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This isn't a rave. If you work for Pampered Chef, my post may offend you, so you may wish to stop reading here, but I promise not to call you any derogatory names if you decide to keep reading and give me your opinion. 
I despise opening the mail to find one of these invitations to a party where I'm expected to spend my hard earned money on overpriced "stuff" that I don't need or want. Why did I go, you may ask? Well...a friend of mine that I haven't seen in way too long invited me, and i didn't want to turn down her invitation for fear I may never hear from her again. Lame excuse, I know.
The "consultants" were an annoying mother daughter team. If I choose to go to these things, I save the drinking for later, as I'm bound to say something irritating to the consultant, and rather than make for an uncomfortable situation, I do my best to keep my lip zipped. Well, these ladies were gluttons for punishment. They went around the room asking each person attending which Pampered Chef items they have, and what do they love about them. When it was my turn and asked what do I own, I simply said "Mandoline Slicer". At this point, as far as I was concerned the conversation was over. No, they had to know what I love about it. To that I responded, "Nothing". Of course, they were shocked and abhored, and I had obviously been more insulting than anyone they had ever met. They had to keep pressing me for more information, so I finally said, "It's a dangerous piece of equipment, the food holder doesn't do a good job of holding the food, and I've actually grated pieces of flesh and plastic from the holder into my meals, which of course, I then had to throw away what I was preparing as my husband and i don't like to eat food with bits of flesh, blood and plastic in it". At this point they told me that I had the old model from 4 years ago, and that i need to buy the new one. OK, I'm really going to spend $65 to replace the crappy mandoline that some poor person had given me as a wedding present. Probably a re-gift because they knew how bad it was.
Anyway, because you can't go to these parties without buying something, I bought 3 bamboo spoons for $8.50. Hopefully they're not dangerous like the mandoline.
Anyway, anyone have any rants about parties similar to this?
I despise opening the mail to find one of these invitations to a party where I'm expected to spend my hard earned money on overpriced "stuff" that I don't need or want. Why did I go, you may ask? Well...a friend of mine that I haven't seen in way too long invited me, and i didn't want to turn down her invitation for fear I may never hear from her again. Lame excuse, I know.
The "consultants" were an annoying mother daughter team. If I choose to go to these things, I save the drinking for later, as I'm bound to say something irritating to the consultant, and rather than make for an uncomfortable situation, I do my best to keep my lip zipped. Well, these ladies were gluttons for punishment. They went around the room asking each person attending which Pampered Chef items they have, and what do they love about them. When it was my turn and asked what do I own, I simply said "Mandoline Slicer". At this point, as far as I was concerned the conversation was over. No, they had to know what I love about it. To that I responded, "Nothing". Of course, they were shocked and abhored, and I had obviously been more insulting than anyone they had ever met. They had to keep pressing me for more information, so I finally said, "It's a dangerous piece of equipment, the food holder doesn't do a good job of holding the food, and I've actually grated pieces of flesh and plastic from the holder into my meals, which of course, I then had to throw away what I was preparing as my husband and i don't like to eat food with bits of flesh, blood and plastic in it". At this point they told me that I had the old model from 4 years ago, and that i need to buy the new one. OK, I'm really going to spend $65 to replace the crappy mandoline that some poor person had given me as a wedding present. Probably a re-gift because they knew how bad it was.
Anyway, because you can't go to these parties without buying something, I bought 3 bamboo spoons for $8.50. Hopefully they're not dangerous like the mandoline.
Anyway, anyone have any rants about parties similar to this?
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