How big of a Rat Bastard does one have to be to cheat the girl scouts? Apparently there are people who thought what the heck why not and did. BREMERTON, Wash. - Someone is cheating Girl Scouts, using fake $20 bills to buy cookies. One troop in Bremerton is out $100, and some fear the fraud is spreading to other Girl Scout troops.
Beneath the cheer of the annual Girl Scout cookie sale in Bremerton smolders a flash of anger and betrayal. "We get to go camping, the zoo, swimming pools," she said.
But the girls found out someone used fake $20s to buy cookies.
"That makes you feel really mad," said Swanson.
"It's just beyond me," said Deborah Bernard, customer. "I can't even imagine that. These are little girls."
Trooper leader KC Gettings made the discovery Saturday while making change.
"I went to the bank, right inside Safeway, and she told me two of the $20s were fake," said Gettings.
Gettings quickly left, returning with a counterfeit detecting pen. Its mark shows yellow on real U.S. currency, but the mark turns black on fake money. She discovered an additional $60 in fake bills.
That brought the total to $100 Troop 40411 may make up themselves. Two of the bills even had the same serial number. Troop 40411 isn't alone; others around Bremerton invested in the pen.
"Another troop has come to buy them because they noticed they were getting fake money," said Gettings. She said they're being told to stop accepting $20 bills unless they use the pen.
I remember a group of girls in Florida who cheated the girl scouts some time back, however this time it was not in Florida but Washington. How sad is that. I sit here and wonder to what degree this display of dishonesty will continue. I mean if you cheat a group of 5 to 8 year olds out of their cookie sales to buy them and resale or eat them what other extremes are we talking?
Once again I have no answers. I am clueless to what degree a mind turns evil and why. I somewhat see the why. The economy is terrible. Jobs are being lost at an alarming rate. Putting food on the table is tough for many, paying bills just surviving today is tough.
You wait one day I will have nothing but good news to write about. I for one can’t wait…
A huge hug and many pats…
On the brighter side which is the Far-Side how many girl scouts does it take to make a box of thin mints…………don’t ask!
Marrtay
