Published on 12, July, 2020
I wonder how other people have dealt with birthdays, leaving does and other celebrations and people asking for money to fund them and gifts in offices...
I have always seen them as waste of money as I do not tend to go to them and avoid them. I have several times even rescheduled something, taken an annual leave or just went to another floor to avoid the place.
People buy for them unhealth things, like cakes.
I have always hated when people come and ask for money to fund celebrations and gifts in offices.
I have always found these celebrations painful and unpleasant.
Most of the gifts I have ever received in offices I have not liked. I always wonder how people can get gifts so wrong for me.
I also hate to fund gifts for people I do not know.
What do you think about office celebrations?
Do you like them?
They can be ok. I typically give a pound for someone I don't know well and as much as ten pounds for someone that I have enjoyed working with if they are leaving or retiring. It is a small price to pay for fitting in.
With the lockdown and people working from home, somebody could retire after many years working in an organisation and not even have a leaving do or present.