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1. Uhhhh, the director at the museum where I work took me out and bought me a scotch the other night. Then he told me we may not be open this time next year cause the museum is in so much debt. Still, the scotch was nice.

   posted by Amanda on 12-19-2006 at 11:39 am

2. My company held a very nice holiday party a few weeks back. In past years, I haven’t been allowed to go as it’s been only for management, but I knew they got things like fleece vests, embroidered shirts (all with the company logo, mind you, but still). This year I was looking forward to getting something along those lines.

   When we got to the party, they had a photographer snapping pictures in front of a nice snowy background. Our gift was our picture inserted into a small plastic snowglobe. The distortion of the water made both my wife and I look like we were in a funhouse mirror: short and squat. Worst. Corporate. Present. Ever.

   posted by jeff on 12-19-2006 at 12:21 pm

3. I work in real estate and received a giant brick of fudge–seriously there’s definitely over a pound here– as a christmas present. Yummy, but a little random…unless perhaps it’s in reference to the bricks houses are made of, but I think I’m just trying to make it symbolic.

   posted by SuperEmi on 12-19-2006 at 12:41 pm

4. My dad got an iPod shuffle from Careerbuilder.com . I think that’s pretty awesome.

   posted by Eric on 12-19-2006 at 12:46 pm

5. We got chocolate from our company’s law firm. It is a box made of chocolate, with chocolate truffles inside it. The firm’s logo was etched into the top of the chocolate box. Sweet, in more ways than one.

   posted by Kellie on 12-19-2006 at 12:50 pm

6. We had an office christmas party at a restaurant. Everyone was there, we ate and had a good ol’ time…until the bill came. We had to pay our own bill! How tacky is that?! They hadn’t even told us that before we attended the party, and a few people even left before the cheques came. They probably didn’t know that our employer is a big fat cheapskate!

   posted by Humaira on 12-19-2006 at 1:47 pm

7. That’s gold. I used to work at a place that had a turnover problem. The steady stream of going-away parties was one of the only good parts about the company.

   Finally, the President decided he’d had enough, and had a “Celebrate Staying!” party. He wanted to stick it to the people who had left. So he sent out a mandatory meeting notice and everyone went to a bar. A couple of hours later, he went around collecting $20 from everyone. I don’t miss that place, but god I miss the stories.

   posted by Jason on 12-19-2006 at 2:02 pm

8. One of my co-workers gives out stupid movies every Christmas. Last year it was Killer Tomatoes Eat France. This year it’s Chud II. I don’t think I’m going to be watching it anytime soon. I got $200 from my boss, though. That was fun.

   One of my friends got a frozen turkey, which is kind of funny because he’s a college student. What’s he going to do with a turkey?

   posted by Janel on 12-20-2006 at 8:32 pm

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