Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed P Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Anyone having a Tupperware party? Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 21:16:10 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <9042e51c7560132bfecc5ea0b9a2fab0@www.novabbs.com> <67ec5f7d$0$849533$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <67ec8857$0$2783$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <70ZHP.131995$Xq5f.71434@fx38.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2025 03:16:11 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5da2bcdd4f5d23b3637a136d44761e79"; logging-data="943753"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+AO0RqWegKcZRGEcRh4acOCyPwfg/TCLc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wyH1FA6pUFQhE7vscLXsZOO6aa0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2045 On 4/4/2025 7:07 PM, Jill McQuown wrote: >> > I did wonder why it wasn't the kids who were doing the selling rather > than the parents.  Okay, let's not get into a discussion about how kids > couldn't go door-to-door because the boogie man down the block might get > them.  There are other ways to sell, including setting up stands outside > of grocery stores (I thought that's what the Girl Scouts did.)  These > kids shoved the duty off onto their parents; take this sales sheet to > work.  Do our job for us. > > Jill Maybe. Could be the parent at fault. My kid is wonderful and I want to be sure they are the top seller in the class so I'll take over.