I got this e-mail from a friend. The cookie does sound good.
My daughter and I had just finished a small luncheon
salad last month at a 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 delicious that I
asked if they would give me the recipe. The waitress
said with a small frown, "I'm afraid we can't but,
you can buy the recipe." I asked how much, and she
replied, "Only two fifty, it's a great deal!" I
agreed and asked her to just add it to my tab.
This month when I received my VISA statement a
Neiman-Marcus item for $285.00 jumped off the page
at me. I looked again closely and remembered I had
spent only $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 the Neiman Accounting Dept. and told the
manager the waitress had said it was, "only
two-fifty," which clearly does not mean "two hundred
and fifty dollars" by any possible interpretation
of the phrase.
But despite all my powers of reasoning Neiman-Marcus
refused to budge. They refused to refund my money,
because according to them, "What the waitress told
you is not our problem. Since you have already seen
the recipe we absolutely will not refund your money
at this point."
I explained to her the criminal statues which govern
fraud in
Texas. I threatened to refer them to the Better
Business Bureau and the State Attorney General
Office for engaging in fraud. But the manager
replied, "Do what you want, it doesn't matter, our
lawyers will take care of it, we're not in the
business of refunding money."
I wondered how I could ever get even, or try to get
any part of my money back. Finally I just said,
"Okay, you folks got my $250 through fraud and
deception, so 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 was silent for about 20 seconds then replied, "I
wish you wouldn't do this."
I said, "Well, you never gave it a thought 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 for the thing...
and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER get another
cent for this recipe.
NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES
(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
about 112 cookies
PLEASE SEND TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
E-MAIL ADDRESS. |
