For my first couple of years at my company (when there were about 10 of us) I got a sweet xmas time bonus. Now it's all a formalized annual process. I still feel very lucky to have the potential to get a bonus but it doesn't feel as much like a present.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2011: Maybe the even years are better
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. 2011? Room for improvement. Srsly.
lisah - Dec 20, 2011 10:48:35 am PST #98 of 408
Punishingly Intricate
Polter-Cow - Dec 20, 2011 11:10:29 am PST #99 of 408
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, someone left an $85 bottle of wine on my desk.
My boss just dropped off some champagne for me. "Here is your champagne for re-gifting," she joked.
But I just got my Christmas present from my brother, and it's Quarriors! So, awesome.
brenda m - Dec 20, 2011 11:24:00 am PST #100 of 408
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've been in the private sector for a while and not having wine like that dropped on me.
Can you trade it in for four $20 bottles? I can tell terrible wine from good wine, but the different between good wine and really, really good wine is lost on me. In whiskey, I can tell.
This is me, but OTOH I can buy the 4 cheaper bottles myself. I'm highly unlikely to buy the pricier stuff, so yay for someone else doing it. (Though real life, $20 bottles are special occasion themselves. Day-to-day wine is more in the $9-14 range. Assuming it's not in a box.)
brenda m - Dec 20, 2011 3:52:02 pm PST #101 of 408
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My house is a lot more x-massy than it was this morning. I am trying to hold off on ripping things open for a few days but I may not make it. Even Darby has a package!
smonster - Dec 20, 2011 4:43:51 pm PST #102 of 408
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
My package is going to be late, sadly. I have a couple more NOLA goodies that I want to procure that I think are worth the wait. Curse my ambition in trying to not be a slacker.
msbelle - Dec 20, 2011 4:51:24 pm PST #103 of 408
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
send two packages. really. who doesn't like getting mail...twice.
askye - Dec 20, 2011 4:57:43 pm PST #104 of 408
Thrive to spite them
My stuff is almost ready, I'm going to send out a card, but the package will be after Xmas.
Mom and Dad have been sending my presents and we're going to skype for Xmas. I opened one box from Mom b/c I needed it to send presents and she sent my stocking! Filled with stuff!
And this reminds me I need to get a stocking and stuff it for Will.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2011 5:09:10 pm PST #105 of 408
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have been going around scamming the Godiva chocolates from the offshore consulting company off of everyone and handing them out like I'm Santa Claus. I have one more guy to get them from.
So far, only the data centre vendor has given me anything. Chocolate covered cherries, though. Should be good.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 20, 2011 5:14:28 pm PST #106 of 408
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I did not get a bonus or gift, but we did get two weeks off for the holiday. I am OK with that!
dcp - Dec 20, 2011 5:19:28 pm PST #107 of 408
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
My cousin in SF sent me Tcho chocolates for Christmas. I'd never heard of them. Dark chocolate, four flavors -- chocolatey, nutty, fruity, and citrus. They came with instructions, wtf? One is supposed to eat savor them in order. Again, wtf?
I like chocolate. I like dark chocolate even more. I do not like any of the Tcho chocolates.
I'm going to take them in to work tomorrow, see if anyone likes any of them.
They did come in a nice box, though. I'll keep that, anyway.