For many, so much of the excitement around Christmas time is welcoming far away family members home.
It could be children that got married and moved across the country for their partner’s job, a kid that got a high profile job in Europe, or a surf bum that’s been hanging out in Fiji for the last few years.
But for many families, Christmas means welcoming home their college-aged children. And college-aged children are a bit deranged.
Like this one for, example.
Her parents gave her a beautiful, thoughtful gift—a label maker.
I know, not a Vitamix, but different folks, different strokes, people.
Label makers are so useful for making a workplace or homespace more clear and efficient.
What a gift!
But it all totally backfired and the proud new owner of the machine decided to absolutely abuse her new power as Household Labeller.
Cue Reddit to give us the goods.
“My 22 year old daughter wanted a label maker for Christmas…”
“Didn’t know why, but woke up to this, this morning.”
“Labels like this all over the house.”
“There are labels all over the house.”
“She must have been up for a few hours after the rest of us went to sleep.”
Someone has a sense of humor…
Hardly surprising the Reddit community took the daughter’s side.
They heartily approved of the Christmas activities.
“The teets on the almonds must be so small…” ~ OutCastAtLast
A nut milk documentary confirmed that.
Although someone still disagreed.
“Everyone knows the best almond milk comes straight from the tree’s tit.”
People had thoughts on the responsibility of owning a label maker.
“if she hasn’t put ‘label maker’ on the label maker, you better take it away, because that proves she’s not responsible enough to have one.”
“It should be the FIRST thing you do with a label maker.” ~ SirWernich
“When I was working nights our stockroom attendant who worked days made a big deal about someone using ‘his’ label maker. That pissed me off since I had a legitamate purpose that time.”
“I labelled everything in there the next night.”
“He’s been gone three years and they’re still finding labels I put on things. And you’re right, the label maker itself was absolutely the first thing that got labeled.” ~ Cthulhuhoop
“My stapler at work is labelled ‘not Nick’s’.”
“Nick doesn’t even work there anymore, he sat at the desk beside me, with an adjoining table between us.”
“When I joined the team the admin brought me a stapler and tape dispenser. I hadn’t even asked for either, but it was nice to get them.”
“Nick sees them and proclaims ‘cool, we get a stapler!'”
“To which I promptly replied ‘No, I got a stapler, but you can borrow it.’ I then labelled it accordingly.”
“We got along well, he thought it was funny. The label remains, despite him moving on to another role.” ~ mtled
People approved of the OP’s parenting.
“You’ve done a fine job with this one.” ~ kangarooninjadonuts
“I too am a 22-year-old woman who just got a label maker.”
“I put bananas on my phone” ~ bean_sprout102438
“I am a deli manager in a big grocery store and I had to hide my department’s label maker to keep the adults from playing with it….”
“I am 33 and am pretty near the youngest of the group.” ~ nightlyraider
People apparently have strong feelings about label makers.
one of the single best purchases i’ve ever made for my significant other was a fart machine. close second was her label maker.
— David (@dandavidthird) December 14, 2022
A label maker should not need 6 AAA batteries to operate pic.twitter.com/K78PXnlT70
— Jono Tan (@jonotan86) December 9, 2022
don’t leave me alone with a label maker pic.twitter.com/s55VcFgSEQ
— KMS (@KaydenMPhoto) December 15, 2022
if any of you really wanna see just how off kilter i can get you should buy me a strip label maker.
— kes(trel) (@akestrel4aknave) December 7, 2022
Oooh, That takes me back to when Dad got a Dymo label maker in the 80s, I labelled EVERYTHING – 'fridge', 'pen', 'dog'… 🤣🤣🤣
— Ellie Lynas (@closebutnofigar) December 15, 2022
I'm going to have to hide the label maker aren't I? pic.twitter.com/B1y1RhzuCO
— Pontiacs are for the queers 🏳️⚧️ (@DezTheOpossum) December 15, 2022
It’s nice to know that people can have a ball with something simple like a label maker in a time with so many outlandish gadgets available for their amusement.