I said she should do what she wants but she should never EVER feel like she has to buy anything for people up the food chain from her. Because that shit is BANANAS.
Yep.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 04, 2007 5:22:01 am PST #5280 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 04, 2007 5:22:20 am PST #5281 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
We kick in about $10 a piece for an office gift to the bosses here, but it's a tiny close-knit office where most of the workers are relatives or personal friends of the owners. And they occasionally do stuff like fly people to conferences we're not strictly needed at so the different branches can socialize and get taken out for pretty nice meals.
eta: The person doing the organizing and buying clears the gift with everyone first, and I'm sure we'd go to Plan B if anyone objected to a gift being too expensive or what have you.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2007 5:23:32 am PST #5282 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's funny -- minion is in her second job out of college, I think she's 24? so I feel this huge responsability to teach her how things should be, in case she ends up at a fucked-up job later.
Dana - Dec 04, 2007 5:23:59 am PST #5283 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I second (or fifth) the oh, HELL no.
msbelle - Dec 04, 2007 5:24:08 am PST #5284 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ok a few things:
1) who is deciding what to buy 2) who made this a mandatory thing 3) without consent to what it is and how much per person NO WAY!!!!
Jesse - Dec 04, 2007 5:24:19 am PST #5285 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, and I have bought presents for bosses, but only when I wanted to, not because someone made me! So crazy!!
sumi - Dec 04, 2007 5:25:12 am PST #5286 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, that's totally nuts.
In mememe news: Netflix has Waitress on short wait so I'm NOT going to get to see it this weekend. Pouting now.
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2007 5:25:55 am PST #5287 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do these people understand that their boss makes so much more than they do? Is this just some sort of group ass-kissing exercise?
Not enough WTF....
amych - Dec 04, 2007 5:26:33 am PST #5288 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Oh, and I have bought presents for bosses, but only when I wanted to, not because someone made me!
This. I've also contributed happily to group gifts, when the terms are "whatever you want to/are able to donate, and then we'll see what token little thing we can get" rather than "this much is Your Share".
Dana - Dec 04, 2007 5:29:24 am PST #5289 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
rather than "this much is Your Share".
ESPECIALLY if you had no input into what to buy or how much to spend.