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I worked for a campus-area landlord for about five years in the early aughts, and at the time, he had a total of 40 buildings and close to 300 rental units. Every single unit got a box of chocolates and a hand-written card in mid-December, right at about the peak of final exams week. I was the lucky (for some values of lucky) soul who was tasked with acquiring the goods, addressing the cards, and managing the logistics of getting them all delivered timely, and I will simply say that it was not my favorite part of that job.
The oddest thing to me was the reactions of the tenants. A goodly number would express delighted surprise and gratitude, especially if they were stressing over finals, and that was always nice to hear. But there was a certain percentage of tenants who were just livid about the whole thing, and I was the recipient of some pretty vitriolic communications from them. I could understand why a diabetic tenant would be annoyed at receiving a box of chocolates, but the ones that used to scream at me because Whitman's Samplers weren't sufficiently high-brow for them (and that happened at least a few times every year, without fail) just plain old baffled me.
The oddest thing to me was the reactions of the tenants. A goodly number would express delighted surprise and gratitude, especially if they were stressing over finals, and that was always nice to hear. But there was a certain percentage of tenants who were just livid about the whole thing, and I was the recipient of some pretty vitriolic communications from them. I could understand why a diabetic tenant would be annoyed at receiving a box of chocolates, but the ones that used to scream at me because Whitman's Samplers weren't sufficiently high-brow for them (and that happened at least a few times every year, without fail) just plain old baffled me.
That's just rude.
Like I said - the owner/LL would send See's every year and I always said thank you, lovely gesture. And I really did think that.
I despise See's. I'd end up giving it away. But I would never tell him that and it's the thought.
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