It is often
quite hard to find good presents for your friends and family. There are so many
things to consider, the most important thing is to find something that the
person will really like. Most of the time, you end up buying something that YOU
like as you have no idea what the other person would like to have. If you think
about it, there are very few people you know who have exactly the same taste as
you do.
The other
day I was out shopping for a birthday gift for a colleague's son. I love to
shop around and was very sure that I would find something that would be useful
for the kid. After all there are so many things that kids like: toys, games,
books and electronics. The shops are full of stuff and all it takes is to think
up of something, anything: kids will always like anything you give them. Well,
not always.
First of all
deciding what to buy was a major task. There were so many things in stores and
I could not make up my mind. There were hundreds of things available that I
thought the child would like: the moment I zeroed in on one toy, it was either
too expensive or I had doubts if it was the right thing to buy for a kid his
age. After visiting every store in my area I got fed up and I went along with
what the sales girl suggested and bought a video game that she suggested was
very 'popular' with kids.
Certain
that the shop assistant couldn't be wrong I got it gift wrapped and delivered
it when I went to the party. It was only three days after the event that I got
a phone call and was quite alarmed. The parents of the child wanted to know
where I bought the video game as they wanted to return it. Sensing that there
was some thing wrong I inquired what the problem was. To my embarrassment, they
described an incredibly violent scene found in the first 5 minutes of playing
the game. Both my colleague and her husband were dead against letting their
child waste time playing video games as he was already lagging behind in
studies. If this was not enough, three other people had given the kid the same
so called 'popular' video game.
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