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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 27 2006, 07:47 AM (209 Views) | |
| The 89th Key | Dec 27 2006, 07:47 AM Post #1 |
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I got a nice holiday card from my boss saying "In the spirit of spreading warmth and good cheer...etc....etc...etc...a donation has been made in your honor to (this Charity). Happy Holidays..." So basically a donation was made in my honor, which is nice...and I've seen others get that before, but my question is...is there something I should do now? Should I just walk up to my boss and say thanks for this? I dont want to make a ignorant mistake!
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| LWpianistin | Dec 27 2006, 07:49 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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When in doubt, go for the Thank You card. Cards always work. |
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| Brett | Dec 27 2006, 08:55 AM Post #3 |
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Clearly you need to barge in there and demand he withdraw the gift and kindly place the cash in your hand. Man your boss is selfish |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 27 2006, 08:59 AM Post #4 |
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Ah, but you see this is bizarro world. My boss is not a he, he's a she! Well, rather she's a she! |
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| Brett | Dec 27 2006, 09:01 AM Post #5 |
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Haha...is that bad that I assumed your boss was a man? And that your cleaning lady is in fact a lady? |
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| ***musical princess*** | Dec 27 2006, 09:17 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Get her a thankyou card and explain how you thought it was a lovely present. That you are glad she was kind enough to give it to a cause that desperately needed it. She will appreciate it if you show that you are thankful she did a good thing and got a gift for you that will actually do some good in the world, rather than buy you a gift you'd probably just throw in a cupboard. x |
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| kentcouncil | Dec 27 2006, 09:35 AM Post #7 |
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I have a couple of friends who like to give charitable donations as Christmas gifts, but I let them know which charities I prefer, and that I'd like the receipt if possible for tax purposes. (Call me Scrooge... )
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It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't. - P.G. Wodehouse | |
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| ***musical princess*** | Dec 27 2006, 09:37 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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'The Charity of ME!!' ![]() Afterall... Charity does start at home. x |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 27 2006, 10:08 AM Post #9 |
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I sent her a thank-you email. :ph43r: |
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| Optimistic | Dec 27 2006, 10:22 AM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hmmmm. . . not the Human Fund, was it? |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 27 2006, 10:24 AM Post #11 |
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Opt...Jimmy and I created "The Donation Foundation" in 2002. The slogan? Making change. Everyday. |
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| kentcouncil | Dec 27 2006, 11:24 AM Post #12 |
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Now you know what to get your boss next year. |
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It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't. - P.G. Wodehouse | |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 27 2006, 11:24 AM Post #13 |
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| Dewey | Dec 27 2006, 12:52 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Opti, you beat me to it. :lol: |
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