After a conversation with a client about his biggest pet peeve or getting gift cards to places that he doesn't shop, we discussed the idea of having a contest for the worst gifts received. You can read more about it at www.WhatNotToGive.com, but I'd love to hear your stories here. Thanks for sharing.
2007-11-27 01:38:35 · 11 answers · asked by John H 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
my cat had died when i was younger so my sister went out and found some cat doodoo and put it in a bag and put it in a box and wrapped it up and gave it to me with a card inside i opened the box and there it was boy did it stink then i read the card and it said i know you miss your cat so i found part of his life and bought it to you for christmas
2007-11-27 01:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for that website. I'm going to check it out after I post here. I want to make sure that I don't give any of those gifts.
Some people are hard to shop for. I appreciate all of the gifts I receive.
Worst gift that I recall: $2 basket of bath and body products from Wal-Mart (I returned it and received $2)
2007-11-27 10:36:52 · answer #2 · answered by Unsub29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one thing that I felt was the worst when I was growing up, has now become a tradition. Q-tips. My mom would wrap Q-tips ( and shampoo and conditioner and oreo's and a 12 pack) just regular things. That first year, when we opened Q-tips I wanted to cry. LOL
HOWEVER, we always got a ton of other things too, so it's not like we just got q-tips, so now it's cute, and I do it to my kids. It's a tradition. It is especially meaningful now that my mom passed 8 years ago Dec 4th. So, LOL I will forever have Q-tips under our tree.
I guess the real worst one would have to be sexy undies from someone I hardly knew, a girl, but I think she meant to give them to another girl ( I think she accidently switched the name tags or something) but we didn't know each other well enough for me to even say anything, so I just let it go. LOL Of course it's funny now, and I never really did get to know her, so I never knew if they were really meant for me or not LOL
2007-11-27 09:46:03 · answer #3 · answered by justjenn_8 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My husband's grandmother is very wealthy, but stingy. One Christmas she gave my husband an empty leather box that was used to ship a free mug (a gift from a magazine subscription), and I got a pair of scissors and a used washcloth that she found on her closet floor (she told me this!!!). The next year, my father-in-law took her shopping, and wouldn't take her home until she bought me something. She finally gave in and bought something... an as-seen-on-TV plastic chip maker out of the bargain bin. It was just a slotted tray. I think it was missing pieces.
2007-11-27 10:40:13 · answer #4 · answered by doodlebuttus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, I actually like fruitcake!
The worst gift I received was at about age 10 or so. My sister gave me a trash can. (Just what a 10 year old dreams of getting ! lol) We joke about it today.
2007-11-27 10:00:08 · answer #5 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sewing machine, household appliances - they have got to be the worst gifts to give/receive!
2007-11-27 10:37:33 · answer #6 · answered by galfromcal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the worst gifts I ever received was a pair of 24" "Fairy Statues". They were quite expensive. I guess they were OK. What do you do with them??
2007-11-27 09:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by KyLoveChick 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I actually received a fruit cake! The only thing worse would be a lump of coal!
2007-11-27 09:47:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A BROKEN pair of pliers from my mother in law.
She proudly exclaimed: "I bought that piece of junk at a garage sale for a quarter(.25 cents in US dollars). Immediately, I thought of you for Christmas!!!!!"
2007-11-28 19:54:52 · answer #9 · answered by wlknwtr 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A griddle...That my boyfriend made a point to tell me can cook a whole pound of bacon at one time!! Whoopi!
2007-11-27 10:40:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋