transistorman has decided Getting thank you gifts for my grad school recommenders (including the ghost-writers, that's 5 people).
i ended up finding smaller/cheaper boxes at richart that were more suitable. i don't think baking things would have been sufficiently professional, and i'd have to care about their dietary restrictions. and i'd have had to deal with shipping truffles/cookies all over the place. richart basically dealt with shipping for me.
Asked 2 years ago
My choice: Splurge on $25/box Richart chocolates? It seems to have the right balance of awesomeness and inoffensiveness. If it cost any more, I'd feel like I were bribing them. I've already spent $1050 on grad school apps anyway.
- lakmiseiru
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Make sure none of them is on a diet :^) Food is a universal good gift, so I think you should stick with it.
- Richie
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Mmmm, chocolate!
ntn, Ian, tibbetts, uberjay, Yoyo, seph, trs, meri, jesse, kyrandil, Diane, Alex, nelhage, quince, ctl, kyoumeisha, photon, susannah, peggusus, raf
Gah, no clue, but I ought to do it soon! Insert your better idea here.
- aletta
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It never occurred to me to give gifts to reccommenders. Oops. I think I'd keep it simpler.
- jtu
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Homemade truffles in neat flavors you're unlikely to be able to buy? alcohol?
- kevinr
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make truffles for them yourself? cheaper(?) and more personal.
- jake
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send them a cool rare/old/vintage book on whatever they are into.
- kilroi
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It's part of their job (assuming they are academic themselves). You will certainly write some in the future. If you're going to buy something, buy something smaller.
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- Kake
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Make them stuff instead. Bake cookies, that sort of thing.
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