Comments | jenniffer: Pet Peeves...

jenniffer

Pet Peeves...

Dec 30, 2005 17:56

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people ask for money in replacements for gifts. I just hink it's bad manners...this leads us into today's morning adventure ( Read more... )

pet peeves, work, money begging

Comments 13

sunshinedydrm December 31 2005, 03:16:43 UTC

I think that's rude! If you want to give a gift (like if you know them and like them), you should give what you want or what they need (again, if you know them, you know what they need - luggage or something).

jenniffer December 31 2005, 03:26:37 UTC

But that was the thing that really set me off.....I have no idea who these people are!

sunshinedydrm December 31 2005, 03:34:07 UTC

I think people are just getting ruder and ruder and feel they're entitled to stuff all the time. That's why I love bunnies!

jenniffer December 31 2005, 03:37:30 UTC

yeah, they (bunnies) feel like they're entitled to stuff all the time...but they're cute, so they are!

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winged_embrace December 31 2005, 16:11:18 UTC

OMG! RUDERUDERUDE! I positively cannot believe how selfish people are these days!

jenniffer December 31 2005, 16:46:00 UTC

I know...like it would have been one thing if the "invitation" had said that they were older and well established and therefore did not need any gifts....but to go on and tell everyone to bring money for the money tree....well.....that's just rude.

winged_embrace December 31 2005, 21:15:08 UTC

I agree 100%

kaonamai December 31 2005, 16:24:53 UTC

man i wish people would contribute to my "everyday" money tree!!!

jenniffer December 31 2005, 16:43:02 UTC

Hehe...I told my husband we should circulate a flier saying we're renewing our vows so that we can go to Alaska for our anneversary.

4kudzu December 31 2005, 16:39:32 UTC

I honestly think they are being smart considering they are elderly, but inviting someone you don't know much leads to say they have no feelings 'cause I wouldn't ask just anyone in an invitation to bring money to my doorstep. So yeah. Maybe they should have made two invitations and if they really wanted to invite you, to send the one where it says that gifts are optional, they just want your presence. *shrug* Asking for stuff has never been my thing tho, so I don't see myself encouraging to print such an invitation in the first place.

jenniffer December 31 2005, 16:44:38 UTC

Yeah...my whole department was like "who are these people?"...none of us have ever even met them, the fliers just showed up on our desk telling us about the money tree...

I guess I jsut found it kind of presumptuous.

chemdragon1 December 31 2005, 23:57:33 UTC

Money trees are so tacky! Especially if you don't know the people.