Family loses $1,800 from Girl Scout cookie sale in Livonia

If you were driving down 5 Mile Road in Livonia Thursday, you might have seen cash blowing in the wind. The $1,800 belonged to a Livonia Girl Scout who left her cookie sales money on top of her mom’s car.

[Linda-fejo]

Her mom should get a badge for what she hopefully learned after this.

[lauraruiz]

My 2 daughters are also in Girl Scouts and we as well lost about $240 my daughter had lost her orange envelope. I ended up putting in the 240 from my own pocket. Not being in a good place financially single mom 4 kids I was crying for days. 1800 is a lot I definitely learned my lesson in letting my daughter be in charge of the cash flow..

[LiliWhyte]

OMG! That poor girl! They must've been so upset after realizing what happened.

Glad to see some really good people helping them ❤

[douglashill]

It should be part of the Driver's License Exam to NEVER put anything on the roof of your vehicle.

[Suchayoutuber]

Maybe that's why we don't allow a 9-year-old to handle $1, 800 in cash unattended? It's terrible that this happened but definitely oversight on Mom's part😢

[Texastee]

It’s a shame what happened, but the young lady should have placed the money safely in the car.

[sbhimji]

She lost her money, but learned a valuable lesson

[Gator]

My heart goes out to them. They learned a hard lesson. I don't understand why they would have had that much money in a can at a cookie sale. At five dollars a box that is enough for 30 cases of cookies. I would worry about getting robbed if I had that much cash at a cookie sale.

[mts]

Great job letting the kid manage that much cash by herself, lol.

[ThestDukeDroklar]

A tough lesson about using proper care with valuables. Learned that lesson the hard way too.

[davidlong]

Some lessons in life are expensive but you will remember this the rest of your life.

[amerikeet]

Wow Girl Scout Corp is cashing in. They should pay the kids. Last I knew they still have to pay to go camping regardless how many cookies they sell.

[slcRN]

Decades ago when my daughter was in the Girl Scouts, I was a co-leader but declined to handle the funds. The troop did an excellent job selling those cookies and raised a lot money. Unfortunately the military officer’s wife who co-lead with me, put that cash into her own account. As far as I know, she didn’t ever have to face any negative consequences from that incident.

[Santa-nyyp]

The best lessons learned are sometimes the hardest. I have learned more in this life from my failures than my successes.

[yessa]

I buy girl scoot cookies all the time, but I always handle the money transaction with the parents. It’s always good to have the parents involved in cases like these.

[Marques_Brownlee]

The female customer waited for the camera to be rolling for her to hand over the $100 bill.

[turtleantlers]

There's such a small amount of honest people in the world today! Hope all the others that know about this story and did not return the money karma gets them quickly..

[bernadettepurnell]

As a cookie mom, I tell my parents when there boothing, the money is the first thing that gets put into the car when finished. If a case Of cookies gets left behind troop and or family will have to cover that cost. Also mom needs to know a 9 yr old should never be allowed to handle that much money. To many things can and will go wrong. Tough lesson to learn.

[thts.my_voic]

I really hope that everyone who found that money gives it back.

[retroboomer]

lol "The best of us" don't leave $1800 dollars sitting on top of our cars and then drive off. That's what the dumbest of us do.