I’m currently on PTO enjoying some much needed time away from the cube, but I thought you might enjoy reading some of my “thoughts” from a year ago.

Funny how many of these repeated this year…I mean literally repeated. And, it’s actually not funny…it’s pretty sad.

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• A “holiday” party scheduled for the 3^rd week in January doesn’t count.
• A Polo shirt with the company logo is a crappy gift.
• A gift in an unmarked box left on the desk with no name or card who it’s from will be treated as a bomb.
• Marking an email urgent on a Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend should be grounds for firing.
• It’s not appropriate to do a CEO Elf Yourself…and, send as a company card.
• Employee who says, “I don’t mind working over the holidays, it’s quiet and I can get stuff done.” = kiss ass peon.
• Giving me the gift of alcohol is the quickest way to earn brownie points.
• Stay away from the See’s candy gift basket sitting in the common area.
• Even if it’s billed as a “kids party” coworkers will get very angry if there is no spiked eggnog.
• HR understands what you mean when you walk around talking about your “Yule log”.