My husband gets a single book from his boss for christmas each year. Worth maybe about $10. The most irritating part is that it is never any type of book my husband would actually read. So hubby just dumps it in the trash when he gets home. Lilly
Gifts that scream cheap or are just plain irritating!!!
by free2beme 29 Replies latest jw friends
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dinah
My husband's company cut out Christmas bonuses this year. That's cheap! We usually get around $300-400 to help with Christmas. The place has been sold twice in the last two years. Guess we are just on our own this year.
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Hortensia
what these gifts reflect is the conflict - on the one hand it's Christmas and you are supposed to give people gifts, and on the other hand the gift isn't sincere, so it would be really interesting for these folks to confess they don't want to give you a gift and let it go. I got a gift once that was two bottles of wine and some nuts in a gift pack. The pack was very dusty, the wine undrinkable, and the nuts had bugs. Why bother???
There's another category besides cheap or just plain irritating - it is totally useless gifts made with love. Like knitted anything that you will never use, or home made soap that you don't like, or fabulous fruitcakes that someone slaved over and made with the finest ingredients that you just don't appreciate!
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UU Now
A man I work with rented XBOX 360 games from Blockbuster and wrapped them for his nephews and explained after they opened them that he would be around in seven days to return them.
Why didn't he just get them gift cards for Blockbuster? At least then they'd know what they were getting, and they could pick their own games.
Jourles, the plate in that picture is exactly like my plates!
And I like fruitcake. So do my mom and my three brothers. Anyone who hates fruitcake can send it to me.
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Nosferatu
The worst gift I ever got was another clock. I didn't need anymore friggin' clocks, and this came from a person we spent lots of money on for gifts. We get a $15 clock in return. Hooray. That goddam thing kept falling off the wall it was so heavy. My ex took that evil clock with her when she moved. Thank god.
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FreedomFrog
Why didn't he just get them gift cards for Blockbuster? At least then they'd know what they were getting, and they could pick their own games.
Actually, I can understand why not to get a giftcard...if the kids got a new Xbox and the parents didn't know which games they would like, the parent can rent several to see which to buy later on. And if there is a new Xbox, you HAVE to have games to go with it on Christmas day. Blockbuster is closed on Christmas I believe. So I think that is a good idea...lol
Ninja, I loved the "batteries...toy not included thing"...that's funny.
~Froggie~
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Snoozy
One of my best friends when we were JW's gave me a christmas gift and acted like it was such a loving gift! We had both quit being JW"S and she decided to celebrate christmas.She gives me this box wrapped in used xmas paper.(I don't know where she got that from).
I opened the box and it was a very USED vest like they used to knit years ago. It was so obviously used I just stared in embarrasment.It had lint balls all over it and didn't even look like it had been washed. It wasn't even folded..it was just thrown in the box.Now this was a girl that shopped in botique stores, always bought expensive clothes, had to have the best..and she gives me..her best friend..a knitted vest that she had obviously picked up at some thrift store.( I had never seen her wear it..she wouldn't have been caught dead in it).Anyway she hands it to me and looks like she is just so proud to give me such a wonderful gift!...I went home and cried...I was so insulted..homemade cookies would have been cheap but a wonderful gesture..I got a used up wrinkled lint ball covered vest in a ugly faded green color.
Needless to say..I took the hint and didn't visit her anymore..it took her a while to stop calling but she finally got the hint and we quit being friends.If it's the thought that counts..I got the thought!!!
Snoozy...who would rather give a cheaper or homemade gift than a used up gift!!!
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bluesapphire
This is why I don't like gift-giving. I don't usually like what I get and would rather buy what I want for myself with the money I would spend on a gift for someone else that they may/may not like. Why is there such an emphasis on gift giving anyway?
The worst gift is Zachary Farms. That stuff is gross. Who eats it, anyway? And you can get the same sausage and cheese at the grocery store for a fraction of the cost if you happen to like it.
At work in an elementary school I get lots of gifts from teachers. They usually give them out of appreciation for all I do for them throughout the year. In return, the office makes the teachers a special Christmas breakfast. The amount of time and money the office spends on the breakfast far surpasses the little dollar cent store gifts we get in return (except the principal). This works out great for the principal because the teachers innundate her with really nice stuff. Then the office gets to spend the equal amount of time and money on the Christmas breakfast.
I would rather do the Christmas breakfast for the staff out of the goodness of my heart and not have it be a "thank you" for the cheesy gifts I get.
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UU Now
Actually, I can understand why not to get a giftcard...if the kids got a new Xbox and the parents didn't know which games they would like, the parent can rent several to see which to buy later on.
That's what I mean by a gift card: one you can use at a Blockbuster store to rent several games.