Many successful business women today say they got their start selling Girl Scout Cookies.

Last month I raised $122.50 for the Girl Scouts of America. And I'm dang proud of it, too. People in my office shelled out $3.50 per box. One cubicle dweller bought $24.50 worth of cookies so that she could send some to her family in the homeland and have some for herself.

My boss asked me to sell cookies on behalf of his daughter while he was at a conference in San Francisco. Some folks would've gotten angry or insulted. I couldn't wait to get started. This would be almost as much of an adventure as was going to the Breguet Watch Salon for my old, mean boss or, more recently, putting the tip jar on my cubicle counter (so far $11.11 a + a book of stamps). Look, when not working at being a crackerjack administrative assistant a man's gotta amuse himself in his own way. Last month it was selling Girl Scout Cookies. Two weeks ago it was distributing them. These days, it's sharing them with the coworkers.

Only one person answered "not me" when I asked "who wants to buy some Girl Scout Cookies?" One person, after the cookies were distributed, complained to my boss that I didn't approach him to buy cookies. Thank you very much. I mean it's not a firable offense, but will definitely be in the back of the boss's brain when review time comes around (if I ever get hired, that is). It is a shame I didn't ask more people. It was so easy. I pretty much stuck to those around me and anyone who passed by my cubicle. And, of course, the people who work for my boss. They were the easiest. Especially the consultants. Cha CHING!