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A gift basket worth talking about

July 25, 2009

Life has been rough lately for home builders.

Gibson Design Group got their attention with a nice gift that recognizes their struggles … and the fact that they might need a drink!

Remember Andy's rule of corporate gifts: If it's not worth talking about, it's not worth sending.

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Benjy July 25, 2009 at 8:41 am

Unique… but couldn’t sending a note about “weathering the storm” along with a traditional New Orleans drink be taken the wrong way to those who might not appreciate the connection to Katrina? Sure, the drink itself is named “Hurricane,” but it acquired its name long before the storm destroyed the city. Perhaps the choice of a different drink might be equally worthy of talking about without the possibility of offending people. Margarita or mojito kits anyone?

Ted July 25, 2009 at 12:27 pm

And to Andy’s point, if you are at all “in to” spirits or cocktail culture then this gift basket is kind of bad because the rum is low end junk and Pat’s cocktail mix is strictly a tourist thing.

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