Mine was bath salts, i can’t even get in the bath, what was yours?
Pedometer
Not my pressie but the dogs. A four foot rawhide bone. Not one but two. Im the one who has to clean after him!!
I doubt anyone can beat Anitras 7 legged spider brooch.
Bath salts for someone who can’t bathe, or a pedometer for someone who (I assume) can’t walk far are pretty useless. But I suppose mine has the dubious distinction of being useless to everyone, not just those with disabilities.
I wouldn’t even put it in the charity bag, because items need to be in saleable condition. I don’t consider a seven-legged spider IS saleable. Then again, my friend must have thought so, or why did she buy it? Assuming it wasn’t some broken junk of her own she wanted to get rid of.
I just wouldn’t have the brass neck. I think a broken gift is more insulting than no gift. It’s like saying: “I did think of you, but not enough to choose anything nice.” Surely more diplomatic not to give anything, in that case?
T.
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So, it seems I gave a gallon of water to a village in some 3rd world country 
I support a charity in the UK, I would have loved it if the person who donated in my name had considererd where I would have liked the “Christmas gift” money that was given to me donated, especially since they know what charity I support and why.
Is it really a selfless gift of the season if the gift giver does what they want without any consideration for the recipient’s choice of charity? Not really imo.
Tina - it wasn’t the same friend that has a bit of a history about being rather thoughtless/tactless was it???
The worst Christmas present I ever got was a second hand, tiled cheese board. The knife was missing and it had a chip out of one of the tiles. It still had the Oxfam sticker on the underneath. But the best bit is…
I was 10.
True story!
Karen x
Karen,
LoL, no, two completely different people! I can see why you might have thought they were one and the same, though.
I remember your cheeseboard present - I think that IS even worse than a broken brooch. Can’t remember the exact circumstances, though: was the giver pretty elderly or eccentric? Elderly people sometimes seem confused about exactly what a child might play with. Or perhaps they got mixed up, and someone who’d wanted a cheeseboard received a present suitable for a ten-year-old girl?
T.
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Lol Karen - you must’ve been scarred for life! It definitely isn’t the thought that counts! Teresa xx
My most useless gift was a bag of special compost for the strawberry bed… Very considerate, made from specially composted stable manure.
Where was I living? On an equestrian property… D’oh
I was giving the stuff away by the truckload literally
B