So There's a Big Plate of Chocolate Chip Cookies in Front of You And...

[Lynx]

People actually try stuff like that... I always made homemade dinner rolls for the potlucks at my husbands work and made enough for each employee to have two rolls...

Yet people were walking entire bags of them out to their cars, so I had to start figuring in some theft so people could still have two rolls if they wanted...

Crazy world.

Well, stealing is stealing... But I kind of know how they feel. I feel the same at the salvage grocery when I find something incredibly good. (I don't go there to save money. I go there to find neat stuff I'll never see at Walmart, like cashew juice and chocolate bars designed to fit in a sports jacket pocket.) I know I'll probably never see it again, so I buy all they have.

Maybe you should start setting bags of rolls out for sale. They'd probably buy them instead of stealing if they have an option to buy them. I mean I'm not saying they are RIGHT to steal them... Just saying I know the feeling of "I may never see this good thing again."

 

[Hazelelponi]

Well, stealing is stealing... But I kind of know how they feel. I feel the same at the salvage grocery when I find something incredibly good. (I don't go there to save money. I go there to find neat stuff I'll never see at Walmart, like cashew juice and chocolate bars designed to fit in a sports jacket pocket.) I know I'll probably never see it again, so I buy all they have.

Maybe you should start setting bags of rolls out for sale. They'd probably buy them instead of stealing if they have an option to buy them. I mean I'm not saying they are RIGHT to steal them... Just saying I know the feeling of "I may never see this good thing again."

My husband doesn't work anymore now, but I'd never sell my food anyway.

I cook/bake for the joy of it and the joy it brings to others, and there's something about a price tag that I've always been afraid would ruin the joy it brings.

Nope, just making more to compensate was good enough.

 

[Lynx]

My husband doesn't work anymore now, but I'd never sell my food anyway.

I cook/bake for the joy of it and the joy it brings to others, and there's something about a price tag that I've always been afraid would ruin the joy it brings.

Nope, just making more to compensate was good enough.

That would make an ethical dilemma for me. Should I steal some, knowing you made enough specifically because you knew some people would steal some? If I didn't steal some, you would have way too many leftovers. I might be morally obliged to steal a bag or two...

Don't pay any attention to me. I'm just picking.

 

[Hazelelponi]

That would make an ethical dilemma for me. Should I steal some, knowing you made enough specifically because you knew some people would steal some? If I didn't steal some, you would have way too many leftovers. I might be morally obliged to steal a bag or two...

Don't pay any attention to me. I'm just picking.

You could always ask for a dozen...

P.S. no matter how much I made I never had leftovers... Lol. Not to worry!

 

[JohnDB]

That would make an ethical dilemma for me. Should I steal some, knowing you made enough specifically because you knew some people would steal some? If I didn't steal some, you would have way too many leftovers. I might be morally obliged to steal a bag or two...

Don't pay any attention to me. I'm just picking.

At Christmas when on a large job as a construction worker....it was unique to see the behavior of my team behave around the cookies I baked for them.

Some were shy, some didn't want to admit they liked the cookies....some wanted the whole tub. Some wanted to take all the chocolate chip....(I made several varieties)
Others were more normal.
One lady made over a dozen excuses to go by the office that day so she could take one or two every time she went....

It was so much fun that day. I was the assistant superintendent on that job. (Directing over half the crew)

People get strange when shown kindness and generosity they didn't expect. The climbing over each other to get ahead is somewhat destroyed....there were 30 people on our crew. All got cookies. I had a big smile and said Merry Christmas.

 

[Lynx]

At Christmas when on a large job as a construction worker....it was unique to see the behavior of my team behave around the cookies I baked for them.

Some were shy, some didn't want to admit they liked the cookies....some wanted the whole tub. Some wanted to take all the chocolate chip....(I made several varieties)
Others were more normal.
One lady made over a dozen excuses to go by the office that day so she could take one or two every time she went....

It was so much fun that day. I was the assistant superintendent on that job. (Directing over half the crew)

People get strange when shown kindness and generosity they didn't expect. The climbing over each other to get ahead is somewhat destroyed....there were 30 people on our crew. All got cookies. I had a big smile and said Merry Christmas.

Eh, don't get me started...

Once upon a time I used to be part of the December 26th Walmart crowd, up and out there when they opened the doors. I wasn't after tinsel and lights and gift baskets though... I always headed for the half-off chocolate. And one thing I always bought in bulk was tins of Royal Dansk butter cookies. Butter makes ALL the difference in cookies. Can't make a good cookie with vegetable shortening, no matter what Pepperidge Farm claims.

One day I left a whole tin of cookies on the table by the door in the shipping department, with a "Help yourself" note, because a lot of truckers go through that door. A few minutes later I watched a coworker pick it up and walk out with it. Hmm...

A bit later I casually commented that a tin of cookies I left over there seemed to be missing. He said he thought he saw them in the break room. Okay, I'll play along.

As I entered the break room, he came in from the parking lot with the tin of cookies. He saw me see him and knew he was caught red-handed. There was no possible explanation that did not involve them being in his car. He said, "I thought the shipping manager brought them." Wait, what? He thought that would have made it better, if he had taken something someone else had brought instead of me?

 

[Lynx]

Hey seoulsearch, your cookie thread is crumbling.

 

[Bluesproverb]

People actually try stuff like that... I always made homemade dinner rolls for the potlucks at my husbands work and made enough for each employee to have two rolls...

Yet people were walking entire bags of them out to their cars, so I had to start figuring in some theft so people could still have two rolls if they wanted...

Crazy world.

We know a guy who is a chef at a casino in Atlantic City NJ.
The kitchen policy till this past weekend was, at the end of the night at close employees could take leftover prepared foods home to their families. Feed the kids not the dumpsters.

Till it was discovered one guy was stowing cases of foodstuffs to take out at close the back way.
Cases of meats,cheeses,etc...

He ruined it for everyone. Now, the dumpsters get fed. And if you're a kitchen staff member and leave with a small doggie bag like you could before, you better have a paid receipt with you or you're fired.

The guy? They should have arrested him and set an example. And let the regular food take-home policy stand.
Noooo, he was fired. That's all.

 

[Lanolin]

huh I knew someone who worked in a casino and she said they always got free food to eat as much as they liked but it was the not the leftovers or the uncooked food meant to be prepared for the customers. The casino actually fed its workers with meals. They might have paid a low wage but they actually fed them when they were on their shifts.

I recall the school would have someone come round every christmas selling buckets of cookie time cookies. The teachers were asked to buy them, and then they would give them as christmas gifts. I would not give a whole bucket to one person. Nobody can eat that much. I bought one bucket and offered them to my book lovers club for our movie afternoon at the end of the year. The cookies were small but everyone took as much as they could eat. But I think they preferred the fresh strawberries and popcorn.

when they won a prize in the book battle, the sponsors (a real estate company) gave a whole packet of chocolate chip cookies to each participant even though one of the librarians had homebaked cookies one for each particpant. The children took home the packaged cookies to feed their families and gave me all the homebaked cookies.

I thought it a shame the one librarian had spend all day baking fresh cookies for everyone and this company just bought packets of factory made cookies as prizes, and as they had made up entire packages of course the children would take the packages and not the individual cookies, of which they were only allowed one each at the end. They were not allowed to eat during the book battle so I made them eat beforehand...2 hours of quiz at morning tea time before lunch makes them hungry if they have not eaten a good breakfast. Then went and got them pizza lunch straight after.

I think that some adults truly dont understand what a driving force an empty stomach/hunger can be for children. They may not know when their next meal will arrive (and they cannot cook for themselves) so they will take whatever they can get.

 

[Hazelelponi]

huh I knew someone who worked in a casino and she said they always got free food to eat as much as they liked but it was the not the leftovers or the uncooked food meant to be prepared for the customers. The casino actually fed its workers with meals. They might have paid a low wage but they actually fed them when they were on their shifts.

I recall the school would have someone come round every christmas selling buckets of cookie time cookies. The teachers were asked to buy them, and then they would give them as christmas gifts. I would not give a whole bucket to one person. Nobody can eat that much. I bought one bucket and offered them to my book lovers club for our movie afternoon at the end of the year. The cookies were small but everyone took as much as they could eat. But I think they preferred the fresh strawberries and popcorn.

when they won a prize in the book battle, the sponsors (a real estate company) gave a whole packet of chocolate chip cookies to each participant even though one of the librarians had homebaked cookies one for each particpant. The children took home the packaged cookies to feed their families and gave me all the homebaked cookies.

I thought it a shame the one librarian had spend all day baking fresh cookies for everyone and this company just bought packets of factory made cookies as prizes, and as they had made up entire packages of course the children would take the packages and not the individual cookies, of which they were only allowed one each at the end. They were not allowed to eat during the book battle so I made them eat beforehand...2 hours of quiz at morning tea time before lunch makes them hungry if they have not eaten a good breakfast. Then went and got them pizza lunch straight after.

I think that some adults truly dont understand what a driving force an empty stomach/hunger can be for children. They may not know when their next meal will arrive (and they cannot cook for themselves) so they will take whatever they can get.

I think it used to be all restaurants fed their employees, it was a perk that often helped to compensate for the lower pay (no need to pack a lunch), but as with all good things it usually only takes one to spoil it.

Some places still feed their employees free, but it's more of a rarity these days, and always depends on the management - whether they are willing to mark employees meals down as waste, potentially blowing their percentages, or not.

 

[Dino246]

It's not simple. My response depends upon at least three things:

- The content and appearance of the cookies. I like oatmeal-choc chip, with dark chocolate. Plain choc chop with milk (-defiled) chocolate will stay on the plate. If they look overdone, they will stay put.
- The proximity to my last meal (fullness of stomach), and my next meal (don't want to ruin supper).
- The occasion: if I am about to lead on a Sunday morning, I'll pass. If I'm about to sit down to think through a programming problem, I will take a few.

 

[Dino246]

I count my calories and, depending on its size, a chocolate chip cookie could have anywhere from 60 to 300 calories. That may be too much for me to stay within my 2500-cal / day limit. So, unless I can calorically "afford" it, I'll refrain.

Counting calories is bad for your mental health., and a waist is a terrible thing to mind.

 

[Lanolin]

I wonder if you worked at the Cookie Time Factory would you get all the rejected cookies or you would be required to taste test each batch before they got sent out.

 

[tourist]

That would make an ethical dilemma for me. Should I steal some, knowing you made enough specifically because you knew some people would steal some? If I didn't steal some, you would have way too many leftovers. I might be morally obliged to steal a bag or two...

Don't pay any attention to me. I'm just picking.

Maybe you would steal a few if they were sour dough rolls. I probably would or at least seriously think about it.

 

[Ruby123]

Choc chip cookies are not my weakness except the ones the elderly lady at church use to make but the combination of chocolate and coconut is.

 

[Lynx]

Maybe you would steal a few if they were sour dough rolls. I probably would or at least seriously think about it.

Weeeeeeell... I make sourdough, but I'm not a fanboy. I will freely admit the pastor's rolls, made with packaged yeast, are pretty doggone good.

 

[Lanolin]

the meals on wheels wanted the garden club to make 50 batches of cookies and stipulated No coconut ir any chips (just plain ones) but we said no we couldnt make that much as we were few in number.

Well I didnt want to make that many...and I am not good at baking. so we decided to defer it for another month. We thought it was cheeky for them to order so many and place such a burden on us.

Its not cheap to make that many cookies after buying all the ingredients and the time spent making them...its not as if everyone is at home all day with nothing else to do and an empty kitchen.

 

[Lanolin]

I think 2 trays max if you actually have your own oven...but I dont.

Its not as if I can use the schools one but I have another job to do.

 

[Hazelelponi]

the meals on wheels wanted the garden club to make 50 batches of cookies and stipulated No coconut ir any chips (just plain ones) but we said no we couldnt make that much as we were few in number.

Well I didnt want to make that many...and I am not good at baking. so we decided to defer it for another month. We thought it was cheeky for them to order so many and place such a burden on us.

Its not cheap to make that many cookies after buying all the ingredients and the time spent making them...its not as if everyone is at home all day with nothing else to do and an empty kitchen.

What do you mean by 50 batches? A batch for me runs somewhere around 18 cookies... So are you talking about like 900 cookies?

That would take 1 person a month...

 

[Lanolin]

I am alarmed that people would consider stealing
Its not stealing if something has been offered to you
If it hasnt, then dont touch it its not yours.

so depends on the context. Be honest or leave a koha (donation) for the kind person who made them, or at least a thank you note.

It takes time to bake, although cookies may take only 15 minutes to cook its the prep and mixing and buying all the ingredients.