I don’t know who set the pricing range on Facebook’s Valentines Day Gift suggestions, but I’m fairly sure that most people would find a last minute $5 gift card for Starbucks to be more offensive than say… not getting them anything at all.
Try my logic on for size.
You know all those birthday wishes you get on your Facebook wall, make you feel awesome and result in you overindulging on two bottles of vanilla vodka?
You know you only had those two bottles of vodka (and a bottle of rum) to drown out the realization that those people only wished you happy birthday because Facebook reminded them. They didn’t really remember…
You know that hurts, and it hurts bad… but at this point you’ve had 2 bottles of vodka, a bottle of rum, a 12 pack of Guinness and are being carted off to have your stomach pumped, so you don’t really give a crap right? The hangover may help drown it out, but you’ll always know they didn’t really remember you…
It’s the same thing with Valentines Day. If your significant other has to be reminded by Facebook to get you a gift, and the best they can come up with is a $5 gift card for Starbucks, then, well… I’m not saying that it’s a red flag in your relationship, but some people really like waving red flags at bulls…
I suppose a $5 gift card isn’t the worst thing you could get for Valentines Day from your other half, I mean, they could always give you herpes, right?
Posted by Paul to Paul O'Flaherty, 2013. | Permalink to Facebook’s Cheap Ass Valentines Day Gift Suggestions