In the pre-health-crisis days, my office used to decorate inside for Christmas. Post-crisis, we mostly work from home with a rotation of people coming in to deal with mail and training new people.
My contribution to making the place colorful was to do door decorations for the supervisors. Basically, I would get construction paper and then cut and assemble it into Christmasy scenes. I was especially proud of the year I made a Snoopy, ready to fly off and fight the Red Baron. I also have a personal decoration I made that I stick up on the wall by my desk every year.
This year, my office is encouraging us to come in for a Christmas party, and my immediate supervisor is pretty excited. She notices I have put up my decorations.
Supervisor: “Oh! I remember when you would do those! You should do one for our boss! We can sneak it onto his door before the party.”
Me: “Well, I can make one and get it on his door before the party, since I’m usually here before him, but I’m not sure how effective sneaking will be.”
Supervisor: “It will be a surprise! We’ll tell him we don’t know where it came from!”
I look pointedly at my decoration and at my desk… which is three feet from his door.
Me: “You really think he won’t figure it out?”
Supervisor: Pauses “I probably shouldn’t encourage you to lie, huh?”
Concretionist about 2 months ago
Dollar limit makes sense. But you cannot legislate good taste.
Yakety Sax about 2 months ago
A Not-So-Secret Santa
In the pre-health-crisis days, my office used to decorate inside for Christmas. Post-crisis, we mostly work from home with a rotation of people coming in to deal with mail and training new people.
My contribution to making the place colorful was to do door decorations for the supervisors. Basically, I would get construction paper and then cut and assemble it into Christmasy scenes. I was especially proud of the year I made a Snoopy, ready to fly off and fight the Red Baron. I also have a personal decoration I made that I stick up on the wall by my desk every year.
This year, my office is encouraging us to come in for a Christmas party, and my immediate supervisor is pretty excited. She notices I have put up my decorations.
Supervisor: “Oh! I remember when you would do those! You should do one for our boss! We can sneak it onto his door before the party.”
Me: “Well, I can make one and get it on his door before the party, since I’m usually here before him, but I’m not sure how effective sneaking will be.”
Supervisor: “It will be a surprise! We’ll tell him we don’t know where it came from!”
I look pointedly at my decoration and at my desk… which is three feet from his door.
Me: “You really think he won’t figure it out?”
Supervisor: Pauses “I probably shouldn’t encourage you to lie, huh?”
MRBLUESKY529 about 2 months ago
This is why I don’t participate in secret Santa.
kaycstamper about 2 months ago
The ultimate dis.
TonyR Premium Member about 2 months ago
How about a “Pooping” Santa?
RadioDial Premium Member about 2 months ago
..wait, what happened with the Wally-Susan arc from Saturday???
mousefumanchu Premium Member about 2 months ago
When I’d get a guy, I’d head out to Hickory Farm and get dollar limit on jerky. They all loved to watch bowl games & jerky went wonderfully.
kab2rb about 2 months ago
When I was working pt for county, I always dread buying a gift for coworker, our taste in products might be different, without over spending.
MarshaOstroff about 2 months ago
When I was growing up (back in the Dark Ages), we had “pollyannas” in school, none of this “Secret Santa” stuff. I wonder when the change took place.
Khatkhattu Premium Member about 2 months ago
Ask Mr. Humphries about the Christmas Display Unit (From the series “Are You Being Served?”, The Father Christmas Affair episode).
LeftCoastKen Premium Member about 2 months ago
If you get her for your Secret Santa, maybe she’ll gift hers to you.