Mortified by gift from boss

[didyouscoredarling]

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...

I mean - did he spend anything on that? Most offices probably have a couple of spare SD mugs lying around and he probably nicked the pens and pads from the stationery cupboard

[quote didyouscoredarling]@ICouldHaveCheckedFirst No he is usually nice is what I meant

He can be aggy all of a sudden for no reason at all

But who am I to question him, he's a very clever man (obviously) [/quote]
If he's 'Clever' he should know to speak to people and not be aggy.

I was seeing a Rheumatology consultant once who spoke to a member of the staff like shit and I said 'who do you think you are!? You think it's acceptable to speak to your colleagues like that? ' ... not sure who was most shocked, him or the secretary but he apologised to her and me and on a subsequent visit the secretary told me he'd been much better since.

No one is so clever they should be allowed to treat others badly just because ... call them out!

That's a really shit present but, hey ho ... Ho Ho.

This happened in my workplace one. Someone gave someone else a sports direct mug and a ruler with a calculator on. It was from a bloke to the sweetest girl in the office.

Everyone secretly hated him from then on.

If he’d also been late to the fisting too I reckon he’d have been a social Pariah forever

@Justilou1

Are we all missing the point that he gave stationery to the person in charge of the stationery cupboard??? Wow! How tone deaf!

and a mug to someone who doesn't drink tea or coffee.... It really is a terrible present in every single way.

I don't understand all the posters saying 'SS is supposed to be rubbish' 'You're only supposed to spend a few quid,' - obviously it differs from group to group, OP followed the rules of her work, her manager didn't.

You just won the internet with that typo OP. Will keep me chuckling for days!

Totally get why you’re pissed off, I still remember being gifted a Wilco mug one year, when I’d spent time and about 5x the money looking for a gift my giftee would like.

What a cheapskate. You get those sports direct mugs FREE with a purchase

I'd hate to think what his wife gets for Christmas.

My DH is also a thoughtless twat;he once gave someone a tin of beans for secret Santa.

Nothing however beats the phone call from my sons very irate form tutor over a secret Santa gift;my little turd of a DS decided to wrap up a condom;he thought it was hilarious.

Absolute lack of thought and effort. One of those, "had it at home" gifts. You're right to feel let down x

@Justilou1

Are we all missing the point that he gave stationery to the person in charge of the stationery cupboard??? Wow! How tone deaf!

Well obviously she must really love stationery to have a whole cupboard full

Fisting

I've never met a surgeon who would have worn aftershave costing £20, so I'm wondering if he's not an impostor as well as a cheapskate.

I can see why you'd be mortified by the wonderful typo, which made me lol so hard, thanks

But mortified by the gift, I don't get.

Awful

Most secret santa presents are awful

But who am I to question him, he's a very clever man (obviously)

Well it's not obvious to me.
He sounds like a thoughtless twat.

Try and lose the "who am I to question him" mindset.
He is a human being, just like you, not some sort of special god.

Oh my word i spat my coffee out at this!
Thank you for a giggle.
I once got a usb drive from my secret santa. Absolutely no use for it and my manager at the time was absolutely mortified for me as everyone else had lovely presents. The not so secret santa then presented me with the reciept in case i didnt like it. A boc of chocs would have done!

I took part in a postal secret card exchange last year. Giving a gift (up to £5) was optional but I think everyone did anyway.
I never even received my card, let alone any gift! Told organiser, who told gifter. Oh, it had definitely been sent. I assume it was just a card

Sorry you had such a shit present but thank you for cheering me up with that typo OP.

YABU to be going ahead with the fisting. Everyone knows that breaks Covid regulations.

@UsernameInTheTown

What a tight arse... or maybe not?!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You could probably get your whole fist into a Sports Direct mug. A new and altogether more kinky type of penis beaker??

(In seriousness OP, I'm sorry he was lazy and thoughtless).

Should have got him a tub of Crisco

Best typo ever 😆

Terrible present, he should have stuck a £20 note in the sports direct mug but obviously too tight and thoughtless for that

Nothing says Christmas like a festive fisting

My dd's boyfriend is Welsh, his secret Santa present from work was 2 balls of wool a plastic sheep and some lamb chops!