Co-worker offended by my Christmas card?

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I bought a pack of Christmas cards from Tesco's 20 pack. They were like animated religious ones. Five of the cards had 'Little donkey ' wording on the front. When my co-worker opened her card, she said, "Are you calling me a donkey?" I didn't even know I'd selected that card in particular for her, as I was just working through the card pack. I said "I didn't design them. Tesco's did". She said she was only joking, but she wasn't. I just wondered your thoughts?

How silly of her. Surely it's just a reference to the song.

Currently in todays society, I’m only sending Christmas cards to a couple of colleagues, because some ppl can take offence over anything.

Good job it wasn't a camel or she would have really had the hump.

I don’t think I’d have chosen that design with that text for colleagues, to be fair. Too risky.

Something fairly bland and wholesome - robins, singers, christmas trees and the like. Ideally just saying seasons greetings, no overly religious connotations

Do you think she genuinely didn’t get what it referred to?

if not, I’m not sure your reply will have cleared things up

Lucky it wasn't a cow or you could have mooved her to tears

Too risky? Bloody hell. I despair.

I couldnt take an adult seriously who took offence at a supermarket card with a donkey on it.

i mean, really??

To be fair OP you did make a rather poor choice.

Was there not a snowflake card in the box?

A sheep would have driven her baaaaarmy.

What Daisy Chain said!

Gosh mine had foxes on them, I wonder whether people will think I’m flirting!

Ridiculous OP, I really wouldn’t give it another thought!

A holly design next year

For the prickly people

I think I would have been tempted to point to the card and say "do-n-key" and then point to her and say "per-son" very, very slowly... but that might not have helped!

Is she young ? My young adult kids never sang Little Donkey at school so wouldn’t know the reference to the song. Some schools never do a traditional nativity and do the modern ones with random characters like cowboys. My kids wouldn’t be annoyed and would assume that the donkey was a reference to the one that Mary rode.

You didn’t do anything wrong. If you’d not given her a card then she’d be the type to complain too.

One word. Twat! She is, not you btw!

She’s sounds a right pain in the ass 🤣

Tell her you're not sure it's a donkey is might be an ass.

It's quite possible she really just was joking and it missed the mark

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I tend to ignore the perpetually offended. If I offend someone for a reasonable reason without meaning to I'd feel bad and apologise but that's just ridiculous. I wouldn't be getting her a Christmas card next year.

Get her a snowflake one next year and watch her really hit the roof! ❄️

Nah, she'd probably have a meltdown

A poor choice? Too risky?

Oh behave!! The world’s gone MAD!

I don’t know about a donkey, but she sounds like a dickhead.

if she was joking it was wrong of her to joke as it’s clearly upset you.
If she was serious it’s even worse - who in their right mind would take a Christmas card design so personally.
However saying this I would choose something more neutral. I advised DD against buying a card with cute little cats in Christmas costumes for a friend as he’s a dog lover.