15 People Who Received the Most Useless Gifts Ever

7. “I like penguins. I’m not obsessed, I just like them. I have some plastic figurines, a couple of stuffed animals in my office, that sort of thing. One Christmas, my mother bought me a dumb, cheap penguin pet toy. It would cheep, waddle around, etc. I didn’t want to hurt her feelings, so I said thanks and left it at that. She went on at length about how embarrassed she was when she bought her grown son a baby penguin toy advertised as 2 to 5. I got some weird looks from my aunt, uncle and cousins. I didn’t ask for it, I didn’t want it and she didn’t have to buy it. I would have preferred some socks.”