One of the most common practices at Christmas time are the classic gift exchanges, that activity that family members, friends or co-workers organize in order to give and receive a gift that represents the affection they feel for that person. However, despite the fact that an estimated budget is set to spend on the gift, not all people are satisfied with what they receive and disagreements arise.
A clear example of a person dissatisfied with his gift is that of a man who, upon receiving a simple mug in a gift exchange of 500 Mexican pesos (approximately 25 dollars), was annoyed, decided to return it to the person who gave it to him and preferred the money in cash. However, it was not long before he regretted it, since the cup had a surprise inside with an amount greater than what was planned to be spent on said activity.
The case was made known through the TikTok account @choco_juancho_hijo, where through three videos a young man teaches the great lesson of never judging something without first giving him the opportunity to get to know it in depth or to know what it is really about. The first recording shows the context of the videos, which show a furious guy for receiving a simple cup of chocolates when he gave away a watch of more value than budgeted.
After a few seconds of the scene in which the furious man can be seen, the clip shows the moment in which a group of people deliver gifts and open it excitedly to show others what it is about. In the recording it can be seen that the last to receive the gift is the protagonist of the video, who could not help but be annoyed when he noticed that his present was a simple cup for coffee.
Uncle gets upset because they give him a cup in exchange for 500 pesos but he regrets it when he sees the surprise inside pic.twitter.com/bzrFM2JUJ8
– Andrés Guzmán Pérez (@AndresGuzman_92) December 20, 2022
A cup or what? Just kidding? Like a cup with peanuts? We agreed that it was a minimum of 500 pesos, what’s more, I gave a watch that cost me 550, I do it with pleasure and affection, but you are giving me a cup, they are already chin… I took pains to give a gift I did it because we were left with at least 500 varos, so that this would not happen from year to year when one gives a good gift and the other gives you a pittance.
Arguing that it did not seem like a fair exchange, the man, who in the video was identified as Don Nicolás, assured that at least he took pains to give a good gift, because the boy who got the exchange gave him a watch that It cost 550 pesos, an amount greater than the 500 that was initially agreed upon.
Nico did not stop claiming the injustice, revealing his disgust at the situation, so the boy who recorded the moment tries to give him an explanation that justifies the reason for his gift. However, despite the insistence of the young man, angry, the man refuses to listen to his reasons, therefore, in the end the boy chooses to change the cup for the agreed amount and end the controversy.
But after delivering the gift and receiving the money, the young man showed Don Nico the contents that the cup had inside, because in addition to carrying chocolates it had some bills, which together gave the sum of two thousand pesos (approximately $100), cash that the boy wanted to give the man, since he knew he needed it and the only thing he wanted was to help him.
At the end, the boy concludes with the phrase “never judge a book by its cover.” It didn’t take long for tiktok to go viral on the short video platform, where countless users assured that it was a great life lesson but that, without a doubt, they would also have been upset if they gave a good gift and received a simple cup.