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January 10, 2007
The Worst Gift-Giver Ever!
GE Friend celebrated a birthday last week. His father, a doctor, gives horrible gifts. Actually, “horrible” doesn’t even begin to accurately describe these things. They are the kinds of gifts you’d appreciate only if they came from a homeless person or a five-year-old (and the five-year-old would actually have to be mentally retarded before you’d think, “Oh, how sweet!”). Yesterday, I sent GE Friend an email explaining that although I had purchased him a birthday gift that only cost me a whopping dollar, I was certain he’d like it. That prompted him to explain his father’s latest gift-giving crapfest.
My dad's gift was one for the books. WORST EVER! Some crappy t-shirt that says “Jamaica” on it. I think he and [his completely worthless wife] went there recently so he must've found it at the airport in the $5 bin. But that's not all! He also gave me a Star Wars Pez dispenser, not a small one that you put candy in, but a big one where you put multiple packages of the candy in. First of all, I hate Pez, but I guess I can't hold that against him because I've never mentioned this to him thinking it would never come up as a gift idea. Then he also gave me this big thing of chocolate shaped like a wine bottle, again looking like it came from the 99 cent store. I don't know if somewhere along the line he thought we came up with some kind of rule that there's a $20 limit on how much he can spend for my birthday, but I certainly don’t remember having that conversation. For [my sister’s] birthday in December, he got her a gift card to the Cheesecake Factory. That was nice because she can use it, but it was only for $25. How the hell are you supposed to eat a meal for two with that there? Does he want her to go by herself because she can't go with someone else and expect that to cover it? Why wouldn't he make it for at least $50? After she saw my gifts though, she's probably glad. I already threw out the shirt and I guess I'll throw out the Pez too because I tried some last night and it was awful. I may give the chocolate thing to [my youngest sister] because I don't like dark chocolate, but I'm afraid she'll get sick, it came in a very cheap looking container. So this year, he was 0-3, which means if your gift is something I don't immediately throw out, yours will be better even if you only spent 99 cents.
It’s nice to know that the bar has been set so low.
On a completely different note, Happy Birthday to the best father and friend in the world, Papa Fool! I won't call GE Friend's dad to help me think of birthday gifts for you.
Comments
Those people sound horrid.
Hope YOUR father has a lovely birthday though!
Posted by: LisaBinDaCity at January 10, 2007 10:11 AM
So what'd you get your dad?
:)
Posted by: First Year at January 10, 2007 02:41 PM
Well, at least his Dad didn't buy him boxer shorts at a garage sale.
Posted by: CM at January 10, 2007 05:17 PM
Apparently this entry was a good enough birthday gift for him! That's what he told me on the phone! Hey, works for me. :)
Posted by: Fool at January 11, 2007 09:22 PM
