What is the most pointless/useless gift you have received? From who and what did you do with it, be honest now!
2006-08-31 07:20:44 · 15 answers · asked by Platinum 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
at christmas i once received a packet of christmas cards from my nan!? helpful i think not! she sed they would be useful for next year!..... yes nan!? to add insult to injury she didnt even take off the reduced sticker!
2006-08-31 07:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by *JADE* 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love to give gifts but I think the most important thing is that it is something that is going to mean something or be useful to the person it is being given too. My sister is just about to go to university and I gave her a big gift bag full of little things she would find useful there - some pens, blue tac, chocolate, barcardi etc. I loved that because I got a lot of joy out of her joy, especially as it was obviously true joy not the fake joy we put on when we get a gift we aren't fussed about.
I hate gifts that are given just for the sake of it as I think it is a big waste of both money and the Earth's resources (which are limited). The "I haven't seen you for a long time here is a gift" type thing or the "brought you this back from my hols" thing. Because then I always feel guilty that my beliefs about gifts and the fact I haven't got one for them.
And I really hate gifts that are obviously thoughtless - for example, I am a full time wheelchair user. I am unable to get into a bath and live in a flat that has a wheel in shower, no bath. I got given a whole stack of bubble bath and bath related presents from a good friend. Needless to say she got a vague "thank you" and the gift went to the charity shop! It also made me wonder about how good our friendship was if she hadn't taken in the fact that 1) I am no longer able to physically manage a bath (which I had talked about to her a lot) and 2) there is no bath in my flat.
2006-08-31 14:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by wheelchairprincess 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We'll I graduated from Highschool, my cousins who have very bad acne, that I never see came over for my graduation party. They gave me a bunch of miscellanous things, but in those things, was a clearasil!!! I am serious they gave me clearasil (or however you spell it). I don't even have acne problems, I'm lucky I guess...but that was the oddest gift I have ever recieved from anybody.
Oh I just thought of another one, I have a freind who is a very big Christian, and she mailed me for some reason a WWJD bookmark...and honestly, I just gave it to the salvation army...
Oh another thing, I remembered. I am at college, and my dad bought me some mais (or however you spell it) to keep in my purse incase some guy attacked me when I was walking around campus.
2006-08-31 14:31:43 · answer #3 · answered by Green Tea Happy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate gifts bought just becasue its a gift, I like handmade or well chosen items that cost very littl emoney but represent thought about my tastes and a sensitivity to sustainability. My worst nightmare is a box of supermarket bath potions, all toxic and nasty smelling
2006-08-31 14:23:01 · answer #4 · answered by welsh_witch_sally 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My husband, bless him, when we first started going out, gave me some computer books. He is a bit of a computer nerd and wanted me to share in his hobby. This was the first Christmas we had been going out together and there was me expecting some nice jewellery or perfume and I got these books about the internet!
Needless to say I forgave him, but now I choose my own presents!
2006-08-31 16:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by Jude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lavender bubble bath.................I was 27 for crying out loud! My so called friend gave it me even though she knew it's one scent I really can't stand, I gave it to another friend for her baby boys bath as it used to knock him out for the night.
Seriously though, why do people buy bath products as presents? If you think your friends smell just tell them it saves a few pounds that you could spend on something that would be better appreciated, like a big box of chocolates
2006-08-31 14:51:47 · answer #6 · answered by wickedwitch_76 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A tellitubbies puzzle when I was 20. One of my friends gave it to me as a christmas present. I don't know what happened to it.
2006-08-31 14:30:22 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A plastic make-up mirror with slots to put crap on it. Courtesy from the $1 store, why? Because I have seen it there myself.
I threw that s-h-i-t away!
2006-08-31 14:26:49 · answer #8 · answered by uchaboo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i got a packet of 5 tights from my grandma but 2 pairs were missing plus they wernt the right colour i threw them out!
2006-08-31 14:22:56 · answer #9 · answered by peteandredhammer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A beach Boys Vinyl record album when I was 9! It was 1986, I didn't know who they were! I told my "friend" (who actually was the neighborhood geek that my Grandma MADE me invite) thanks, and when she left me and my best friend smashed it and giggled. lol
2006-08-31 14:29:28 · answer #10 · answered by AsianPersuasion :) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋