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Article: Colleagues should follow etiquette rules when selling child-related goodies.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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By Doris Hajewski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 1--It's the season of pecan turtles, glossy holographic gift wrap, citrus fruit, coupon books and popcorn in decorator tins. Boy Scout wreaths are just around the corner. Spring brings Girl Scout cookies.
If schools, teams and clubs sell it, that means that Moms and Dads are schlepping order forms to work and passing them around -- in person and electronically.
Some people are glad to buy. Others are put off by in-your-face desktop dealing. But companies in Wisconsin are generally sympathetic to parental peddling, relying more on employees' common sense ...