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"That piece of junk"

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Venus193:
I recently gave a CD to a friend for her birthday who said "Gee, thanks, but I have nothing to play it on.  That sh***y boom box died on me two months ago."

I gave her that sh***y boom box for Christmas three years ago.

What would you guys say?

Rose2Bear:
Yikes, that was pretty rude... the fact that she said "THAT s*** boombox" instead of "MY s*** boombox" kinda makes it sound like she knew you would know specifically which stereo she was referencing... And thats really rude!   

What did you say??

Balletmom:
I think it's rude she added "I have nothing to play it on" no matter WHO gave her the boom box. "Thanks so much for thinking of me" is the only acceptable answer.

That's like saying, "Thanks for the red sweater, but I have nothing to wear it with."

"Thanks for the steak knife set, but I have no steaks in the freezer."

It's just snarky, honestly.

And honestly, who doesn't have more than one way to play a CD? I have four, and I'm hardly a tech or music freak.

EvilAlice:
Eh, I don't think it was necessarily rude.  Any time something of mine dies, it gets all kinds on nasty adjectives appended to it's name.  It may have been a great boombox/computer/car/washing machine at one time, but after it dies it's a piece of junk.  It's just a way of venting frustration.

Much as we like to give great gifts and have them be meaningful, after awhile "this is the boombox my friend bough me" becomes just another thing that you have, just from familiarity. I bet if she thought about it, she realized later that you gave her the boombox and was suitably mortified.  If it didn't occur to her, it doesn't mean she's rude or ungrateful.  It was a boombox.  It died.  Therefore it was sh*tty even if logically it lived as long as it should have.  It's nothing against you.

guihong:
She might not have remembered that the boombox came from you.  I know I have gifts from three years back, that I cannot remember exactly who gave them to me.

gui

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