Comments on: The Shopping List

By: Janel

Janel — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:32:05 +0000

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?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:02:14 +0000

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.

By: Humaira

Humaira — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:47:52 +0000

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!

By: Kellie

Kellie — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:50:02 +0000

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.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:46:23 +0000

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

By: SuperEmi

SuperEmi — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:41:09 +0000

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.

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:21:37 +0000

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.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:39:45 +0000

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.