A talking radio with moving mouth… Yes, an AM/FM radio with red plastic lips that move along “with” the song or commercial… The lips really just open and close, they don’t really mouth out the words…
My mom gave me this for my birthday when I was 19, I think. I really have no idea why… I’ve never used it. It’s just weird… And totally pointless.
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June 16th, 2008 Posted in Birthday | No Comments
I ran into your site while looking for a way to sell a useless gift: a $50 certificate to Thanks.com. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s this evil thing that companies use to say “thanks” to employees after a project is done. Instead, it wastes the employee’s time looking for something to spend it on - there’s nothing in their catalog worth $50, and not much anyone would want or need.
For example, I could buy the Hamilton Beach Icy Treats Maker with my $50 certificate, or go to Amazon.com and get it for $29.99
Or perhaps I should get a HoMedics 5-Motor Back Massager with Heat? Oh wait, instead of my $50 thanks.com certificate, I could get it for $24.99 at Circuit City.com
Or how about Harry Potter book 7? Surely that’s worth $50, right? Oh wait, you can get it for $19.94 at overstock.com.
See their catalog of crap here.
Last project, they gave us $50 Visa cards. Unfortunately, if you don’t spend them within 90 days, the money starts disappearing with non-usage fees. The company also had to pay a $5 activation fee for each card, so they spent $55 to give us each $50. That seemed pretty stupid, but thanks.com is much worse. The company pays $50 to give us an average of $25 worth of stuff we don’t need.
I’d be so much happier to receive an envelope with cash in it. Is anyone ever disappointed to receive cash? Why do corporations insist on doing this stuff?
Nothing but crickets chirping around here for two months. I’m really not that surprised. I assume everyone received nothing but perfect Valentine’s Day gifts. I guess there are no tragic stories of Easter bunnies running amuck terrorizing small children. Don’t forget, Mother’s Day is just around the corner on May 11th.
April 13th, 2008 Posted in Uh... thanks? | No Comments
I have absolutely NO IDEA what this is. Neither does anyone else who has visited my apartment and been asked, by me, with a puzzled expression on my face ‘Have you got any idea what this thing is?’
I received it with a bunch of other nice Pampered Chef kitchen gadgets from two friends as a joint housewarming gift. They were all pretty self explanatory; knife, spatula, julienne peeler… however, even on the product website I couldn’t find an answer to what this particular item is. An ashtray? Candle holder? Paperweight? I’m clueless!
While I appreciate the thought behind this strange and seemingly useless gift, I just keep wondering ‘What the hell is this!?’ Maybe I’ll just put it on the coffee table as a conversation piece… it sure plays that part well.
February 11th, 2008 Posted in Housewarming | 4 Comments
My son got this “hat” for Christmas. It was all I could do to keep it on him long enough to take a picture. (I bribed with M&Ms).
February 11th, 2008 Posted in Christmas | No Comments
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