I found this on my Ger/Rus mailing list, I hope you don't mind me
sharing it with you, though it is not Genealogy related....Leann
For a Sunday evening and as you begin a new week, I thought I would
share the message below that was forwarded to me by Brigitte von
Budde, German transalator for the Germans from Russia Heritage
Collection. Enjoy!
---- Michael M. Miller
Just wanted to say hello and pass along the following story.
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....THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC.
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 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 Neimans Accounting Department and told them the waitress
said it was "two-fifty" which clearly doesn't 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 you the
money at this point." I explained to her the criminal statutes which
govern fraud in Texas. I threatened to refer them to the Better
Business Bureau and the State 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 any of
my money back. I just said, "Okay. You folks got my $250 and now I'm
going to have $250 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to see
to itthat 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 the phone
on her.
So here it is! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can
possibly think of. I paid $250 for this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus
to every get another penny from this recipe........
Neiman-Marcus Cookie Recipe
(Recipe may be halved.)
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. 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 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!!