WAYYYY off topic....sorry folks
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Date: Sunday, March 12, 2000 1:17 PM
Subject: DML: Fw: The Famous "Neiman Marcus" cookie recipe
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>From: Kevin H Hoegen <hoegenk@basf-corp.com>
>To: hoegen@kersur.net <hoegen@kersur.net>; hoegen@kersur.net
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>Date: Saturday, March 11, 2000 3:16 PM
>Subject: Fwd: The Famous "Neiman Marcus" cookie recipe
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>>Jason J Picard
>>03/11/2000 11:57 AM
>>To: Joseph M Andrade, Theodore W Canty, Hector Cay, Paul Doucette, John
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>> Saia, Kevin H Hoegen, David C Scofield, "Picard, Shayne PO"
<SPicard,
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>>Subject: Fwd: The Famous "Neiman Marcus" cookie recipe
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>>Nicole R Lahousse
>>03/11/2000 10:33 AM
>>To: myb99, MOE907, Kathy.Erickson.b, Nicole.Handel.b, alafond,
>> Richard.Molloy.b, William T Nichols, Maureen.Powers.b,
>Sharna.Smith.b,
>> Jennifer C Stowik, Amy.Thomas.b, JohnM.Todd.B, Heather.Wain.b,
Hector
>Cay,
>> Jason J Picard, Michelle Leveillee, Joseph M Andrade, John A Burns,
>Kevin
>> E Durham
>>cc:
>>Subject: Fwd: The Famous "Neiman Marcus" cookie recipe
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>>---------------------- Forwarded by Nicole R
>>Lahousse/NV/WORCESTER/BASF-CORP/BASF on 03/11/2000 10:27 AM
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>>Nyknak <Nyknak@aol.com> on 03/10/2000 05:56:21 PM
>>To: Nicole R Lahousse
>>cc:
>>Subject: Fwd: The Famous "Neiman Marcus" cookie recipe
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>>****I expect to see PJL coming into work with a wonderful batch of these
>>fine cookies soon!!!!****
>>Mmmmm...yum.
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>> > These look tasty!: )
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>>> >
>>> > The real price of poor customer service!!!! This is pretty funny and
>>> > true.
>>> >
>>> > My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a eiman-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 but, you can buy the
>>> > recipe."
>>> > Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty, it's a
>>>great
>>> > deal!" I agreed with approval, just add it to my tab I told her.
>>> >
>>> > 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 was
>>> > outrageous!
>>> >
>>> > I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress
>>said
>>> > it was "two-fifty," which clearly does not 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 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. I was basically told,
>>>"Do
>>> > what you want, it doesn't matter, 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 $250.00 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 replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this."
>>>I
>>> > said, "Well, you should have thought of that 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 this...I don't want
>>>Neiman-Marcus
>>> > to *ever* get another penny off of 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 112 cookies. Have fun!!!
>>> > This is not a joke --- this is a true story. Ride free,
citizens!
>>> > PASS THIS ON!!!!
>>> >
>>> >
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>>Adam Lafond
>>Account Executive
>>Tel: 781-939-9556
>>Fax: 781-229-9552
>>www.nhboston.com
>>Come Experience the difference!
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