Secret Santa present for the office hottie.

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We have a very nice “young man” in the office and I have to get him a £15 secret Santa. He’s been here for 2 months, close to half my age and very easy on the eye. No idea what to get - please help me mumsnet!

@Polyp0
Your comment was spot on!

It does sound creepy.

Just ask for ideas for a man his age, his looks don’t come into it unless you’re a creep.

Why have you written “young man”? Are you unsure if he's young man?

she said thanks 😂

I assumed she was channelling Harry Enfield's Lovely Wobbly Randy Old Ladies.

You know he likes wine, so wine or related/adjacent seems sensible and as it it will be appreciated, some good suggestions upthread along these lines. Try to find out what he drinks, do a bit of research, get soemthing decent. Better than tat masquerading as "humour".

Work secret Santa is the invention of evil, IMO.

@Polyp0 are you saying women can never be accused of sexual harassment as they can't rape anyone? Women can be creepy just as men can be. Using the term hottie isn't great and was not necessary for the question raised.

This thread just confirms how batshit crazy MN can be at times.
OP consider yourself well and truly chastised for having a sense of humour.

Forget it OP. MN lost its sense of humour years ago.

I completely agree with you. Its not like OP has wrapped herself up, and laid across his desk with a label saying "unwrap me, hot stuff" on it.

People can absolutely think and say things about other people, that wouldn't say directly to them, without it causing such a ruckus.

In answer to your question OP, I think play it safe with a £15 bottle of wine. It's boring, but if you don't know him that well it's probably the wisest thing to do.

Only those who are permanently looking for anything to be offended by, and they are best ignored.

@Polyp0 absolutely nailed it! 👏

OP, I have no idea why you’re getting flamed, I totally understand your predicament.

I’d say unless he’s paid a lot of money, a £15 bottle of wine (a nice one from Majestic or somewhere) is a lovely gift.

Most of the GenZ I know are very conscious of sustainability, so I’d avoid novelty stuff that could be seen as “landfill”. A £15 Greggs voucher card could be funny? (Assuming he likes Greggs of course!)

The reason you are getting the responses is because your opening post isn't acceptable.

If you had a son or daughter that age and had the older letch say this how would you feel? It isn't the 1980s.

Those of you minimising it are a huge part of the problems still experienced by many young people today, it is not acceptable to talk about people like they today.

And yea if you refer to people on their attractiveness then you fit the description of a letch.

The trapdoor spiders. They lie in wait to spring up and shout “ageist”,“ sexist,” “misogynist” etc like a two year old who has learned to shout out “ bus”, “ car,” “bike” when you are walking them in their pram.

🤣

Btw he’s over 30!

Are you still here? You should be in a dark room contemplating what you have done.

Thanks I think wine is the winner or something wine related. Agreed, some people just need to unclench a little and I guarantee EVERYBODY has said something inappropriate at sometime!

oh bore off

What does him being ‘easy on the eye’ have to do with what present you buy him. Just ask what to buy a male work of his age that you don’t know well. There isn’t a list for attractive ones and a separate list for less attractive ones. It sounds really creepy.

I’m joking!

So sorry!!! I can’t keep up with who’s naughty or nice! And I’ve had a few wines 🍾

The socks that look like chicken feet!

🤣🤣 I’ve been supporting you since yesterday, you old perv.

It sounds really creepy.