Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for December 23, 2024

If they all follow Dana’s lead, Rita will be a real candy a$$.

Oh! The Cane Mutiny!

Reminds me of a company I used to work for. The company did a wee bit better for the year. The CEO ran it by the comptroller in order to boost morale and the idea of having a party at his place for the employees. The Comptroller suggested that a Christmas bonus would be better.

Too generous.

My company went to a local supermarket and got coupons for half off on Christmas turkeys. That was for the married personnel. For the single workers they handed out a letter giving us a “Christmas meal” at a local Chinese restaurant.

It’s the thought that counts!

I have a friend, back in the 80’s he worked at Golbros, a chain of jewelry stores here in the south. They received a small box of Turtles (a chocolate, caramel, and pecan candy) as their bonus. The price of each box was about $1

Hackenschmidt shook his head. "A remedial screening of “Battleship Potemkin” would appear to be in order…"

I am sure they were from the previous Christmas. I am sure I have such a box somewhere around here. Although it may be 3 or 4 years old now.

And they can all twirl them pointy in their mouths first!

Rita, you’re a cheapskate!

One year my husband’s boss bought a lottery ticket, photocopied it, and gave a copy to each employee.

Well… Rita wasn’t lying. That bonus couldn’t get much “littler!”

Where’s the little old lady?

from what Dana said, i’m hoping there’s a part 2 to this

I worked for Government, so we never had such a thing as a Christmas bonus. It seems to me that the big problem with the annual bonuses is that (and I’ve heard of this happening a number of times) the workers come to expect them: then, if one isn’t given, said workers that may have been counting on the bonus now were seriously in the red. Also, a friend told me that one year his employer gave everyone frozen turkeys instead of cash for the annual bonus. Many of the workers were so upset by this that they threw the turkeys away in the parking lot. Net result: no more Christmas bonuses of any kind in subsequent years.

How very generous of Rita. /s

It could have been worse, they could have already been licked.

My first “real” job was in a paper cup factory. For Thanksgiving and for Christmas each, we got a small turkey, and irregular (leaky/misprint, etc) paper cups.

My company always threw a Christmas party but charged the employees for the privilege. Never went once