Our Girl Guide and Brownie unit was selling cookies today in front of the Metro at Liberty Village. We had our cartons of cookies stacked in a little display near the store's entrance. The girls were carrying a box in each hand (later reduced to only one box carried with both hands because too many boxes were getting dropped), eager to display their wares and sell them to interested customers. Each time anyone came approached the door, the girls would ask, in the sweetest way they could, and often in unison, "Would you like to buy some Girl Guide cookies?"
Lots of people did. In fact, we completely ran out of cookies about 10 minutes before the girls were getting picked up by their parents. It was great.
But of course, not everyone bought cookies. Lots of people walked right past us. Some were busy talking on their phones. Some completely ignored us.
And some would say "No, thank you." or "Sorry, I've already bought a bunch of cookies from my (friend/niece/grand daughter/etc.)" or "No, thanks, but good luck on the campaign!" and they would smile.
We appreciated that.
It also made a difference.
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