Well, every year I am confused whenever I see this big paper bag full of stuff just sitting on the counter. I always sift through it, get confused, and then walk away. Then later on I realize that it's the bag that my step-dad gets from this lady, Betsy, from work.
Every year for Christmas Betsy gives everyone at work a bag full of gas station food and a bag of fire works. I am not kidding. This year the loot included a yellow frisbee, a mini-pecan pie, crunchy Cheetos, peanut butter crackers, animal crackers, mini oreos, honey buns, pretzels, popcorn, cheddar cheese crackers, "a whole shit load of candy", roman candles, bottle rockets, and fire crackers.
Now at first I just thought, "aw, this lady doesn't have a lot of money so she just goes to the gas station and buys people what she can." But then whenever I look at the contents of the bag, I realize that she had to have spent around $15 worth of gas station food for each person she buys it for. So I mean, there are other things she could buy for $15. Nice things. Normal things. So it's not like it's an extremely cheap gift or anything.
I don't know, man. It's kind of nice though. After a while you forget about the big bag and then you are happy whenever you walk buy and you see there is a bag of Cheetos you can eat. So, I guess it's sort of a cool gift.
Just strange.
My step-dad just laughs and says, "Man, Betsy's just a nice old lady. A nice old two-hundred pound lady who wears micro-mini-skirts. Oh, and you should see what she does for Halloween...she dresses up like a nurse."