Secret Santa CF

[Saltdoughmuncher]

Our budget for the office SS is £10. Some people have put a wish list up on the office wall (grabby enough I think) but the person I am buying for has put 3 suggestions of quite specific things, all of which are priced at £15-£20!

AIBU to ignore her request list and just guess at something else to buy that is within budget?

Get them a Bayliss and Harding gift set and something stupid like a blow up zimmer frame to teach the CF a lesson.

Kind of takes the joy away tbh

CF’s - I’d be tempted to ignore the list and buy them something I know they’d hate 😀

Get them a Bayliss and Harding gift set

fuck me, might as well shit in their hands and ask them to clap]

Ignore it! Ridiculous

Totally ignore it and buy them a boots 3:1 set

We did lists at our old office. Not requests for specifics but a guide to the kind of things you like so if you get someone who doesn’t know you at all they have a chance of getting you something you might actually like.

What does the organiser say? I've organised many Secret Santas and I'd have been on this like a ton of bricks.

£10 in an envelope sounds like the best secret Santa present....

The wishlist would accidentally go in the bin, I think.

I think the list is fine as long as they put something within budget. Thing is secret Santa normally ends up being a case of you giving someone something you don’t want which is a waste!

However in regards to your person with the over budget request, yes ignore it! get something within the budget

How about a nice mug that says 'twat' on the bottom?

You might scoff at wish list for Secret Santa but I always seem to get picked by people (men) who are only taking part in SS because they don’t want to make a fuss of opting out or have been bullied in to taking part, and pick up their gift from the petrol station on the way in on the day it’s due. Some highlights include an item I’m allergic to (and everyone in the office is well aware I’m allergic to), cheap jewellery that turned my neck green and one of those maths pencil case tins with a ruler and protractor in (literally no use to me whatsoever).

Our Secret Santa goes to the local bank so I over buy. Christmas should be about goodwill wish lists how tacky.

Weird that people can request certain items. I thought you just chose a cheap and cheerful gift suited to the person. I drew a cocky little snot colleague of mine this year so considered buying him a book on basic manners, but ended up finding a novel gift he’ll probably enjoy. It’s also somewhat work-related so might give him some of the skills he lacks in the job (but for some unknown reason believes he has in spades).

YANBU

I think a list is grabby but something like a 'likes and dislikes' thing is fine, especially if people have allergies etc. But a list with things that are all above the budget is blatant CFery.

Get her the worst, most tacky SS gift ever

@Saltdoughmuncher LOL wot a cheek!

Get her something from Poundland!

Put up your own list. No need to worry about budget so if you fancy a new car, a cruise and a gucci handbag put that on the list.

CF indeed

The whole point of secret Santa is a surprise gift

A tenner in an envelope. Job done. Next year, opt out. SS is always shit. Wasteful AF, too.

I participated in SS last year at work as i've never done it before so decided why not and it was nice, however when asked this year i politely declined. Budget last year was £10 and there were certainly no 'lists' but trying to think of a gift for someone who i barely knew really was just a tiring brain fart and i think sometimes these things can go wrong . Don't be scared to say no is my motto! But yes seeing as you are doing it now, stick to the budget.

When nobody is around, write the price of the items beside them on the list. ie:

moulton brown stuff - £15
posh make mascara - £12

Then write 'NO - choose summat else you chancer'!

I’d give her a box containing a note saying ‘Donated a tenner to xxxxx charity on your behalf ‘

Fuck me! That’s a future bridezilla/bridegroomzilla in the making. And can you imagine the demands when babies start being born?