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2d ago

Cookies!

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She probably just got this stewardess fired.
- Nah. They didn’t do service during the flight, they had extras. Sure they can just roll that on to the next flight, but they plan a certain cost. Stuff like this makes a customer into a repeat customer without affecting the bottom line.
  
  Yeah as long as someone actually smart thinks about it and not someone going "fuck she gave away like $150 worth of cookies to a random person, throw her out immediately".

Could have been cool and stfu about it but instead put Melissa at risk of being fired... Shit like this is why I don't do favors for people at work.
- ...and on top of that, about ~4372 other employees will have to deal with constant free biscuit requests from greedy people who have heard about this.

fun fact: you can make these at home without burning down rainforests and giving yourself cancer from the palm oil!
- Got a recipe?
  
  tbh i find they’re really similar to ANZAC biscuits (but ANZAC biscuits are even better because they’re chewy!)
- Orangutan 😢
  
  How many cups?

Great job doxxing your benefactor to her employer on the internet
- I don’t think that’s a negative though, mein guter.
  It’s good pr because the reader connects brand with nice woman who is considerate and nice👍❤️🥰😍💕♥️
  
  Could be, but this will come to light in future and almost always blame the employee.

Brandname "Biscoff" is a disgrace in its home country. The type of cookie is called speculoos, pairs well with coffee (and black tea!). Lotus, the manufacurer, decided to market the cookie outside of its home country by changing the name to Biscoff, a portmanteau of biscuit and coffee. Eventually they changed the name here too, which led to some backlash, but they stuck with the name.
If you really like Biscoff, they also produce a paste similar to peanut butter, but speculoos taste.
Now that you know the actual original name of the cookie, you can look for other brands, too.
Also, check out speculaas, which was the inspiration for speculoos. Speculaas requires a specific blend of spices, which speculoos lacks. "Loos" in Dutch is a suffix meaning without, like "less" in English (e.g. penniless), so it was a clever way to differentiate between speculaas and speculoos.
- I would like to subscribe to more biscuit facts please.
- Ah, Spekulatius.
- Speculous taste better than biscoff too
  
  That's just speculation

I hope her manager doesn't care :) probably not, it's not like those cost the company a lot.
- Yeah. It is rules 1, 2, and 3 that when a low-level employee does this kind of thing for you, you don't publicly thank them or identify them by name and possibly get them in trouble. Your greatest and most sincere thanks is represented by you agreeing to keep quiet.
  Melissa will probably be fine, but maybe not. Just take the cookies.
  
  Yeah, thank her but not by name and airline. If she just said what she said without that and Melissa saw it, I’m sure she would know it’s for her.
- If the company has allotted a certain amount based on cost per flight, and the amount given to this person equals less than that, given the fact that the flight did not use those cookies, the company is still spending less than expected. Melissa did nothing wrong.
  
  She didn't, but that doesn't mean she can't get into trouble for it anyway.
- I had the same thought, hope she doesn’t get in trouble. Seems like she created a loyal customer for a low cost.
  
  Yeah it would take an executive office all of two seconds to cross reference twitter name (assuming real person) and Melissa employee on any recent flights. Dick move assuming twitter name is real name.
- It almost reads like an elaborate attempt at revenge.

I hope American Airlines doesn’t fire Melissa because of this post.

Cool, but feels like gonzo marketing
- TIL about gonzo marketing. Any tips for spotting it?
  
  Main tip would be just to think critically about the material, and the motivation of the person who created it. I find just from spending less time on the commercial web, and more time in spaces like here on the fediverse, or the small web, you get a sense for ads. They seem jarring compared to the way people naturally talk or post.
  But also that there isn't a huge difference between an intentional stealth marketing campaign and someone just incidentally advertising a product in an oblique, if unintentional, way.
  This is different from actual reviews, or word of mouth product talk, but of course companies can and do pay for those as well.

I'm the kind of guy that will often happily accept stuff other folks are trying to get rid of, and one of my neighbors occasionally drops off random food, often sourced from airlines. I got a box full of Delta frozen manicotti meals, assorted coca-cola from random countries like Thailand, various chips, crackers and cookies -- stuff like that.
Anyway, my recommendation for a really top-tier airline cookie is "Michel et Augustin cookie squares," specifically the dark chocolate and sea salt ones in the pink package. Those things are awesome, and I have no idea where to get them locally/for a reasonable price.

I love Biscoffs too. Milky tea and Biscoff in the sun = bliss.

I thought these were cigarettes at first glance.

Biscoff bandoleer.

Also easily bought at Costco
- This poor guy doesn't understand the immense joy that is receiving a random (wanted) gift from someone.
  What tastes better, the piece of candy from the bag you bought, or one randomly handed to you by a co-worker? 😜
  
  All depends. Coworker hands me a Peep, I'll be nice and say thank you. But I'm not eating that nasty hell spawn shit.
  I get your point though. Ain't nothing taste better than free.
- Yep. And all of my grocery stores locally have it - either in the bakery or just on the cookie aisle proper, as well as the newish (5 years?) vanilla or chocolate sandwich cookies.

Used to buy these at the store, because I loved them so much on the flights. Then I checked the calorie count, and damn yeah these are just a special occasion snack.

You can actually buy those cookies in normal supermarkets.

and what is the point of this? Rachel wanted to be famous https://www.instagram.com/rachel_leishman/
by the way i have biscoff smooth spread - nobody eats it
- Send it my way, it'll be gone in no time.

Biscoff is elite

Omg Biscoff cookies and Biscoff butter is the best thing ever
- It's made out of fucking cookies
  
  Thank you for this gift

Thanks Melissa.

Haha I’m a sucker for those cookies too. I normally throw them in my backpack if I don’t eat them on plane

I am always so mies and mean spirited, but honestly after reading this (in the hopes it's real) I actually smiled at how sweet this act of kindness was.

So good. I like their cookie butter as well.

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