How to win friends and influence people

By BETH WHEELOCK ( Contact )   Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 1:57 p.m.

Put girl scout cookies on the food table in the newsroom.

You're welcome.

reader COMMENTS (34)
DiGriz
Nov 22, 2009 at 10:04 p.m.
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"The book is much better than the cookies, trust me!"
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Why would anyone trust you? You obviously didn't even read the book, kleej.

BostonBill
Nov 20, 2009 at 6:38 p.m.
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LOL I like that.

turkeyman
Nov 20, 2009 at 2:05 p.m.
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BostonBill
About as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs

freeradical
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:16 a.m.
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There is no spoon.

BostonBill
Nov 19, 2009 at 10:10 p.m.
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Just wondering...does "turkeyman" get nervous at this time of the year?

gazettefan
Nov 19, 2009 at 2:21 p.m.
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turkeyman, you are correct. Cookies was Buttermilk's stunt double.

gocrew
Nov 19, 2009 at 1:20 p.m.
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No customers....Standing on the corner...bad economy...Must resist the urge to ask further.

gocrew
Nov 19, 2009 at 1:09 p.m.
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What kind of business do you have that you have to stand on the corner?

turkeyman
Nov 19, 2009 at 12:01 p.m.
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gazettefan
Wasn't it Buttermilk?

gocrew
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:28 a.m.
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Glad that MOST people here have a sense of humor. Maybe if SOME people would spend more time interacting with the CUSTOMERS they DO have instead of having to post something on every blog written, they would have more customers.

gazettefan
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:09 a.m.
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The argument that followed from Dale Carnegie's bucking of the line at that Huntington Place Singers' concert ended with each of us calling the other an annoying know-it-all. Of course only one us was correct.

A sad side note to this contretemps is that it had an odd and negative spill-over effect on my crush on Dale Evans, who, if memory serves me well, had a horse named Cookies.

rstricker
Nov 19, 2009 at 10:19 a.m.
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Dale Carnegie doesn't "feel like" he has cookies.

gazettefan
Nov 19, 2009 at 10:01 a.m.
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Kleej, you had me until you said, "trust me."

Kleej
Nov 19, 2009 at 9:14 a.m.
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The book is much better than the cookies, trust me!

gocrew
Nov 19, 2009 at 7:52 a.m.
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Hannah,

You are blaming the economy because you have nobody to talk to?

gocrew
Nov 19, 2009 at 6:35 a.m.
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I don't have a newsroom, but I have plenty of table space...

gazettefan
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:15 p.m.
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Steve, whatever you do, don't use the "But I don't feel like I'm married." line.

bwheelock
Nov 18, 2009 at 8:20 p.m.
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So...Steve...why don't you stop by the newsroom sometime? And bring cookies!

steveknox
Nov 18, 2009 at 6:38 p.m.
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But I'm not near a newsroom? Will any room do?

gazettefan
Nov 18, 2009 at 5:40 p.m.
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One time I saw Dale Carnegie buck the line at a Huntington Place Singers concert.

rstricker
Nov 18, 2009 at 5 p.m.
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::hides cookies when hannah walks by::

garyprimer
Nov 18, 2009 at 4:45 p.m.
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I found the story to be warm, folksy, and to the point, thank you berry munch.

sannio
Nov 18, 2009 at 4:01 p.m.
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Makes perfect sense to me.

bwheelock
Nov 18, 2009 at 3:51 p.m.
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It just made everyone cheerful and claiming to be my best friend. And all it took was a box of Caramel deLites. (Or Samoas, if you're in a different part of the country)

Zoom
Nov 18, 2009 at 3:31 p.m.
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hannah, BLOGS don't have a specific format. Sheesh. This article isn't posted in the news section.

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