I've never received a gift from a boss, and when I was a boss I never gave one. I did receive gifts from my employees, but not Christmas ones, just ad hoc stuff.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2009 6:53:44 am PST #26006 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 18, 2009 6:57:39 am PST #26007 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My craziest bosses have always bought me the most gifts. I think they thought they were buying me putting up with them. Seriously, one year my boss bought me almost more than my mom did!
My semi-non-crazy boss and I exchange really tiny gifts (like a little bag of candy or something) now.
Lee - Dec 18, 2009 7:02:59 am PST #26008 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm in a weird situation here, because none of my actual bosses that I report to are likely to give me holiday presents, and I didn't send any of them one (I did send some candy to the SF library staff, but my boss won't eat it), but I have gotten one box of candy from a partner, who is sort of my boss too, and may get others next week.
SuziQ - Dec 18, 2009 7:04:59 am PST #26009 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm not even sure who my boss is this Christmas. The great guy who hired me has moved to a different position and they haven't replaced him or realigned us to anyone else. So, all I really want for Christmas (work-wise) is a spot on the org chart.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2009 7:05:34 am PST #26010 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I meant to send some treats to coworkers, but meh.
DebetEsse - Dec 18, 2009 7:05:55 am PST #26011 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But, erika, the self-defense argument would apply to "life/health of the mother". If people will excuse my indelicacy, the rape/incest clause is something more along the lines of "he had it coming."
Toddson - Dec 18, 2009 7:10:16 am PST #26012 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
My boss gave me a nice wooden box. I gave her a box of fancy truffles (really - you can't go wrong with chocolate). In even better news, we got bonuses this year!
JZ - Dec 18, 2009 7:16:34 am PST #26013 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Everyone here who has an admin assistant gets a present for that assistant, and sometimes the division chiefs give presents to all the admins in their divisions. This year one of my bosses gave me a $50 Safeway card, one gave me a $50 crystal serving platter (pretty, but it's going straight back to Macy's whence it came), and the third gave me a very pretty soap set last year but hasn't given anything this year.
The crystal serving platter boss has told me very sternly that he'll be extremely angry if any of the admins buy him any gifts, bless him.
Aims - Dec 18, 2009 7:19:27 am PST #26014 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I used to get gifts from my former boss at the mall. I got her a gift one year and she yelled at me. She said, "Gifting does down, not up." which I then replied with a very pervy comment.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2009 7:20:57 am PST #26015 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Last year, I gave my minion (who was in her first real job) a stern talking-to ahead of time about never feeling obligated to give a boss a present.