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.

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.

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.

I kinda refuse on principal on gifting up the work chain, unless I am just friends with my boss.

So much this.

Ditto. Although I have received gifts from reports (who I also gave gifts to). I forgot about this year, so, sorry team!

One of my DRs just won't stop doing this and it makes me supremely uncomfortable. But it's not like I can say anything.

We ususally get something smallish from our boss - she moved to San Fran this year so we got a big box of sourdough bread with cheese and tapenade and stuff the other day. I trust in lieu of anything individual.

My idea of gifting up to the boss is using my discount at the bookstore to save her a few dollars on her calendar.

ION, Two Lumps is pretty funny today.

After saying I've never gotten anything from a boss I come in to what looks like a jar of something and a family card from the new boss. Goes to show.

In order to get the week's hours down to 40 I slept in this morning, almost an extra hour. Felt indolent. Came in an hour and a half late. And I'd still have to take an hour's lunch break and leave by two. Which I can't do. So I'm going to have to underbill this week.

ION, Two Lumps is pretty funny today.

Ha ha ha. I can't believe it took me to the end to pick up on it.

ION, one of my co-workers got all gift-y today! She got me Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals and the Jane Austen action figure!! Both of which are great gifts for me! I gave her a hug. Yes, a hug. At work! Scandalous.

So, rewind to last night and me asking about how to free CJ's bike from his bike lock. Today I asked KCD, who has the day off, if he would take CJ over to school, double check his locker and the lost and found. If that didn't turn up the keys, then ask if they had bolt cutters and work from there.

So, KCD took him over to school. CJ opened his locker and dug through all the stuff at the bottom while KCD noticed something hanging on a hook at the top. Gosh, what could it be.

Best resolution possible, but man, that kid. Making me nuts.

Shit, Anne Rice is writing Bible fanfic and I know mine couldn't possibly be worse than hers.

I think this is an entirely safe statement to make, on just about every level.

But it's so transparently trying to have it both ways. It's absolutely morally wrong until there's a tough consequence to standing by your morals.

"Wrong for thee but not for me" as the saying goes.

Ahaha! I do that all the time. Freak out and then find something exactly where it's supposed to be.