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Mortified by gift from boss

325 replies

didyouscoredarling · 13/12/2021 20:12

I had two KIT days that fell for secret Santa, so I was included in it

I got my boss, he got me. He forgot my present on the actual day of secret Santa so he gave me mine the day after

I got him an aftershave he likes. It's a fairly cheap one (£20), and a small box of chocolates. Just Cadbury's, he loves chocolate

I was gifted today a 'I ❤️ Sports direct' mug with a pack of pens in and some sticky notes
Wtf.

AIBU to feel sad? Limit was £20...

I only know he was my secret Santa because he was late to the fisting...

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Letsbekindplease · 13/12/2021 20:41

That’s someone who just hasn’t put any thought in a present and it certainly doesn’t cost £20. I’m sure I got a mug free with stuff I bought from sports direct.

LifeIsTricky · 13/12/2021 20:41

You know when people say my work/hobbie is very niche and outing... this could fit that criteria. Amazing typo. Terrible gift! YANBU

HalfWomanHalfMincePie · 13/12/2021 20:41

I think it's clear he forgot, went to the stationary cupboard and nicked the pens and otes then grabbed someone else's mug from the kitchen.

Probably distracted by the fisting.

Try not to think on it, OP. Secret Santas are all 99% disappointment and 1% relief. A bit like fisting, I imagine.

blueshoes · 13/12/2021 20:41

my eyes are still bleeding ...

drpet49 · 13/12/2021 20:43

How tight and mean spirited. Especially as he is a manager. What a sick

drpet49 · 13/12/2021 20:43

Dick

ThrobbingToothacheOfTheMind · 13/12/2021 20:43

“Mortified”? Oh get over yourself.

Lovemusic33 · 13/12/2021 20:44

I had the boss for secret Santa one year too, I knew as they forgot my gift, they then gave me something totally crap (smellies). Secret Santa sucks, I don’t think I have ever been given anything as good as what I have gifted so I no longer get my hopes up 🤣.

BurntO · 13/12/2021 20:45

That’s embarrassing on his part

DogInATent · 13/12/2021 20:45

@didyouscoredarling

He is a surgeon... Nice man, very black and white though and always thinks he's right, form for being a bit mean to other medical staff but is nice to me usually
Proctologist?
MistySkiesAfterRain · 13/12/2021 20:46

Isn't the point of secret santa that the gifts are meant to be shit?

I got some book that was about a character who had the same name as me. I could not for the life of me work it out. I think you go online and order a shit detective story where you get to name the main character. Honestly. First and last name. It was fucking wierd. Even more wierd was having to pretend I was intrigued by this bizarre socially awkward gift. If I wanted to reciprocate the social awkwardness I should have said Oh I don't know why I bothered choosing that Neals Yard bathfoam I thought you would like and use, I should have just looked at shitgifts.com.

Cheguevarahamster · 13/12/2021 20:47

Best. Typo. Ever.Xmas Grin

And he's a stingy thoughtless git.

ChocolateDeficitDisorder · 13/12/2021 20:51

I would NEVER be late to a fisting.

I would ALWAYS be late to a fisting.

Hopefully it would be over by the time I arrived.

TractorAndHeadphones · 13/12/2021 20:52

He seems forgetful rather than tight. Having realised the morning of that he’d forgotten something…
YANBU to feel whatever you feel but SS is meant to be shit. I hate it unless there are strict rules like £1, or sweets, or whatever.

Thank god current team doesn’t do this nonsense

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 13/12/2021 20:52

@Sparklybanana

Men are always rubbish at this. Gifting must be on the x chromosome. You win typo of the year though. Shouldn't have snorted so loudly Grin
Correction: men are allowed to be rubbish at presents. Most of the time, they dump the mental workload on women and, when they don't, they are allowed to get away with being shit.

I don't choose presents carefully because I have a vagina. I do it because I am not a c*nt.

landofgiants · 13/12/2021 20:52

Hilarious. Secret santa sucks. Someone at work got me an Asda scarf costing £3.99ish (£20 limit) which was ok, but then she got me an almost identical one 2 years later. The second one reeked of cigarette smoke! Yuck.

SleepingStandingUp · 13/12/2021 20:52

proctologist?
😂😂😂😂

late to the fisting would one want to be late in order to miss most of it, or get there early whilst it's all clean?

ChocolateDeficitDisorder · 13/12/2021 20:52

I would NEVER be late to a fisting.

I would ALWAYS be late to a fisting.

Hopefully it would be over by the time I arrived.

landofgiants · 13/12/2021 20:52

Hilarious. Secret santa sucks. Someone at work got me an Asda scarf costing £3.99ish (£20 limit) which was ok, but then she got me an almost identical one 2 years later. The second one reeked of cigarette smoke! Yuck.

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 13/12/2021 20:52

@Sparklybanana

Men are always rubbish at this. Gifting must be on the x chromosome. You win typo of the year though. Shouldn't have snorted so loudly Grin
Correction: men are allowed to be rubbish at presents. Most of the time, they dump the mental workload on women and, when they don't, they are allowed to get away with being shit.
Ziegfeld · 13/12/2021 20:52

I don’t like generalising about men but some men, particularly ones who always delegate family admin to their partners, are really crap about organising presents. It’s not person: he probably panicked and looked around his desk drawer for what he could give you at the last minute.

I once had a colleague who’d (voluntarily) committed to give a box of Christmas food and gifts to a family in need as part of a workplace charity drive. On the day the boxes were collected by the charity, he handed over a big box containing three cans of fizzy drink and two jars of jam he’d taken from the office kitchen, some pencils from the office stationery cupboard, and a handful of boiled sweets from the receptionist’s desk.

jc12689 · 13/12/2021 20:52

He's obviously tight and not entering into the spirit of it, but to be mortified over a secret Santa gift. YABU Wink

The jury's put on the fisting. We need more information.

mumda · 13/12/2021 20:54

I'm on a zoom and have had to turn my camera off. I can't stop giggling

EekGoesTheBaby · 13/12/2021 20:56

If you're not going to be on time for the fisting, why bother showing up at all?

Genevie82 · 13/12/2021 20:56

This is the best typo ever.. you’ve cheered a lot of people up this eve OP!! Thankgod for your boss being a tight arse , look at the joy it’s brought to MN😂😂

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