Imagine giving a co-worker a baby shower gift worth almost $1000, and instead of being grateful, they were angry, because it wasn’t brand new.
It’s the exact scenario one woman found herself in, after she thought she did an amazingly good deed for her co-worker. But it all blew up in her face.
“My co-worker is having a baby in two months,” the woman explained on reddit. “She’s been gushing about the SNOO, bassinet especially after learning more about mine and watching my SNOO work on the nanny cam and how it rocks my baby back to sleep.
“She’s been telling people she really really wanted a SNOO but cannot afford the price tag – which is about US$1,500 for a brand new bassinet. I suggested she can either rent the SNOO or get one second handed on Facebook Marketplace for like between US$900-1100 (which is what I did). She said, it’s still too big of a price tag and not even sure if her baby would like it (some babies do not like the SNOO).”
The woman says her baby has almost outgrown their SNOO and would be finished with it by the time her co-worker has given birth. So she decided to gift her the pricey bassinet.
“So she hosted two baby showers – one at work, and one at home with family/friends. I thought about getting one of the cute onesies from her gift registry – but I also thought a better gift would be to give her our SNOO since we’re done with it. Even as a third hand user, the resale value on Facebook Marketplace would have been easily between US$ 600-900. When she opened my gift, it was a simple congrats card and I wrote on there, ‘We will give you our SNOO in a month’.”
The woman said the SNOO is in great condition with only minor wear and tear.
“Later I found out she was angry at me for throwing her my second/third handed bassinet when I no longer needed it and couldn’t even be decent enough to just buy a $15 onesie. Well, I got pissed, I told her, ‘Fine I’ll keep my SNOO, and sell it on Facebook Marketplace for US$600-900, just thought you would like it since you are always gushing about mine and how it’s too expensive to buy even a second handed one. There is no need to be ungrateful – here, just take $15 instead.’ I put $15 in her hand and walked off.
“Was I an a**hole for giving her a second handed product (in great condition) and calling her ungrateful?”
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