I like the giant sloth idea.
I recommend a Dilbert plush toy that says phrases when you slam it on your desk. It can be very satisfying if you get the toy that says the things you want to say but can't.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Dec 05, 2014 7:25:05 am PST #11958 of 30000
-t - Dec 05, 2014 7:25:51 am PST #11959 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was thinking I might statr drinking decaf, actually, which is not provided by work, so maybe I will ask for that. I do drink tea but my cupboard is full.
Decaf and a giant sloth. However much they can get for $10.
meara - Dec 05, 2014 7:27:35 am PST #11960 of 30000
(I have this one. PERHAPS not the best sign that that's the one my coworkers though I should have, but then, we just got the whole set and gave them to all of us, we didn't think my coworker S was a complete dumb-ass at all (she's awesome, though she was very young), but her doll was like "OMG, really?")
-t - Dec 05, 2014 7:37:03 am PST #11961 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hm, maybe I'll get that for whoever I draw, depending on who it is...
Jesse - Dec 05, 2014 8:13:28 am PST #11962 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would love a $10 gift certificate for either of the two places I usually get my lunch. I will be buying Starbucks gift certificates for my direct reports -- is $10 enough for that?
-t - Dec 05, 2014 9:03:10 am PST #11963 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I would think so. That's at least a couple of fancy drinks, right?
Jesse - Dec 05, 2014 9:22:16 am PST #11964 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Should be, I guess? I know it's just a token gift, but I also think it can be awkward to get a big gift from your boss. Or is that just me and the silk blouse I got one time? (I loved the blouse, actually, but it was SO WEIRD as a present from my boss!)
EpicTangent - Dec 05, 2014 9:37:45 am PST #11965 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I think I would find a personal gift like that a little weird. My boss usually gives us $40 or $50, but in cash or GC. The only time I got a personal gift (a top as well) from a boss, we were a really tiny place (like 4 or 5 of us, total), and even then it was a teensy bit awkward.
I would lean toward twentyish for the direct reports, but I think that may be part of ATM brainwashing to think of $20 as being the standard for everything.
P.M. Marc - Dec 05, 2014 9:44:52 am PST #11966 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Plei, I have come to the conclusion that the recruiters in our area (geographic and industry) are just ... kinda meh. There are so many candidates for any particular position that they can just haphazardly throw people at job openings and not do much else.
Yeah, pretty much.
At this point, I wish I had a ghost writer for cover letters. Life would be so much simpler if they just wrote themselves.
Jesse - Dec 05, 2014 10:37:57 am PST #11967 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would lean toward twentyish for the direct reports, but I think that may be part of ATM brainwashing to think of $20 as being the standard for everything.
Yeah, that's fair. I don't want it to seem like nothing, but also not like I think it's Significant, you know?