Cookie Caper

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My daughter and I had just finished a salad at Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx Cafe in Dallas and decided to have a small dessert.   Because both of us are such cookie lovers we decided to try the "Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx 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 Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx and it as $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 Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx's Accounting Department and told them the waitress said it was "two-fifty" which clearly does not mean "two hundred fifty" by any * possible * interpretation of the phrase. Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx 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, and I threatened 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, thinking of how I could get even, or even try and get 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 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 Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx ... 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 then I slammed down the phone on her.

So here it is !!!

Please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of.

I paid $250 dollars for this and  I don't want Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx to *ever* get another penny off of this recipe.

"Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx Cookie"

(Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter

Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder. 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 ~

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A note from Sunshine:   Special thanks to Katty Kane who emailed me this story .... please note that the cafe's name has been edited so as to save my butt !!

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