Girl Scout Cookies???
That is the question.
SD10, a notorious thief, and her BM, also a notorious thief, were in charge of ordering some Girl Scout Cookies. Unfortunately, our customers (all of our friends, family and neighbors) pre-paid. Big mistake.
Here we sit and watch all of these other people getting their cookies already and we wonder, where are ours??? We have people asking us when their cookies will be coming in.
Oh, how I wish I knew...
Oh wait. Now I do know. They were never ordered. Yup.
BM texts my DH today asking for the order forms. Umm. SD10 has them - and they should have been turned in a long time ago. BM tells my DH that the money is due. Apparently she needed to be reminded that all of the customers on our end already pre-paid and the money was already given to her.
Oh shit.
This is going to be a disaster. :jawdrop:
My MIL proposed a horrible (but extremely viable) visual of how this is going to go down:
BM is going to claim she never got the order sheet from my DH. Thus, all of those people who pre-paid on our end, are not going to get their cookies, BM will have kept their money, and my DH and I will end up having to reimburse everyone who pre-paid.
I pray to God that this is not what happens. I hate to admit how feasible of a situation it is.
Oh crap. :sick:
Disclaimer: before anyone jumps on me for allowing customers to pre-pay, while knowing that there was a high chance that the money was going to disappear:
I have disengaged from raising my skids and trying to "fix" their problems. Would I have allowed customers to pre-pay? Nope. But it wasn't me that was helping SD10 get the orders - it was my DH. HE didn't think twice about it. Now HE will have to fix this.
I will just be super pissed about the money to reimburse coming out of our pocket. Any suggestions on how to get the BM to take responsibility? Remember, we are dealing with a woman that have NEVER taken responsibility for ANYTHING in her life. How would we prove she was given the money and the order form????
Oy.
I sure hope those cookies were ordered and none of this scary scenario comes to fruition...
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If people prepaid via check,
If people prepaid via check, I think their bak can tell where it was cashed (bank and account number). Plus they'll also see who signed the back. If people prepaid with cash....you are screwed, I think.
No checks, just cash. Checks
No checks, just cash. Checks would have been perfect!!!
Even if they do that, BM can
Even if they do that, BM can still say DH never gave them to her. And then it becomes a he said/she said.
Yeah, the "He said/she said"
Yeah, the "He said/she said" is going to be what has us coughing up money to all of OUR family, friends and neighbors. They shouldn't, and won't, have to suffer because of this. In a better scenario, we could then turn to BM to reimburse us for having to re-pay everyone. In something closer to reality: we will never see that money again.
You know, I sure do hope that I am just "jumping to conclusions" on all of this. Perhaps I should be giving SD10 and BM some benefit of doubt.
If history hadn't taught me to not trust either of them, maybe I would be capable of that.
Please oh please just let her have ordered the cookies...
I thought the GS didn't ALLOW
I thought the GS didn't ALLOW the girls to "pre-collect" the money.
Is there any way you can just have your own order form and collect the funds when due? Or keep the funds from your friends and family until it's actually time to collect?
Sucks. Sorry.
"I thought the GS didn't
"I thought the GS didn't ALLOW the girls to "pre-collect" the money."
Personally, I know nothing of how the Girl Scouts operate. I have a bio-son and he wasn't at all interested in the Boy Scouts.
"Is there any way you can just have your own order form and collect the funds when due?"
We did have our own order form. Our friends, family and neighbors ordered on that sheet. We made a copy of it and gave the original to BM. Fortunately, we know who ordered what and who pre-paid, etc.
"Or keep the funds from your friends and family until it's actually time to collect?"
Too late. The money was given to the BM with the original order sheet. Bad move on my DH's part.
"Sucks."
Indeed!!!
UPDATE: I went on the Girl
UPDATE:
I went on the Girl Scout website and looked up when the cookies in our area should have been delivered. Apparently, they should have been delivered between March 3rd and March 8th. So the BM should have a huge box of cookies to hand over to my DH when he drops the SS10 off this afternoon.
If she doesn't give him some cookies, there is some shady shit going on.
That is some shady stuff.
That is some shady stuff. Even if BM won't pay up, you should force SD to apologize to every single person, perhaps even have to do chores to repay them for their cookie money. Maybe the humiliation of it all will make her think twice again. She has probably never been held accountable for her actions before.
I wish you the best of luck in this. I hope BM hands over the cookies today.
"Even if BM won't pay up, you
"Even if BM won't pay up, you should force SD to apologize to every single person, perhaps even have to do chores to repay them for their cookie money. Maybe the humiliation of it all will make her think twice again."
Hmmm. I think that making her work off the stolen money is a great idea! We couldn't do it with the neighbors, but we do have some family members that would "play along" in order to try to teach her a lesson. Making her apologize to everyone is also a great idea!! THANK YOU!!!
"She has probably never been held accountable for her actions before."
She is when she is at our house. Unfortunately, (or fortunately?) she is only with us 4 days per month. Our influence is short-lived. The psycho, lying and stealing BM has the most influence over the skids. Yuck. They don't stand a snowballs chance in hell.
"I hope BM hands over the cookies today."
Me too! I should find out within the next few minutes! I am so stressed about it.
UPDATE: Ok, my DH was given
UPDATE:
Ok, my DH was given the Girl Scout Cookies. Looks like i got myself all worked up over nothing. I'm glad!
Like I said, I should probably try to give the SD10 and BM the benefit of doubt, but they haven't earned it. Glad it worked out this time though, because there were just way too many people involved.
(((PHEW))))
Crisis averted. This time.
I really can't blame you for
I really can't blame you for jumping to the conclusion that this was going to blow up in your face. I would guess that just about all of us on here can relate to it in one way or another. I am glad it worked out for you this time. But definitely don't let anyone tell you that you were wrong to worry or that you never have to worry in the future. Past behavior is an excellent indicator of future behavior and one issue working out is no where near enough to earn trust!
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
Our BM definitely would have
Our BM definitely would have stolen the money!! Glad it worked out for you!!
Yeah, exactly. Thank you!
Yeah, exactly. Thank you!