A case of what goes around, comes around in the form of a cookie recipe.
Not a Chain, its a good recipe for great cookies!!! With a good story
behind
it!
THIS IS TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT, AND PLEASE SEND THIS
TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS.
My daughter & I had just finished a salad at the Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas
& decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such cookie
lovers,
we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus Cookie." (EDITORIAL COMMENT:
Neiman's is a VERY EXPENSIVE department store in the States). It was so
excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe &
the waitress said with asmall frown, "I'm afraid not."
"Well," I said, "Would you let me buy the recipe?"
With a cute smile, she said, "Yes.
" I asked how much, and she responded,
"Only two-fifty, it's a great deal!" I said with approval, "Just add it
to my
tab."
Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Neiman-Marcus and
it was
$285.00. I looked again and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two
salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As I glanced at the bottom of the
statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe - $250.00". That's outrageous!!
I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it
was only
"two-fifty," which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars"
by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation of the phrase. Neiman-Marcus refused
to
budge.
They would not refund my money, because, according to them, "What the
waitress
told you is not our problem. You have already seen the recipe - we
absolutely
will not refund your money at this point."
I explained to her the criminal statues which govern fraud in Texas.
State's Attorney General for engaging in fraud. I was basically told,
"Do
what
you want, we don't give a care, and we're not refunding your money."
I waited, thinking of how I could get even, or even try and get any of
my
money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm
going to
have $250.00 worth of fun." I told her that was going to see to it that
every
cookie lover in the United States with an e-mail account has a $250.00
cookie
recipe from Neiman-Marcus...for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't
do
this."
I said, "Well, you should have thought of that before you ripped me
off,"
and slammed down the phone on her. So here it is!!!
Please,please,please pass
it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 forthis...I
don't
want Neiman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this recipe....
NIEMAN-MARCUS COOKIE
(Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter 4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda 2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal* 24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar 1 tsp. salt
1 8-oz. Hershey Bar (grated) 4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
* Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the
butter &
both sugars. Add eggs & vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal,
salt,
baking powder, soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll
into
balls & place 2" apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375
degrees.
Makes 112 cookies.
Have fun!!! This is NOT a joke --- this is a true story. Ride free
citizens!
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