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A PG-13 Version of Girl Scout Cookie selling

WARNING: This post is not suitable for children under the age of 13 and is rated PG-13 for language. Emily is new to Girl Scout's this year, and so it is understandable that she is also new and inexperienced in the art of selling. Unfortunately her salesman of a dad isn't here to teach her his technique so she had to set out on her own. We went to the meeting, learned ALL of the rules, signed my life away on all the forms and now she's ready to begin. So rather than send her door to door, I hand over my phone with an overview of the phone book and the family members she should call to "practice" her little schpill. Most of the conversations went something like this: Family member: "Hello?" Emily: "Hi" Family member: "Oh hi Emily, what are you doing?" Emily: "Uh just selling Girl Scout Cookies." Awkward pause . . . Family member: "Well what kinds do you have?" Emily: "I don't know. Mom what kinds are t...