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Company party piss-take??

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AliCatWalk · 25/11/2025 00:00

Hello lovely MNers,

What would you make of this email from a "higher-up" about this suggested Christmas Party "charity donation"? 🤔

(PS: O = Owner, OC = Owner's Child ; ...will be keeping an eye out in case there are any clarifying questions that arise 😄)

Company party piss-take??
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AliCatWalk · 25/11/2025 00:15

Politicians247UnderwearExtinguishingService · 25/11/2025 00:08

Wait... did I misunderstand? So they want money for the O & OC and then more money for charity?! And then the $25 on top of that?!

I was asking myself the same question!!! This is the kind of thing I come across on the internet and say "naaawww, that doesn't happen in real life" but here i am 😂🫠

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ChristmasCrumblings · 25/11/2025 00:14

Well, it looks like it is not addressed to you (or any other human beings) but to elves who are kind of known to be happy to be exploited.

NET145 · 25/11/2025 00:13

A charity donation to a registered charity is always a good thing imo, even if it is linked to the death of the former company owner.

It’s the donation to the separate company which is totally cheeky - and should definitely be taken as optional! If that company is in debt, a few Xmas party donations is not going to fix it!

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AliCatWalk · 25/11/2025 00:09

NET145 · 25/11/2025 00:05

There’s 2 separate money collections - 1) for the owner’s child’s company (WHY?!) and 2) for charity in memory of a former employee?

If that’s right, it’s bizarre to expect anyone to care about 1), especially without any justification as to why! Would just ignore that one and certainly not contribute…

So the "former employee" in question is in fact the original company owner who is now deceased 🙈 this email is essentially on behalf of his wife (who is now "O") and their child ("OC")

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Politicians247UnderwearExtinguishingService · 25/11/2025 00:08

Wait... did I misunderstand? So they want money for the O & OC and then more money for charity?! And then the $25 on top of that?!

Politicians247UnderwearExtinguishingService · 25/11/2025 00:07

So are they saying that the money is going to their choice of charity, but being presented to them by Owner and Owner's Child - thus they get the glory for money that the staff have been expected to give?

Surely your contribution has already been what has made the company successful - so now, as they have a successful company of longstanding, the company could afford to give some of their profits to the charity without expecting the staff to dip into their pockets?

murasaki · 25/11/2025 00:07

Fuck that shit, frankly. How cheeky.

NET145 · 25/11/2025 00:05

There’s 2 separate money collections - 1) for the owner’s child’s company (WHY?!) and 2) for charity in memory of a former employee?

If that’s right, it’s bizarre to expect anyone to care about 1), especially without any justification as to why! Would just ignore that one and certainly not contribute…

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AliCatWalk · 25/11/2025 00:01

Oh, also I should mention that there is a $25 value "Yankee swap" gift expected on top of this 😅

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