Re:An ode to that “coffee friend”
by switchbak on Thursday October 27, 2022 @12:35AM
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I've had the opposite experience a lot: I give a fancy niche thing, and get confused looks because they don't understand its value. Then again much of my family is terrible at graciously receiving gifts!
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Wait, are "confused looks" bad? I'd love to get a confusing gift.
When you go out of your way to get a special gift and the response is "thanks ... I guess", that's not really the desired outcome.
A confusing gift sounds like fun, but an unwanted gift not so much.
Culture-dependent then. I did get dozens of impractical, boring, useless gifts that were a net zero value to me (or slightly less). I've never responded "thanks ... I guess" or implied that, because it'd be super-rude.
Maybe not a full nuclear option, but a heavy offense, to be remembered for years.