holiday hate
Dec. 5th, 2002 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianI hate hate hate hate hate fake Christmas presents. They are Tacky And Awful. They are in the lobby here at the lovely office building.
(Maybe I will limit myself to reviling one winter-holiday thing each year, to save myself time and effort.)
The office building situation is particularly annoying. A tree went up, a pretty tree sparkling in gold and dark red, a little gaudy but not bad; unfortunately, it was there the Monday before Thanksgiving. I don't remember what I said exactly, but I stated my disgust aloud before I could stop myself. (I do remember that it wasn't "fucksake", and no one snickered, so it was probably pretty mild.) The true irksomeness, though, was only revealed the Monday after Thanksgiving, when the presents arrived. Wrapped in slightly different ways, but uniformly gold and red, they sneered ridiculously from beneath and behind the tree. They look idiotic -- do I get a present from Big Brother Landlord, what? -- and the worst part is that if they'd left them off and kept the donation boxes, which are dorky but cheerful, it would have actually been good lobby decoration. Too much to ask, I know.
The potted tropical plants look dopey in the same room with the tree, but I know better than to try to get that fixed.
(Maybe I will limit myself to reviling one winter-holiday thing each year, to save myself time and effort.)
The office building situation is particularly annoying. A tree went up, a pretty tree sparkling in gold and dark red, a little gaudy but not bad; unfortunately, it was there the Monday before Thanksgiving. I don't remember what I said exactly, but I stated my disgust aloud before I could stop myself. (I do remember that it wasn't "fucksake", and no one snickered, so it was probably pretty mild.) The true irksomeness, though, was only revealed the Monday after Thanksgiving, when the presents arrived. Wrapped in slightly different ways, but uniformly gold and red, they sneered ridiculously from beneath and behind the tree. They look idiotic -- do I get a present from Big Brother Landlord, what? -- and the worst part is that if they'd left them off and kept the donation boxes, which are dorky but cheerful, it would have actually been good lobby decoration. Too much to ask, I know.
The potted tropical plants look dopey in the same room with the tree, but I know better than to try to get that fixed.
