hey “friend”, before you ask me, nay, demand, a donation towards a mutual friend’s retirement party, fucking ask me if I “would like to go in on it” before you decide to obligate everyone. Because, as a matter of fact, I would not like finance your present to aforementioned mutual friend as my own present will be costly enough (and coincidentally is almost the exact same price as ‘yours’) but did I ask everyone to pitch in ? no, because a) I didnt consult anyone first, b) because im not a flaming asshole. emphasis on flaming. But I will give to your cause because I understand the concept of picking one’s battles. So not only will I get my own present but I guess I will be getting some of yours too… next time, sweetie, make sure you can afford your own damn present.
— office prick down the hall
This article appears in May 28 – Jun 3, 2009.
This is one of those bitches where i finish reading it and can’t remember what the complaint was
i read your comment Anton and decided you probably look like your photo if that’s the case.
The office prick down the hall should learn what those lips are for. The world loves to walk all over the passive
Sorry, OP, but ‘next time’, they will do exactly the same thing. It worked this time, so there’s no reason for them not to, in a nutshell.
Why didn’t you just say that you already have your own gift for said so no need to go in on another one? That sounds pretty easy to do.
sounds like its either ‘be passive’ or be on someone’s shit list.
I’m glad you found the bitch so engaging F7
This kind of thing really bothers me too- why can’t they just send out an email to the people they’re hoping will contribute, and then leave the envelope somewhere so that people don’t have to be put on the spot when they can’t afford much? I remember when they began doing layoffs in my office; there were envelopes of money being passed around constantly…often more than once a day. I was pregnant at the time, had just been laid off myself…2 weeks after signing the mortgage papers of our first house, so I had no extra money. These envelopes grew to infuriate me, especially the ones being passed around on behalf of people leaving the firm VOLUNTARILY- one of whom was about to embark on a year-long adventure across Europe & Asia. Why should I be expected to fund someone else’s vacation? It wasn’t that people were collecting for folks who’d been let go that bothered me (I understand that and think it’s a nice thing to do if you are in the position); It was that they’d come around to each person’s desk and STAND there- expecting us to fish a twenty out of our wallets in front of them. And it especially doesn’t make sense to me- asking people who’ve been made redundant themselves to contribute to others that have! what’s the point in that?
Fuck it…you bought your gift for the retiree, everyone else can deal with their own shit. Why buy two things? Nuts.
Yeah, that’s kinda what I was thinking bigger.