I Bought a House and all I got was this Crappy Keyring (The Rules for Coporate Gift-giving)
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Such a shame really. The agent was lovely and did an exemplary job throughout the whole process. When I went to pick up the keys yesterday afternoon I was kind of hoping for a bottle of agency-branded premium cleanskin sparkling wine to say thanks and remind me that when it’s time to sell the house they’d be keen to help out. Instead I got a lukewarm handshake, a smile and shitty little black box with a shitty little keyring inside it. They’d have been better off giving me nothing.
Corporate gifts aren’t much different to any other kind of gift:
- It’s the thought that counts
- A gift from the heart which truly means something to both giver and the reciever is better than something really expensive
- Failing point 1 and point 2; the bigger the better
Sure, I have a house now, and yes, I need somewhere to put my new house keys, but I declare my crappy keyring to be an unequivocal CORPORATE GIFT FAIL.






