Revenge secret Santa for the office b£#@!

[Surewhyknot]

I'm looking for the worst, most subtle insulting secret Santa gift for the office stirrer.. limit is £10 and we're opening them in person.

I'm torn between a pair of secondhand socks or a homemade loo roll cozy al la your grandma!

What are the worst you've had? Can I cast insult without being too overt??

Is this your brilliant strategy to become the office bitch?

Okay I’ve read the full thread and have to admit that some were really funny but some were so fucking sad.

I’ve never participated in Secret Santa as I don’t celebrate Christmas but when my company has done it, people start off by saying ‘this year I got Ben and I got him xyz.’ Is that not the done thing then? So if someone pulled my name and didn’t get me a present or got me an offensive/utterly shit one, wouldn’t they have to say that they pulled my name?

That is so horrible and nasty!! People need to remember that other folks have feelings too!!!!!!!!

Grow up, you won't be doing your career any favors.

"Forgetting" the gift is probably the most humiliating thing you could do

I always wondered what I’d do if I got my bullying boss and it was charity gift every time.

Don't be mean, you don’t know why they’re really the way they are or how fragile they might be to deal with a ‘joke’ gift.

It will be the last ''secret santas'' your office ever does again if its nasty.

Anyhow, why are the recipients known? I thought secret santa was about spending an agreed amount, and it went into a bowl or something and you picked one out to open... without knowing who was giving or receiving it... 🤔

That makes it Blindingly Obvious Santa, rather than Secret Santa.

Gifts are for people you like. If you don't like her, don't buy her a gift!

Nothing says I hate you and put zero effort in more than a Baylis & Harding gift set

Am I the only person who likes Baylis and Harding? 😂

It's nice to imagine all these things you could get OP, but just stick with a bland box of chocs or something.

This, a dig but harmless enough and still a useful gift

I'd go the other way, as in the quote from a couple of PP.

This is your time to show you are the bigger person.

When I worked in the NHS there was a technique taught that if you had a patient who, for whatever reason, was not very nice you treated them with more respect and kindness above the normal levels of courtesy.

It really does work, it makes you calmer and them, well if they are just having an off day then they maybe deserve a little tlc, but if they are an actual nasty person then it plays with their head.

I’d go with self stirring mug- it’s an inoffensive novelty gift- no one can say it’s nasty.

Do not do this. It says more about you than the recipient. Keep yourself classy!!!!!

Yes, OP, either opt out or go with a generic store bought gift set. The petty gift isn't going to solve the problem you have with this person, but will make people wonder who would act that childish in a workplace.

I once worked in a toxic environment. Eventually secret Santa was stopped for this reason.

Totally outing, but one guy got given an Oxfam goat. He was raging about it, said it's not a proper gift. Went on about it for ages. No one would fess up. He got the same the next year and blew his top.

The boss got given a massive bar of soap. One side said arse the other said face. And the tag said 'so you can tell the difference'.

I wouldn’t do this. It’s a waste of £10, and it’s going to make you look like a dick. It’s fair enough that you don’t want to put any thought into it, but surely you could get something generic - a small box of chocks from Hotel Chocolat, for example, looks thoughtful, but it’s really just a box of chocks, Body Shop shower gels, a £10 bottle of wine, or a bestselling book are all decent but lazy gifts.

I’m not in the UK but I just took a look at their website and thought I’d like to get one of their gift sets 😂

Please don’t buy anything awful - it will be humiliating and as a pp said, it may be the last secret Santa your company de idea to
do.

Back in my old workplace, one person gifted another girl known for sleeping around a clear blue pregnancy test. Management found the person responsible and gave them a warning. It was so embarrassing for the woman.

OP, I’m sure you meant this to be a joke/ funny gift thread so no shaming here. But hopefully after reading through these replies you’ll be able to see why this really isn’t a good idea. Please, please don’t do this. Even if the recipient isn’t the nicest person in the office, be the bigger person! Things like this can have really awful, long lasting repercussions for a person and I don’t think that’s what you want x

Take the high road. Buy them something nice and boring - socks, chocs, bath set etc. Publicly humiliating them won’t make you feel better, will upset them and could give you some unwanted attention from your superiors. Secret Santa is supposed to be a bit of fun - not an exercise in getting your own back. Be a grown-up and talk to her about her behaviour if you’re bothered by it!

Some of these stories are just horrible. 😕

Choosing to publicly humiliate someone makes you the bully.

Maybe use this time to metaphorically press the reset button on your own personality. Kindness costs nowt.

Not sure the office bitch is her 🙃