that you have".
4. Enjoy Girl Scout Cookies with reckless abandon.

So far this year, this flawless strategy has kept us at six boxes and going strong.  Until we run out of Do-si-dos...