Secret Santa apparently not generous enough

[CelticWarlord]

How would you respond if this happened to you?

“So…I know this is kinda awkward,” she wrote, “but the spending limit was $50 and I looked online and it seems that the blanket and chocolates [you gave me] only add up to about $30? Do you think it’s possible you could get me something else? My kids have been spending me up the wazoo!"

Naughty or nice? Woman goes viral after asking Secret Santa co-worker to buy her kids a $120 tablet

"You don't even have kids...What else would you spend your money on?"

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[Lou2U]

That’s cheeky, and rude. The woman had no idea of the financial situation of the giver, and it’s incredibly bad manners to respond in such a way.

If it were me, I would say no can do. If she was really rude about it, I’d offer to take the gift back off her hands and give it to someone more appreciative.

 

[Lee1]

In the UK you’d be hard pressed to find a blanket in a shop on the high street, so I’d say hang on to that blanket it’ll be worth $50 soon enough!

On a serious note, really! ugh!

“Does not a word surpass a good gift?” (Sir 18: 17).

 

[Mtatum1958]

“Oh, dear. I’m sorry. Let’s return it and I’ll be glad to donate the money in your name to a charity.”

 

[MaryEstelle2]

‘The spending limit is $50.00’ That does not mean you must spend $50.00. What a greedy, materialistic society we have become. Shame on that person.

 

[Xystus]

Asking for something else to make up the $20 “difference” is not even the worst part. the person went on to suggest they be given a $120 tablet for their kid or that much in cash. At that point i would have lost it and told them to take a hike (in a much more colorful phrase not suitable for CAF).

 

[DeniseNY]

I wouldn’t respond to it.

Edited: no, actually I think I would respond. I would send her a book on manners.

 

[TheLittleLady]

Guessing that this was engineered for the purpose of “going viral”.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I’ll be honest with you, I would pretend I just didn’t see that e-mail message or whatever it was.

And I would refrain from participating in any more “Secret Santa” groups.

I do like the suggestion of donating 20 dollars in her name to a charity and sending her the receipt.

 

[Herculees]

And if the woman asking the giver to make up the $20 difference and wanted her to pay for a $120 tablet for their kid, I would have told her if she is that hard pressed she shouldn’t have been participating in the Secret Santa!

 

[oldgraymare2]

‘The spending limit is $50.00’ That does not mean you must spend $50.00. What a greedy, materialistic society we have become. Shame on that person.

This is very true.

What is that saying, “It’s the thought that counts.”

If someone said something like that to me about a gift, I would just smile and say that to them.

I have always greatly appreciated any type of a gift that I get from anyone. I am always deeply touched by the fact that they’re thinking of me. The size or the cost doesn’t matter.

It truly is the thought that went into it, and the fact that they had to go somewhere to get it, and that they put some thought into it.

That means a lot to me.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Right. She could have saved 50 dollars towards the 120 dollar tablet…assuming she herself spent up to the maximum of 50 bucks on her Secret Santa person like she expected this guy to do.