Overkill?

playabum17 · 12-19-2005

Working at a corporation we often get gifts from other companies that we do business with. We now have received our 4th food basket and some chocolate covered popcorn that is to die for. One of our 'gifts' was for a donation to the Red Cross in the name of 'Friends of such and such Company'. Which I think is great. The point being we have more food than we can eat in a lifetime and I am sure we haven't seen the last of it. Do any of you get gifts like this at your company and what are your thoughts on it?

MikeW · 12-19-2005

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Originally Posted by playabum17

Working at a corporation we often get gifts from other companies that we do business with. We now have received our 4th food basket and some chocolate covered popcorn that is to die for. One of our 'gifts' was for a donation to the Red Cross in the name of 'Friends of such and such Company'. Which I think is great. The point being we have more food than we can eat in a lifetime and I am sure we haven't seen the last of it. Do any of you get gifts like this at your company and what are your thoughts on it?

No, but I work from home, so if we do I wouldn't know anything about it. That and we are consulting firm, consultants don't get gifts. We're usually thought of as the bad guys.

Jo · 12-19-2005

When I used to work as a doctors assistant we always got swamped with food- cookies, chocolate etc. We also got money from many patients we treated, as they knew that doctors assistants here don't earn THAT much (around 1200$ post tax).
Whenever cookies etc. got too much we put them on plates in the waiting room, if there were some really beautifully packed ones we'd sometimes take them home and give them away as gifts to neighbours etc.
But a lot of the food definately went onto our hips...........................

I've always liked it- probably also because it had a very personal touch due to the connection we had with the patients.

playabum17 · 12-19-2005

I agree, Joana, we like it, but our work area looks like a deli or something. There is food everywhere! And yes, we share, but most goes on our hips.

**SunKneeMarie** · 12-19-2005

Mike gets stuff that goed to the whole department and they share, but occassionally he gets something sent to him and he brings it home. He brought home a huge tin of various types of brownies the other day. I ate some and put most of them in the freezer to (sneak and eat whenever the urge strikes) fill out the cookie plates I'll set out over the holidays. My favorite was the one agency who used to give him fruit. He'd get 12 of the biggest sweetest grapefruit, or giant oranges or whatever. Wonderful stuff--and no guilt in the eating!!!

BonnyW · 12-19-2005

Sometimes I get very thoughtful gifts from my students. Chopsticks, mixing spoons, violets, pictures and plants.
The last gift I received was a stuffed Shigella toy.
Everytime I look at it I laugh. It is hanging on the handle of my file cabinet. A perfect fomite location.
I want to start a collection of them

TAPPY · 12-19-2005

We get a lot of that at our office to - we give alot of the stuff away as a door prize at our company Christmas party. The stuff that comes in after the fact, just gets set out in the break room (the cleaning crew ends up taking alot of it home) !!!

Jo · 12-19-2005

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Originally Posted by BonnyW

Sometimes I get very thoughtful gifts from my students. Chopsticks, mixing spoons, violets, pictures and plants.
The last gift I received was a stuffed Shigella toy.
Everytime I look at it I laugh. It is hanging on the handle of my file cabinet. A perfect fomite location.
I want to start a collection of them

OMG- I LOVE them.

I want an E.Coli- they were my subject in my oral microbiology test!

http://www.giantmicrobes.com/alimentaries/ecoli.html

Where is the Shigella? Couldn't find it....

playabum17 · 12-19-2005

Okay, now I have a serious sugar buzz going. The only other female in my department and I just ate 3 pieces of chocolate a piece. Good stuff, but I am going to be crashing in a few hours!

Beachnutt · 12-19-2005

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Originally Posted by BonnyW

Sometimes I get very thoughtful gifts from my students. Chopsticks, mixing spoons, violets, pictures and plants.
The last gift I received was a stuffed Shigella toy.
Everytime I look at it I laugh. It is hanging on the handle of my file cabinet. A perfect fomite location.
I want to start a collection of them

Those are really gross! I'm sure we have enough of the real thing hanging around our cafeteria here.

But back to the original topic, I think I have gained 10 lbs today alone.
Baklava, cookies and some sort of carrot cake roll so far. Can't wait to see what the rest of the week brings.

Connie · 12-19-2005

1. I'm a consultant
2. I work from home
=
I don't get gifts at all

Send some over if you have too many of those cookies - they'd be greatfully accepted

Rissask · 12-19-2005

We get one of those baskets at a rate of about one per day....in an office of 50 men, engineers, purchasers, and tech writers- they don't last long.

They are hard to resist and yes- it is overkill. Why not a fruit basket instead of junk food once in a while?

playabum17 · 12-19-2005

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Originally Posted by Rissask

We get one of those baskets at a rate of about one per day....in an office of 50 men, engineers, purchasers, and tech writers- they don't last long.

They are hard to resist and yes- it is overkill. Why not a fruit basket instead of junk food once in a while?

Exactly my point, and I loved the company that made a donation to the Red Cross, much better use of the money.

BonnyW · 12-19-2005

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Originally Posted by Joana

OMG- I LOVE them.

I want an E.Coli- they were my subject in my oral microbiology test!

http://www.giantmicrobes.com/alimentaries/ecoli.html

Where is the Shigella? Couldn't find it....

I did research with E. coli--looking at ribosomal binding sites for Streptomycin while in Grad School. He has a special place (gne...gne...gne...) in my body (it is not my heart).
For Shigella, see 'Health' and then 'stomache'.

As for back on topic... When I worked in an office and received gifts from clients, we donated the edibles to shelters, and the flowers to hospital patients.

cpfstich · 12-19-2005

We get a few things at the department, but not alot. We used to get each other gifts at work, but this year we all gave money and bought toys for kids of a needy family in town.

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playabum17 naughtiest chica Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kansas, land of Ahs Posts: 16,486	Overkill? Working at a corporation we often get gifts from other companies that we do business with. We now have received our 4th food basket and some chocolate covered popcorn that is to die for. One of our 'gifts' was for a donation to the Red Cross in the name of 'Friends of such and such Company'. Which I think is great. The point being we have more food than we can eat in a lifetime and I am sure we haven't seen the last of it. Do any of you get gifts like this at your company and what are your thoughts on it?

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BonnyW añejo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Left Coast...So Cal Posts: 13,320	Sometimes I get very thoughtful gifts from my students. Chopsticks, mixing spoons, violets, pictures and plants. The last gift I received was a stuffed Shigella toy. Everytime I look at it I laugh. It is hanging on the handle of my file cabinet. A perfect fomite location. I want to start a collection of them Last edited by BonnyW; 12-19-2005 at 12:05 PM..

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Jo Niiiice!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the cukoos nest.... Posts: 6,217	When I used to work as a doctors assistant we always got swamped with food- cookies, chocolate etc. We also got money from many patients we treated, as they knew that doctors assistants here don't earn THAT much (around 1200$ post tax). Whenever cookies etc. got too much we put them on plates in the waiting room, if there were some really beautifully packed ones we'd sometimes take them home and give them away as gifts to neighbours etc. But a lot of the food definately went onto our hips........................... I've always liked it- probably also because it had a very personal touch due to the connection we had with the patients.

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playabum17 naughtiest chica Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kansas, land of Ahs Posts: 16,486	I agree, Joana, we like it, but our work area looks like a deli or something. There is food everywhere! And yes, we share, but most goes on our hips.

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SunKneeMarie character encapsulator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 32,808	Mike gets stuff that goed to the whole department and they share, but occassionally he gets something sent to him and he brings it home. He brought home a huge tin of various types of brownies the other day. I ate some and put most of them in the freezer to (sneak and eat whenever the urge strikes) fill out the cookie plates I'll set out over the holidays. My favorite was the one agency who used to give him fruit. He'd get 12 of the biggest sweetest grapefruit, or giant oranges or whatever. Wonderful stuff--and no guilt in the eating!!!

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TAPPY añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 21,148	We get a lot of that at our office to - we give alot of the stuff away as a door prize at our company Christmas party. The stuff that comes in after the fact, just gets set out in the break room (the cleaning crew ends up taking alot of it home) !!!

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playabum17 naughtiest chica Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kansas, land of Ahs Posts: 16,486	Okay, now I have a serious sugar buzz going. The only other female in my department and I just ate 3 pieces of chocolate a piece. Good stuff, but I am going to be crashing in a few hours!

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Connie life=playa Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Klagenfurt, Austria Posts: 829	1. I'm a consultant 2. I work from home = I don't get gifts at all Send some over if you have too many of those cookies - they'd be greatfully accepted

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Rissask Canada Dry Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 49,564	We get one of those baskets at a rate of about one per day....in an office of 50 men, engineers, purchasers, and tech writers- they don't last long. They are hard to resist and yes- it is overkill. Why not a fruit basket instead of junk food once in a while?

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cpfstich añejo Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Badger State! Posts: 16,621	We get a few things at the department, but not alot. We used to get each other gifts at work, but this year we all gave money and bought toys for kids of a needy family in town.

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