OAE hax chat q: they don't like to use real, wasteful wrapping paper, so they use newspaper or brown paper bags instead. why all the funny looks?
Posted by
prisoner 24601 (aka chris)
Dec 21 '12, 09:43
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DON'T WANNA PREACH
I don't wrap gifts because I thinking wrapping paper is both financially wasteful and environmentally irresponsible. At group celebrations that seem to call for wrapping paper (gift exchanges, baby showers, kids' birthday parties, etc.), I use newspaper, pages from magazines, or brown paper bags to wrap gifts. This gets me a lot of weird looks and seems to irritate certain acquaintances and co-workers. Is there a pleasant way to explain my position to others that doesn't sound totally preachy and Holier-Than-Thou? I'm not telling anyone else what to do, but I am tired of biting my tongue when I get snippy comments like, "How...creative."
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Responses:
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LOL, I just noticed your subject heading. -- nm
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mara christmas, movie house!
Dec 21, 10:01
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I wrap mine in baby seal pelts and crushed endangered condor egg shells -- nm
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Beaker
Dec 21, 09:52
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Eff em. If they can't appreciate a gift because of the wrapping, they don't have to accept it. (nm)
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musubi
Dec 21, 09:49
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So you want to save the environment, yet you keep buying commercially produced crap to give as gifts. -- nm
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Max
Dec 21, 09:46
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Buy recycled wrapping paper. Why do you have to ruin christmas? -- nm
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oblique
Dec 21, 09:46
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"I'm big about sustainability, Agenda 21 FTW!" -- nm
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znufrii
Dec 21, 09:45
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