to think that my work colleagues have forgotten to buy me a present, and to be annoyed at this?

[Bleh]

Office tradition is - on someone's birthday, they do a collection, buy a card and a present. Birthday person brings in cakes. I've fulfilled my part of the deal, they ALL know it's my birthday, and it's now 16:40 and I have yet to see anything present related. AIBU to be annoyed by this?

[warthog]

that is just rubbish.

[onadietcokebreak]

Thats awful but I know how you feel. I was the chief organiser and when I left I got fuck all.

[memorylapse]

miserable b***s

I would be upset too

Happy Birthday by the way

[Chickenshavenolips]

Yes, Happy Birthday

[pointyhat]

lol

I do feel sorry for you, bleh, but you do make it sound funny.

Send a collection envelope round tomorrow - 70p each for the cakes they scoffed

[MmeGoblindt]

That was really mean of them Bleh.

Hope you had a good birthday celebration with your family.

[browntrout]

I'd start looking for another job if I were you as this lot sound dreadful. Even if they had accidentally overlooked the date, the fact that you brought in the cakes should have alerted someone and they could have gone out and got you a present. The fact that they havent suggests a horrible lack of decency. Enjoy the rest of your day and go home where someone can make a fuss of you. This would really piss me off. Happy birthday anyway.

[Fibilou]

Ask for a refund on your present contributions !

[LuluDanceOnMyGrave]

Arsewipes! Spit in their tea!

[addictedtosuckingblood]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

[DorotheaPlentighoul]

Feck 'em. Office presents are always rotten anyway. Happy birthday!

[PumpkinsCantDanceTheTango]

wankers

[Bleh]

Thank you lovely MNers! By the time I left, still nothing.

I'm loving all the 'demand a refund' suggestions

[DorotheaPlentighoul]

I'm still puzzled by this, can't help feeling there is an unsolved mystery behind it all! Especially the weird reaction of the colleague who just laughed ... wtf?

I still think feck 'em, but do keep us posted if you learn anything more to explain this!

[yojojo]

any mention of your birthday today?!did you have a good night anyway?

[TrillianSlasher]

I agree with Dorothea - that's weird. Is somehting going on?

[Bleh]

Well, I'm not working in the office today, so won't be able to give an update until tomorrow. They have a WHOLE day to reflect on what they've done

[pinkfizzle]

OP I hope you had a happy bday!

1. op did no one wish you a happy birthday?

1. how close is your b day to pay day? Maybe everyone is broke? For example if your work is making redundancies then I think anything more than a card might be unreasonable.

1. I would not expect pressies - even if it is a tradition, usually you need someone who is on to it to organise it like a close work colleague.

[aristoBLACKcat]

Bleh agree something strange with your colleagues reaction.

hope you had a good night anyway,

[Scorpette]

It's the curse of the half-term birthday. Mine is on Thurs and no-one remembered when I was a kid cos we were off school and even now no-one remembers. I'm not at work now till Friday and did I get anything yesterday (despite massive hinting all last week)? Did I fuck. We buy small individual gifts for each other (only 5 of us work there) and I came in on my day off, suffering crippling period pains on a long bus journey, to give another colleague her gift and card a few weeks ago. The other members of staff all live within 10 mins, too

I hope you had a nice birthday apart from those thoughtless gits at work letting you down Next time they want contributions to gifts, say loudly 'Why should I give anything when no-one got ME anything for my birthday?'. Birthdays are the only day of the year when it's okay to be petty and unreasonable!

[JackBauWooohooohoowaaer]

Oh so sorry bleh, thats cap.
I used to organise the leaving stuff in the last 2 workplaces I was in, and both time si left I got a voucher both times and small card with a few sigs as no-one else could be arsed, and the voucher was for about a tenth what I woudl collect for others.
I know that's not the point (not grasping, honest) but I was a bit upset to say the leats.
Do you normally do all the buying and arranging? In which case they are lazy twats as well as being forgetful.

[pigletmania]

Happy birthday Bleh, bless you what a load of rude inconsiderate individuals. Dont contribute a dime if they come round asking for a donation towards someones birthday, say no! It was good at my work as this did not happen, the birthday person would try and hide that its their birthday or take annual leave and not make a big deal of it. Enjoy the rest of your day and try not to let it get to you.