Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for February 16, 2016
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How about instead of paying the high price for the cookies, I don't actually want, I just directly give you the amount you would've received as a cut of my payment, plus a dollar? That way you get more money, no cookies get wasted, and I get the sense of pride for which the cookies merely acted as a conveyance. Sorry ma'am. No can do. I'm working on a merit badge. How can they give you a merit badge for inefficiently moving money from people to organizations? Later... Bureaucracy
Umm…..do you not see the simple solution, young lady. She makes the donation to you, and then that means however many boxes are paid for. YOU can have the cookies. A friend of mine was selling candy bars and a lady told her to keep the candy, so they ate it.