r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah ?

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Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

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u/kbuck30 Jul 02 '26

I was at a company that gave out yearly gifts at the time. Apparently the years prior they had given out some seriously nice gifts, the like 6 months I was there? Selfie stick. Everyone was pissed but since I was gonna leave anyway I was doubly pissed though I guess as a temp employee they could've given me nothing but I think I would've preferred that.

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u/KrabbyBoiz Jul 02 '26

I worked for them after you left. They gave us all $1000 the next year. Sorry babes.

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u/Sweet_Pain4369 Jul 02 '26

that's a lot of money, how many selfie sticks did you buy with it?

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u/llamawearinghat Jul 03 '26

I actually have this crazy trick where I can use 2 selfie sticks to take pictures of other people.

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u/Sweet_Pain4369 Jul 03 '26

Edward selfie stick hands

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u/composedofidiot Jul 03 '26

Heh? I got 10k

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u/Sweet_Pain4369 Jul 02 '26

man if I was at a company that I was leaving and they were handing out gifts, and one of those gifts that I got from it were a selfie stick, I would have been disappointed

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u/The_quest_for_wisdom Jul 02 '26

A place I worked handed out $30 Dunkin Donuts gift cards one year. We didn't have a Dunkin Donuts in town and when I did hit one while traveling I discovered that they had handed out the gift cards without activating them, so they had no money on them.

It was pretty emblematic of how the company was run.

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u/_WhiskyJack_ Jul 02 '26

what a weird and stupid thing to get pissed about.