Jesus fucking Christ, really? Is it really this hard for you to understand? Don't. Re. Gift. Shit.

The only thing that Parkins could do in your scenario to be classless is to endorse his paycheck (PAYCHECK you fucking clown!) for the gig to Spiegel.

Though I can't say I'm surprised you need to have being a social human explained to you.

I do understand. But it's fucking Spiegel on his 3rd marriage and he's not family. So he should eat his crab legs, be grateful and shut the hell up.

Again, whatever your thoughts on regifting are (mine: you shouldn't but if money's tight and you have unopened stuff for some reason, it's better than nothing), the thing that's so egregious is that with 99.999% of all known goods and services, he could have gotten away with it! But by giving the same Joe's Crab Shack gift cards they both got for doing the Kaplan show, it's basically saying "here's some free shit we used to get, guess you need them more than I do now." In context, it's tacky.

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Yep, way tacky.

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Whoever posted a similar thought earlier had it right. Spiegs is a touchy feely guy. He knows where the Joe's things comes from. He is not mad about $200. You probably could have thoughtfully custom made just a card with true sentiments and he would have been more happy.

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Wow.

Regifting (especially something you know Speigs gets from Kaplan as well) is incredibly tacky and low class.

Like mike said, give a heartfelt card and it's better than this.

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That's true but it is still basically money. It's like if you got 200 in cash as a bonus from your boss and gave it to your coworker as a gift.

The problem with regifts are that it's trash you don't want. It's hard to do that with gift cards unless it's an Applebees one.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

You guys are a bunch of pussies, if someone gives ya something..be thankful, who gives a shit where the got it from.

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I bet none of these Caller Bobs would complain if their cousin won a boat on wheel of fortune and gave it them.

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Yup

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Was it Joe’s Crab Shack or Joe’s Prime Seafood, Steak and Stone Crab? I assumed it was the latter.

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Nothing wrong at all. They aren't $200 gift cards to Olive Garden. Parkins gifted Spiegel a very nice dinner. Joe's Stone Crab isn't a cheap night out.

In addition to the tackiness.. assuming parkins and his wife went to the wedding, is $100 per person the new bare minimum gifting level....? It was kinda funny listening to him rationlize the gift on air... he was convinced it was a great gift, but finally3 acknowledged it could be percieved poorly. personally i dont think it's that great a gift... especially for a wedding.

Thoughtful????

It's a wedding. A registry is provided so guests do not have to think. Spiegel at least had the dignity to not create a registry. He should be happy he received anything.

It looks like the "reception" was going to a Cubs game afterwards.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

So Parkins smokes weed, loves the Cubs, the Wire, and Gang Starr?


Fuckin loser

Can't do it is a great segment and Spiegel calling in was great. You can hear the contempt in his voice he has for Parkins in general.

Cheap as fuck.

I mean fuck Spiegel and dont even go to the wedding, but if you do, just put some cash in there.

It would be a good gift from a 23 year old kid not yet established.


Assuming Parkins makes at least 70k per year (guessing more, but at minimum)

Wtf..the guy is 320 lbs..he received 200$ worth of quality food.

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I remember the scene in Goodfellas when one of the wise guys handed Karen an envelope overflowing with gift cards

Sounds like the LAST thing he needs.


Parkins probably makes $200 per hour of being on air. Just put cash in there.

bullshit. spiegel didn't get to 350 by not ordering a seafood tower for 1 as an app. he's pissy just to be pissy. he definitely already has made a reservation to use the gift cards

Even if you consider what Parkins did to be "cheap," think about if it were your own (3rd) wedding... would you really care enough to even think twice about it? What kind of petty person must you be to care about such things? The gift was still worth $200, anyway... that's more than most people give at weddings. These "rules" that are being cited remind me of my mother-in-law and her catty friends sitting around and bitching about how cheap everyone else is.

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That's what my guy says too.

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MANY cheap fucks outing themselves in this thread.

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Spiegel being Spiegel has nothing to do with this unless the gift was a purposeful fuck you. Then, well done.


As a wedding gift, a gift card is trash.

So then can we assume that Spiegs used a radio connection to get the box he rented out for that? I seem to recall Parkins mentioned it was a box if not suite set up.

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And a regifted gift card is even lower.

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