Maybe Ross just likes getting presents all year round?
Monica E. Geller (Courteney Cox): Monica is Ross’ sister. She was a cook at a trendy restaurant, Iridium, on 65th and Broadway [1.01] until she was fired for accepting a kickback, which was against restaurant policy [2.05]. She’s had a few different chef positions througout the rest of the series, including head chef at Alessandros, and in season 9, head chef at Javu. She rents the apartment where much of the show’s action takes place. It is quite an amazing apartment for someone with her career history. Jeff Greenstein suggested that it might be an illegal sublet (see question 2.06), and this was confirmed in “TOW the Ballroom Dancing” [4.04]. She cannot seem to get her mother to approve of her at all [1.02][1.08]. The others consider her to be very bossy, anal-retentive, competitive, and controlling. Monica has dated a number of men in the show, usually with bad luck. If she likes them, they turn out to be schleps [1.01]. If she doesn’t like him, her friends love him [1.03]. And, jus
