Last night, I was reminded of something I still find humorous–six years later…just thought I’d share.
When I was teaching middle school, I had a student give me a gift, tucked in a card:
It was a buy one get one free coupon to a nearby restaurant (torn from of an entertainment coupon book).
#1 What can you say, but thanks?
#2 They must have thought highly of my teaching! hahah!
If it had been written in the student’s handwriting, I would have thought he had initiated the gift, but the mother had filled it out. Of course, I thanked him properly, but whenever I think about it…I still have to chuckle. Now I realize that times may have been tight for that family, but gifts were certainly NOT expected–and a simple thanks would have been most definitely ample. MAN, did they go above and beyond!
So parents, boyfriends, husbands, wives, and friends, just remember that NOTHING says I appreciate you like a BUY ONE GET ONE COUPON!
