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Originally Posted by scottmandue

I feel boy/girl scouts are great organizations... however the whole selling of merchandise thing is getting out of hand...

I would like to buy groceries without being ambushed by some cute kid giving me puppy eyes and begging me to buy overpriced cookies/candy.

Of the parents cruising the office pandering their wears...

I have learned to pull my "diabetic" card", works every time!

Boy scouts was a blessing to me... growing up I sucked at sports so it was great to learn there are ways to get exercise even if I didn't know how to throw/catch/hit a ball, and learned first aid/survival skill too!

My son did one year in Boy Scouts, it was terrible. They did obscure crap like study the food pyramid to earn worthless patches. The local leadership was a joke. He joined thinking that he would be getting to go camping, fishing, shooting .22s at summer camp, etc. He did all of that stuff........with me. I finally convinced him that Boy Scouts were not required to have outdoor fun. I know this is a failure of the local leadership, lots of people have great experiences in Boy Scouts.

BTW, at least the Girl Scouts cookies are delicious. Boy Scouts tried to have him sell little metal tins of gross popcorn for $18!