A hamper is a gift basket. Incidentally, sorry about the injury that apparently prevents you from using Google or clicking on the link I provided in my previous post. Good on you for overcoming it long enough to post though!
They use the term in 19th century British novels - it’s a big package, I think.
Edit: Cazzle, there’s no basket in the picture you linked to, so it’s not very illuminating.
People who bring up controversial subjects like religion and politics at work. Especially when they start the conversation by stating a strong opinion or asking a very loaded question. I see this happen a lot among people who don’t have a clue what they’re talking about. E.g. “We’re really in trouble, now that that Muslim Barack Obama’s in charge, aren’t we?” or “Abortion, what a barbaric thing…next thing you know people will be slaughtering perfectly good babies…” It’s not appropriate to assume that I’ll agree. If I don’t, it forces me to either nod and smile or get confrontational.
People who don’t bother to look around for better prices on expensive items. I don’t shop around for every blasted little thing, but I’m constantly surprised at how little research some people do when they buy airline tickets, computers, cars, electronics… In nursing, there’s a really popular brand of shoes. They cost about $120 new, but the brand has an online outlet (it’s the second Google hit) where you can purchase the plain black ones (the ones everyone has) for $65-$80 any time. They are sold as “slightly irregular,” but I’ve never seen a pair from there that has any visible-from-eye-level defect, and they’re all guaranteed to still fit and be just as durable as the ones from the shoe stores. I got my size right by trying them on at the shoe store. I can’t imagine shelling that much out for shoes without checking the internet and finding them much cheaper.
I agree on the living with parents into adulthood thing, for the most part. If you’re still in school, need major financial help, are disabled, you don’t apply. But perfectly normal, college-educated, working 20-somethings who just want to live rent-free and have someone else make their meals get the eyeroll from me. When I worked in Manhattan, I was the only one in an office of 4 who lived on my own, and I wasn’t making any more money than the rest. I also had more student debt. It was all about standards of living. Some days I just wanted to say, “yes, you can afford expensive lunches every day and designer bags, but I get to have sex!” (Maybe some of them did also, but I wasn’t having it with my parents down the hall. Ew.)
The hamper has moved beyond the mere wicker basket that used to contain it and now refers to the contents regardless of the container they come in. I imagine laundry hamper has had a similar evolution… I have a laundry hamper that is a canvas bag that hangs from a wooden frame.
I’m totally out of the loop on fashion of any sort. So the first time I ever saw that particular fashion, I literally fell down laughing. Butt juice? Occasionally, I ate the wrong thing and had some butt juice as a result, but I sure wouldn’t advertise the fact.
Tattoos, piercings and plastic surgery.
People who put any kind of sauce on fine steak or fresh fish.
Adults who order their steak well done.
People who stress the ‘colour’ of their credit card when giving me the details to extract a donation for whichever charitable cause I’m soliciting that day. All I need to know is whether it’s a Visa/Mastercard/Amex or Diners, not whether it’s Blue, Gold or Platinum you pompous schmucks.
:rolleyes:
People who buy into the whole Starbuck’s thing.
It’s one thing to treat yourself to an occasional frozen mocha-lotta (or whatever the heck it is they sell in there) but to make Starbuck’s a daily habit is just stupid.
(Sorry Mom)
He was hampered.
People who ignore friendly dogs who want to meet them.
I recognize that some people are allergic or phobic…although the percentage of the population that’s genuinely dog-phobic can’t be nearly as large as the number of people I see doing this. I also recognize that truly phobic/allergic people would carefully chart a path clear of the dog or dogs; I’m talking more about the people who give a little fake smile and motor directly past the dog(s).
Objectively I know that some people aren’t into dogs and might be in a hurry. But it’s such a small thing to stop and say hi to a friendly dog and it means so much to the dog. Our own dogs love everyone they see and stand there looking hopeful and eager; they’re so deflated when people don’t stop and so filled with joy when they do.
Also, the people I know who never spare a moment for a friendly animal are generally uniformly self-important egotists or cut-throat a-holes.
Generally, I don’t trust people who don’t like dogs. Superficial and probably inaccurate tough that may be.
People who hold themselves superior to others based on what appears to be petty and inane things.
This was my first thought too. If you don’t like animals, then I likely won’t like you. It may me petty, but there you have it.
Ok, apology accepted too. But to answer your question, it’s usually a broad brush applied to the subject, and the stigma is unwarranted IMO.
Heh. My supervisor’s e-mail tag has her **BA **on it. And when I was hired she put my **BA **on mine. I deleted it. :rolleyes:
People who use computers frequently (who doesn’t?) but claim to be “computer illiterate” and make no attempt to improve.
My mom installed extra memory in her PC without any prior knowledge, just by googling what she needed to buy and what she needed to do. If she can do that, you could discover how to add a page break in Word.
There is no reason for ANYBODY to have JUICY (or most words, for that matter) written across their butts.
Yes, I think less of pretty much anyone who wears those types of pants in public.
Also, people who are really, vocally disapproving of tattoos - they’re typically very wrong about the reasons people get them. I don’t care if you don’t have tattoos, why are you so obsessed with mine?
People who are proud of not exercising, eating badly, etc. Do what you want with your life, but I think being proud of having unhealthy habits is stupid.
People who don’t pay off their credit cards every month. If you’re maxing it out because you’re out of work and the only things on it are actual living expenses to keep yourself and your family clothed, fed and sheltered, that’s one thing. I’m talking about people who, with some self-restraint, could stop buying toys and making unnecessary purchases, but continue to do so and only pay the monthly minimum, or if they’re really proud of themselves, 2 or 3 times the monthly minimum. A credit card is a good way to pay for things so you don’t have to carry tons of cash on your person all the time. But when you get the bill? Pay it in full, doofus.
People who pronounce ‘picture’ as ‘pitcher’. Double-doofus.
I’ll second the ‘leasing a car you can’t afford’ thing. Is it wrong of me to think less of the 20-something gangsta-looking kid driving a $78,000 Mercedes CLS550? Maybe. I do anyway.
People who keep their Christmas-light icicles hanging from their gutters all year long.
Overweight people who load up the checkout conveyor with all manner of sugary drinks, bags of fried pork rinds, Doritos, chips, and convenience foods.
People who pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a house, and don’t put the slightest effort into maintaining it but let it deteriorate and let it become the neighborhood embarrassment.
Believing in God, etc…
Sorry if that offends you, but until I see empirical proof of the existence of a divine being, I don’t want to hear about it. And quit killing each other over it, dumbshits.
Believing in:
god
astrology
the claim that the government is hiding crashed UFO’s
the claim that the government destroyed the World Trade Towers
creationism