A friend of mine told me about a gift she’d just received that’s a
perfect example of this kind of generosity. Her friend told her, “For
Christmas, I’m going to replace every burned-out lightbulb in your
house.” And she did. She went around the house, took out every
burned-out bulb, went to the hardware store to buy replacements, and
put fresh bulbs in every empty socket.
That is from The Happiness Project. I told Yana that for my birthday this year I want a working TiVo system, that means time on the phone to their help desk, we will see what I get.
But who the heck has more than 1-2 burned out bulbs in their house at any given moment!?!
Just hire a teenaged boy. He’ll have your tivo working in no time.
Taking out the trash or cleaning for a couple of weeks is a nice gift. But burned out lightbulbs? I’m as confused as the rest of the posters.
Lightbulbs are too easy, but if anyone wants to pull weeds in my yard (they love the warm winter), I’ve got a birthday coming!
Shouldn’t the punchline be something like; if the light bulb needed changing, somebody would have changed it already?
You don’t have a grandmother or older family member who needs help
replacing lightbulbs? My grandmother who lived to be 96 1/2 always
needed help with it, especially burned out bulbs in ceiling fixtures. I
think this is a wonderful example of giving something that seems
pretty basic to most of us but can really be appreciated by someone
who needs the service!
You’re getting socks, and don’t think different.
For my birthday this year I’m going to ask my handy friends to guide me through some home repairs. I’ll let them sit forever if I don’t sack up and ask for help on an actual day.
Oh,man! There was a thread on here once where people tried to name poorly designed objects, and not one person said Christmas lights wired in series!
The main idea in the post you linked to is to offer people service gifts. Instead, you’re demanding one from your wife. It’s about giving, not taking!
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