'I love being honest with my clients': Precocious Girl Scout wins thousands of fans with her disarmingly-honest cookie sales pitch - describing them as 'bland', 'unoriginal' and 'bleak'
- American Girl Scout Charlotte McCourt, 11, was inundated with orders for cookies after her email to a 'very rich' friend of her father's became an online hit
- Her father Sean discovered her email in the sent items of his computer and shared it with his colleague, actor and TV host Mike Rowe
- After introducing herself and explaining her aim to sell 300 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, she rated each variety and provided a short frank review
- Rowe read out the letter in a Facebook video that has been viewed nearly six million times
An American Girl Scout was inundated with orders for cookies after she wrote a disarmingly honest letter describing them as 'bland,' 'unoriginal' and 'bleak'.
Charlotte McCourt, 11, secretly wrote an email to her father Sean's friend after he told her that his best friend from high school was 'very rich'.
When her father discovered the email in his sent folder on his computer he sent it to actor and TV host Mike Rowe - with whom he works on his podcast - who was so amused that he shared a video of himself reading the letter on his Facebook page.
Tickled: American Girl Scout Charlotte McCourt, 11, won thousands of fans with her disarmingly-honest cookie sales pitch read by actor and host Mike Rowe, pictured
The 'truth in advertising' video - which has been viewed nearly six million times - has prompted thousands of people to go to Charlotte's website where she has sold over 7,000 boxes to date.
In the letter, she began by introducing herself, adding: 'The only time I ever met you was in Disney World. It was some time ago.'
She quickly turned the subject to business by launching into her cookie sales pitch.
'I've been informed that you might want to purchase a few Girl Scout cookie boxes for our troops fighting overseas. This is good news,' she wrote.
She said her troop, 22918, are 'minuscule but mighty' with a membership of just five but that she 'always' sells the most cookies.
Charlotte said she aimed to at least equal her goal from last year of 300 'delectable' boxes, adding: 'I do hope you'll purchase a few boxes from my website. The link is below.'
Next she went on to rate each cookie on her own scale of one to ten as she claimed some of the descriptions on the website used 'false advertising'.
Honest: In a letter written to a 'very rich' friend of her father, she described the cookies as 'bland', 'unoriginal' and 'bleak'
Appeal: Rowe's reading of the letter has been viewed nearly six million times on Facebook
She did not give any of the cookies a ten - claiming the only way to achieve the top score was to donate a box.
Rating the Trefoil, she gave it a six, saying: 'This is a plain peanut butter cookie that pairs nicely with any hot drink. I give it a six because alone it's kind of boring.'
The Do-Si-Do only managed a five because of its 'unoriginality and its blandness.'
The Toffee-Tastic she claimed was a 'bleak, flavorless gluten-free wasteland,' adding: 'I'm telling you, it's as flavorless as dirt.'
She reviewed the S'mores more favorably - for a 'wild sense of adventure' - before later admitting that she had not tasted it so she could not rate it.
Charlotte urged people to donate and help the 'men and women protecting our country and keeping America safe'.
She told her potential donor 'I love being honest with my clients' but warned that the ratings are 'only my opinion, yours may vary.'
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