""I don't think that Girl Scouts should be allowed to sell cookies through their adult social media accounts," TikTok creator Carly begins in her video. "I know that it's not, you know, 2003, whatever, anymore, and social media is a big thing. Totally get it. It just defeats the whole purpose of selling Girl Scout cookies." She recalls when she was a Girl Scout and her mom was her troop leader."
"Her mom had she wear a button to school that said, "I sell Girl Scout cookies." Her mom instructed her to go up to her teachers or classmates and say, "Would you like to buy some Girl Scout cookies?" with the order form. Her mom also had a list of people with their phone numbers who she thought would be interested in buying some cookies, and she made her call them and ask for orders."
Allowing adults to sell Girl Scout cookies through personal social media bypasses direct interpersonal sales and diminishes opportunities for girls to practice solicitation and customer interaction. Traditional cookie sales required scouts to wear promotional buttons, approach teachers and classmates with order forms, and personally ask potential buyers for orders. Troop leaders often curated contact lists and instructed scouts to call potential customers, reinforcing sales skills. Transactions arranged by adults on social platforms can become impersonal, leaving scouts out of face-to-face exchanges and reducing practice in communication and confidence-building. Some buyers report receiving cookies without any interaction with the scout, illustrating how adult-led online sales can remove the scout from the exchange. Such shifts are seen as undermining the educational purpose of the cookie program.
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