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??

I would be so pleased if someone did this in a secret Santa rather than give me some old tat. I think that's a really good old idea!

I always organised the Christmas party and secret Santa for the approx 15 staff in our team. When I opened my gift one year it was a wine glass with keep calm and stop moaning on it. I was so devastated, I managed to keep it together but I did get upset later when talking with a colleague who asked what I received. It stayed under my desk for nearly a year before I threw it away. I don’t know whether the gift giver found out that I was so upset or not. Don’t be a bitch to the bitch just do the charity gift or some chocolates.

Be the bigger person OP. Don't waste money on junk. Don't stoop to their level. Just give a nice neutral gift like a Cafe Nero gift card. A horrible present won't end well.

Honestly, this makes you no better, if not worse, than the person you want to punish/humiliate 🤷‍♀️

You sound like the office bitch. It isn’t what Christmas is about.

News flash...... you're the office Bitch.......

OP not returned? SHOCKED I tells you.

at our work we had a “keep or swap” secret Santa - you had one chance to keep your present or swap with someone else ( even if they were keeping theirs!) This meant everyone bought something nice- the most popular thing was a £10 Greggs voucher.

Zoflora (sorry mumsnet posters who think it’s divine. To me it smells like a dirty home trying to cover up dodgy smells but on a very tight budget)

😂😂😂😂

I think this is really pathetic tbh

Once a colleague who hates me bought me some child's, plastic jewelry from poundland for secret santa. Everyone was just looking at it like 😕I rolled my eyes and tossed it straight in the bin.

You can do it that way, or you can put all the participants names in a hat and each draw one out beforehand.

I never take part, just another thing I haven't got time to think about!

These stories make me so sad, the mouthwash is so so mean. 😢

This sounds like a passive aggressive unpleasant thing to do, and as PP said , lacks self awareness.
This is in itself a “Bitchy” thing to do.

I really wouldn’t engage in that type of behaviour, be the bigger person

Can I cast insult without being too overt?

It will say more about you than her. I wouldn't do it.

I was given a felt Santa mask. Still don’t know if it was meant to be funny or hurtful. I had very little money at the time, had put lots of effort into the gift I’d bought and watched lots of lovely gifts opened. I was very upset. Have never taken part in Secret Santa since. Gave the mask to a friend whose daughter was the right age and apparently she liked it. I also hated going home and telling my family who all wanted to see my gift, including teenage children at the time.

Not really in the spirit of Christmas… you sound like a bitch yourself OP.
I suppose if you’re set on this idea you can do a charitable donation in that persons name - that might redeem the nastiness somewhat while still being a naff gift. But really - grow the fuck up. What a sad attitude.

You are the office bully @Surewhyknot

To be fair on op she did say she wanted something subtly insulting.

I think the self stirring mug is a good one. She may actually use it or can regift it to someone who would.

The mouthwash gift and a few others mentioned sound cruel.

My ex got a game called 'for the person that knows everything '...I thought it was brilliantly passive aggressive

I agree with the vast majority - this is a horrible mean spirited thing to suggest and if you do it then it will reflect very badly on you.

If you have a genuine issue with this colleague then you should address it professionally. Secret Santa is meant to be fun and inclusive - not an opportunity to publicly bully colleagues by buying a hurtful and thoughtless gift. Awful.

A bottle of alcohol free red wine. I won one at a tombola. When I saw it was a lovely looking dark bottle that had my number on it I felt like I'd done well for my £1 ticket and was looking forward to a glass that evening! It wasn't until I sat back at my table and read the label and saw it said 0% 😆 it tasted as bad as it sounds!

Agree with the majority.
OP is the bigger bitch.