Girl Scout Cookies Mistakenly Barred From Commons

Never mess with a Girl Scout.

That's a lesson billionaire developer Rick Caruso learned when his office barred troops from selling their trademark cookies at the on Friday.

The Los Angeles Times reported that scouts and their mothers were livid when they weren't allowed to sell Thin Mints, Samoas and other famous treats outside of

"Girl Scouts only sell cookies one month out of the year, and to deny our presence at any of his locations is absurd," Krissy Freeman, leader of a Junior Girl Scout troop in Calabasas and mother of a Daisy, told the newspaper.

Caruso himself said he was unaware of the matter until he was contacted by a Times reporter Friday and reversed his staff's decision shortly thereafter.

He called the whole situation a misunderstanding and that the girls were "mistakenly denied" permission.

"I've always been a supporter of the Girl Scouts," Caruso told the Times. "My daughter, I believe, was a Girl Scout. They will be allowed."

So the cookies will keep on coming while they're still available.

And there is at least one lesson to be learned from this incident: don't underestimate the power of a Tagalong.

to find out where Girl Scouts are selling cookies in Calabasas.