On a radio talk show this evening on my drive home, the hosts were taking calls from people with the question "What's the lousiest Christmas bonus you've ever gotten?"
Half a pig
A $10 gift card to Wal-Mart
A check for $25.00, which after taxes was about $23.00
I got to thinking: what are the WORST gifts you've ever received?
I'll start:
The worst birthday gift I ever received was a shoebox filled with things like cheap steak knives, kitchen sponges, an old-fashioned plastic rain bonnet, and yellow plastic iced tea spoons. This, from a family whose monthly income far surpassed my own annual income.
The worst Secret Santa gift I ever received at work was a used cookie tin filled with Christian religious tracts. The guy who gave them to me said that he saw no other way to keep me from burning in Hell.
The worst Christmas gift I ever received (and thankfully I don't celebrate Christmas anymore) was a wool sweater from an aunt and uncle who were told repeatedly that I'm allergic to wool. And I couldn't return it because there were no tags or receipts. And worst of all, I lived in Southern California at the time...who wears wool sweaters THERE? I couldn't even re-gift it.
I'm sure there's much funnier and much worse out there.
C'mon, Kossacks. It's Friday. Grab a libation and make me and everyone else laugh.