I've had a moment to think about a birthday gift I received from my co-workers about 8 months ago. They took me to Apple Bee's (about 9 of us total), and I got a burger and a soda (like everyone). They divided the bill by 8 (exlucing me, the birthday boy), and it came out to $20 each (because I didn't have to pay). That was real nice, they paid my portion as a birthday gift, about $10. Since then, we have taken 4 of the other 8 out for their bithdays, and each time, we have split the bill and it costs approx. $20 each. I'm trying to figure out how treating me to my birthday (a $10 value) actually equates as a gift, when in the end I have spent over $60 returning the same 'thoughtful' gift for other co-workers. There is a flaw in the system!
POST A COMMENTthe confessor(12/05/2005)
I knew a woman who worked in a mail-order firm with many other women. Every time someone there had a birthday (which was practically all the time), the hat got passed around for 5 or ten bucks. She was literally paying hundreds of dollars a year for this! Do what my company does-give the birthday boy or girl the day off with pay and stop sponging off co-workers that may not know or even dislike them!!
corporateSlave(12/05/2005)
You bring up a d*mn good point!
SouthernProgrammer(12/05/2005)
Just eat more next time, we do the same thing at my job and I make sure I order a big ol burger, onion rings, and a dessert. At least your birthday is remembered!
c - -(12/06/2005)
What if I don't like the food? Even frequent pot luck can get expensive, time consuming and tedious. And the constant requests for money to buy presents for all of life's occasions. Birthday, Goodbye, Baby showers Bridal showers etc. seasonal restaurant parties well you get the idea. It takes money to make money was the standard cliche. May I ask where the money is?
grenadine(12/12/2005)
Yeah, I don't know what the solution to this is, other than ignoring all the events. Where I work, I shell out tons of cash to cover everything from shower and wedding gifts to birthday lunches to flower deliveries for deaths of relatives of coworkers to secret santa gifts at the holidays. If I add all that up, plus the cost of gas to get to work each day, plus the cost of dry cleaning and the cost of my work attire (nice shoes, suits, shirts, etc) I have got to wonder what I am really working for! If I made $20K less but didn't work in this office environment, I would probably have the same amount of money left over. Makes you wonder...
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