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Topic: How to look a corporate gift horse in the mouth
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TemporalHominid
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Babbler # 6535
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posted 28 July 2008 06:22 AM
quote: Originally posted by Caissa: Well, Michelle, if you do, I'm sure heads will roll....
That's highly judgemental of you... Robespierre, being the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, would never let heads roll.
He would make sure they landed in a basket. As a bonus, Robespierre's need for baskets was a great boon to the basket weaving industry, from January 1793, to July 28th, 1794. Coincidentaly, the basket weaving industry collopsed the morning of July 29th, 1974 Great Moments in Basket Weaving 5th Ed. [ 28 July 2008: Message edited by: TemporalHominid ]
From: Under a bridge, in Foot Muck | Registered: Jul 2004
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Timebandit
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posted 05 August 2008 04:21 PM
quote: Originally posted by Robespierre: I read Ms. Communicate's response, and she is a nice lady, maybe too nice. If Wants parents aren't alchoholics or something they can probably withstand a more direct but abrasive hint from their "veggie hash house" child. I think I might send the flesh eater restaurant gift certificate back to them with a note that reviewed what I had already told them about my diet. And, if they still don't get it after a few years, cut off the nursing home payments. Then, watch how fast dad and mom get their act together.Denying them access to grandchildren works, too.
Yeah, because punishing your kids for your parents' actions will make your life that much easier... I'd talk to them about it, make some other suggestions, and if they continue, say thanks and pass the gift on to someone who can use it. Looking a gift horse in the mouth is just plain rude. My mother and MIL often buy me stuff I don't want and/or won't use like perfumed bath stuff I'm allergic to or kitchy stuff I have no room to store -- the latest was a ceramic, pumpkin-shaped soup tureen with a ladle that holds about a teaspoon of liquid. Not only hideous, but stupid and such a waste. At this late date, I just say thank you and pass it on afterwards to someone who will use the gift. Although the tureen has me stumped as to who might use it and currently resides in a box in my basement until I get a brain wave.
From: Urban prairie. | Registered: Sep 2001
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Sven
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posted 05 August 2008 06:46 PM
quote: Originally posted by Frustrated Mess: Accept it graciously and then later, without comment to anyone who need not know, give it to someone who could really use it. A single gift can momentarily brighten more than a single life.
Perfect. We have nieces and nephews who are in their 20s and 30s who simply do not understand our tastes...kitschy stuff. We always accept with a sincere thank you (because they spend time and money to give us something). I can't imagine tellling them we don't like it. They did give us a gift last year that we actually loved--a handmade photo album that took a lot of time and was nicely done (we actually love it). Some people are just better at gift giving than others--I happen to be excellent at it, myself!!
From: Eleutherophobics of the World...Unite!!!!! | Registered: Jul 2005
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