Woolies se Koekieresep

Teen die tyd het meer as die helfte van julle seker al die e-mail gekry van die vrou wat 'n koekie resep by woolies wou koop, hulle vra haar toe 250, wat sy dink is R2.50 maar toe R250.00 is. Sien die kopiё van die e-mail hieonder.

Dieselfde email met 'n verskillende resep gaan blykbaar in Engeland rond, so dit lyk na een van daai nonsens emails wat mense vir weet nie nie watter rede sal rondstuur nie, maar dit lyk tog of sommige mense glo die email kan waar wees. My vrou raak baie kwaad omdat ek nie enige ding vir soetkoek wil opeet nie, maar regtig, waar op aarde gaan die kelner die koekie resep in die hande kry, en veronderstel die koekie resep lê daar rond (wat sal beteken die koekies word daar gebak!) is daar 'n afrolmasjien in die kombuis waar sy gou 'n afsrif gemaak het?.

Ok, na die kelner die koekieresep vir die vrou gee, teken sy haar kredietkaart strokie, waarby sy hoopenlik 'n fooitjie vir die kelner sit, sonder om agter te kom sy het R250.00 vir die koekieresep betaal, maar wanneer sy haar kredietkaart staat kry, gaan sy noukerig daardeur en kom agter die Woolies rekening was te veel. As jy dit glo, glo jy ook varke wat red bull drink kan vlieg.

Verder, hoekom op aarde sou die vrou dink, sy kan enige iets vir R2.50 koop, dis is skaars die papier waarop die resep aan haar gegee is se waarde, ek wonder of daar iets in Woolworths is wat R250.00 kos, behalwe koekie resepte nou natuurlik.

As jy glo die email is waar, dan kan jy Evian water ook drink.

"Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.

(George Carlin)"

Ns. My vrou glo ook nie die email nie.

E-mail:

"Woolworths, if you don't know already, is a very expensive clothing and supermarket outlet (they sell a typical R50 T-shirt for R150). My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Woolies Cafe in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the 'Woolies Cookie'. It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, 'I'm afraid not, but you can buy the recipe.'

I asked how much, and she responded; 'Only two fifty - it's a great deal'

I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill.

Thirty days later, I got my Visa statement, and the Woolworths charge was R485. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent R49.95 for two sandwiches and about R120 for a scarf. At the bottom of the statement, it said, 'Cookie Recipe - R250.00'. That was outrageous!

I called Woolworths Accounting Department and told them the waitress had said it was 'two fifty', which clearly does not mean 'two hundred and fifty rands' by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase. Woolworths 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.'

I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes which govern fraud in the state of Gauteng. I threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and The Attorney-General's office. 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 said, OK, you've got my R250, and now I'm going to have R250 worth of fun. I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in the world with an e-mail account gets a R250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus for free. She replied, 'I wish you wouldn't do that.' 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 pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid R250 for this, and I don't want Woolworths to EVER make another cent from this recipe!

WOOLIES COOKIES

(Recipe may be halved as this makes heaps)

2 (500 ml) cups butter
680 g chocolate chips
4 (1000 ml) cups flour
2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar
2 tsp. (10 ml) Bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp. (5 ml) salt
2 (500 ml) cups sugar
500 g Grated Cadbury chocolate
5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder
2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla
3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts (optional)

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 bicarbonate of soda. Add chocolate chips, grated Chocolate and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 180 C.

The above quantities make 112 cookies.

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