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Nothing is worse than giving or receiving pointless crap at Christmas. Last year, at my wife's aunt's house, they gave me a frickin portable CD player. The kind you get at the checkout of CVS for $10. Seriously, WTF was I supposed to do? Act happy?
"Thanks for the crap- Now I have to put it on craigslist for free and hope someone takes it."
Its not about the fact that it was $10, but rather the fact that it is garbage, and shows no forethought. If they bought me wiper blades I would have been happy. Or if they just said merry christmas and gave me a hug, that would be fine too. Or how about a box of homemade cookies?
No- $10 PORTABLE CD PLAYER- in the year 2006, mind you. And no- this lady is not clueless- her kids have MP3 players and laptops and stuff. She knew it was craptastic.
Now I get phone calls from my mother- "What should I get your wife for Christmas"... is this what Christmas is now? Calling around for shopping lists?
I think I'll tell mother to buy Amy a $10 portable CD player.
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