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Something I got in my e-mail...
Perhaps this is a little vindictive but every once in a while I have
to smile when a big company is taught a lesson by a thinking
citizen.
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a
very expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for
$50.00.
Let's let them have it!
THIS IS A TRUE STORY
My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe
in Dallas, and we 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, but you
can buy the recipe."
Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty-it's a
great deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to just add it to my
tab.
Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the
Neiman-Marcus charge 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 was outrageous!
I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress
said it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred
and fifty dollars" by any reasonable 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 the Accounting
Department lady the criminal statues which govern fraud in the state
of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau
and the Texas Attorney General's office for engaging in fraud. I was
basically told, "do what you want".Don't bother thinking of how you
can get even, and don't bother trying to get any of your 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 it
that every cookie lover in the United States with an e-mail account
has a $250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus...for free.
She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, perhaps
you should have thought of that before you ripped me off!" and
slammed down the phone.
So here it is! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you
can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want
Neiman-Marcus to EVER make another penny off of this recipe!
NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
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.
Of course, I delted all the >'s. My brother made the cookies the other day, and even though the recipe seems a bit unimpressive, they were incrediby good *starts to drool a bit*
So, yeah. It would be a good idea to make them. ^_^ |
