Man gifts mom veggie scale, she uses it to cross-check veggie vendors

Gift giving can be a tricky business. We often think what to gift our near and dear ones on various occasions. Sometimes, we may think that a gift may be helpful but the recipient may think otherwise. And it really leads to some hilarious situations! Recently a Twitter user shared a funny incident when he had gifted a digital weighing scale to his mother. Instead of using it to track portion sizes and meals, she found another clever use for it that left the Internet in splits. To keep an eye:

Before the WFH ended, I bought my mom a small digital weighing scale to measure portions to accurately track calories. 6 months later I go home and find that she is using it to re-weigh her vegetables and throws up a fuss if she is even 10 grams short.
Merchant mothers! 🫥- Abhishek Bansal (@swaaha_) February 25, 2023

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The tweet was shared by user Abhishek Bansal who goes by the handle @swaaha_. “Before WFH ended, I bought my mom a small digital weighing scale to measure portions in order to track calories accurately,” he explained. However, Bansal’s mom found another creative and hilarious alternative use for it weighing scale, He shared on Twitter, “After six months I came home and found that she is using it to re-weigh the vegetables she buys and creates a ruckus if it is even 10 grams less.”

Hilarious and relatable posts about digital weighing scales struck a chord with Indian users on Twitter. Many of them revealed that they had faced many similar situations in their homes as well. One user wrote, “In our house it is used to bring paneer and ghee from the milkman of the neighborhood.” “Ditto at my house,” said another. “My friend’s mom orders food and compares it on all apps, sometimes she calculates the cost of ingredients, and says This can be made easily at homeNo need to order,” shared another user on Twitter.

Check out some of the hilarious reactions here:

Hahaha 😂 – Sagar Khatri 🇮🇳 (@dssagar93) February 26, 2023

Bru 😂😂- Simran Pandey (@simranpandey97) February 26, 2023

pic.twitter.com/M0KesnSQ8l— Mr. Hacker (@shrihacker) February 25, 2023

I did the same and now she doesn’t eat any junk and keeps track of her calories everyday. The bad thing is she doesn’t even let me eat 🥲 – Divya Jain (@imdivi_jain) February 26, 2023

Haha I think it would be perfect for middle class moms in general.- Mad4mushroom (@rever_25) February 26, 2023

It’s so much fun 😆 – Nandita Iyer (@saffronrail) February 28, 2023

Have you ever experienced a similar situation at your or a friend’s home? Tell us in the comments.