alyeska
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Post by alyeska on Nov 10, 2017 2:20:51 GMT -5
Look what I just saw! Scroll down to the comments. Check out the letter on here where the person called the company to complain. I had no idea some people would react this badly. I don't think I know anyone who wouldn't find this humorous and take it home from work to enjoy. How sad when someone was probably trying to add some fun to this person's life. curios-and-conundrums.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ_Section#comm-2568
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Post by Beckett on Nov 10, 2017 2:58:42 GMT -5
Well, sadly there is no foolproof way around this sort of reaction - we can only use our best judgement, and even so, our recipients might react poorly to our attempt at bringing some intrigue and mystery to their lives. Really, the profound lack of interest and engagement sometimes experienced are best case scenarios to some people. I remember reading an article about a comic book writer receiving an Experience in 2016... here it is now. Of course, when in doubt, one can always give the recipient a fair warning and still be vague enough to not make this entirely pointless. On the other hand, to some extent I feel that these people have themselves to blame as well. The Experiences provided by the Mysterious Package Company do not, by design, stand up to scrutiny, so all the instances where the recipient feels that the mailings are genuine, they should have been able to dispell that notion themselves. Of course, all of this is purely academic. If, by mistake, one has made a friend feel uncomfortable, the damage has been done, and if they choose to act like an arsehole about it, one can only hope that it is possible to let go and move on.
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alyeska
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Post by alyeska on Nov 10, 2017 5:41:54 GMT -5
Hmmm... the recipient in your link seemed like an older gentleman. I've been thinking that my father-in-law would enjoy an experience. Perhaps that's not the best of ideas.
I'm really surprised that both were so incredibly angry though! The experiences were sent with the best of intentions, obviously, to make someone happy and give them a thrill. I understand that someone was once actually very scared by The Weeping Book and called the police, but it doesn't sound like either of these people received that experience. I was especially surprised about the comic book writer. I would think this kind of thing would be right up his alley! The poor sender. I feel very sad for him. He was just trying to give the man an unusual birthday gift.
There are very few people I would spend this amount of money to please who I know would actually enjoy it besides my immediate family (husband and kids.) I can only think of two siblings out of my large family who may actually enjoy this. I have a feeling that we will not be sending one to my father-in-law unless it's a very family friendly one!
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Post by Todd on Nov 10, 2017 6:20:30 GMT -5
It's one thing to be upset about receiving an unusual gift. It's another thing to seek out people who enjoy gifts of that sort and complain. Some people aren't happy unless they're inflicting their misery on the world.
It's like bringing meatballs as a passing dish to a vegetarian luncheon.
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Post by Beckett on Nov 10, 2017 7:01:10 GMT -5
Well, I feel sorry for the people who sent them the Experiences. I can ignore people I do not know at all spewing bile on the internet, even in my general direction, but to have to take that sort of abuse from the person you were trying to give a rather special gift to? The recipient of Filigree in Shadow I mentioned did not manage to get even a shred of enjoyment out of the whole thing, but at least he could appreciate the gesture and we are still friends. One would think that people like Mr. Byrn or that commentor on the wiki would recognise the intent behind the present and not be so hard on the sender.
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Post by wortelboer on Nov 10, 2017 7:16:19 GMT -5
Seems to me people like this have lost all sense of wonder and imagination. It appears their lives have no place for fantasy and they are unable to "play" in any sense of the word. The inner child in them is dead. How very sad.
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Post by distantsmoke on Nov 10, 2017 9:17:16 GMT -5
I found it incredibly odd that he got an email from his uncle and assumed it was an attempt at phishing. What a family!
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Post by thegenii on Nov 10, 2017 11:52:21 GMT -5
Oh, I think it would be more fun to be judgmental! The person who wrote that email is a fool. How's that?
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Post by professor on Nov 10, 2017 14:49:58 GMT -5
For many years now, I've considered John Byrne to be something of a big whiner. Ending a friendship because he was sent a $200-300 gift just smacks of immaturity to me.
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Post by Beckett on Nov 10, 2017 16:43:07 GMT -5
For many years now, I've considered John Byrne to be something of a big whiner. Ending a friendship because he was sent a $200-300 gift just smacks of immaturity to me. Ah. I was not familiar with the gentleman.
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Post by dmikester on Nov 10, 2017 17:39:05 GMT -5
John Byrne has a very shall we say prickly relationship with many people in the comic book world; he's known as being extremely combative and reactive to what he perceives as slights. His reaction to the MPC shipment isn't surprising to me in any way, and by the way, I would not be surprised if he made up some of the details regarding the reaction by the post office in order to suit his own narrative (the Unabomber reference smacks of exaggeration to me given how long ago that was). He's definitely a brilliant artist and writer (or at least was; I haven't really been aware of anything of his since the early Hellboy issues that he helped script), but not a great person.
Similarly, the person in the comments here seems like a classic overly litigious person who doesn't trust anyone and needs to have everything directly under his control. I'm sure he's wonderful at parties.
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Post by thegenii on Nov 10, 2017 19:22:23 GMT -5
Shall I add "jerk" to "fool"?
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Post by Beckett on Nov 10, 2017 20:06:54 GMT -5
Well, it is probably safe to assume that he is not an active member these days, even though he would have qualified for an expediated application.
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alyeska
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Post by alyeska on Nov 12, 2017 5:51:49 GMT -5
John Byrne has a very shall we say prickly relationship with many people in the comic book world; he's known as being extremely combative and reactive to what he perceives as slights. His reaction to the MPC shipment isn't surprising to me in any way, and by the way, I would not be surprised if he made up some of the details regarding the reaction by the post office in order to suit his own narrative (the Unabomber reference smacks of exaggeration to me given how long ago that was). He's definitely a brilliant artist and writer (or at least was; I haven't really been aware of anything of his since the early Hellboy issues that he helped script), but not a great person. Similarly, the person in the comments here seems like a classic overly litigious person who doesn't trust anyone and needs to have everything directly under his control. I'm sure he's wonderful at parties. This sheds a lot of light on the comic book writer. I've noticed that there are a few comments on the CuriosandConundrums wiki now. (Ok, I admit it, I'm one of them!)
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