FREE COOKIE RECIPE
My daughter and I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus
Cafe in Dallas
and decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such
cookie
lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus Cookie".
It was so excellent
that I asked if they would give me the recipe and the waitress
said, with a
small 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
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 that
the waitress said it was "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 statutes which
govern fraud
in Texas. I threatenend to refer them to the Better Business
Bureau and
the State's Attorney General for engaging in fraud. I was
basically told,
"Do what you want, we don't give a crap, and we're not
refunding your
money". I waited a moment, thinking of how I could get even,
or even try
to get any of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks
got my $250.00,
and now I'm going to have $250.00 worth of fun". I told her
that I 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 $250.00 dollars for this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus to
ever get
another penny off of this recipe....
(Recipe may be halved):
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal
(measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder)
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla
Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix
together with
flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate
chips,
Hershey bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches 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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