If you do a gift swap at work

[monkeyboy]

what was worst office Christmas gift you saw?
(maybe you didn't get it but what was there?)

 

[2busy4life]

I am curious what some of the replies might be as I have to buy something for someone at work who is very disrespectful and rude to me and I think this thread might give me some ideas....

 

[Stacerita]

I once got a used candle. It was only half used, so still had life in it. But it was burnt down quiet a bit.

 

[Disneyland1084]

I once got a used candle. It was only half used, so still had life in it. But it was burnt down quiet a bit.

 

[Pakey]

We don't do it at the company where I work but my staff and I were talking about this yesterday. One of my employees stated that at her last place of employment, one person gave this as a gift:

A live chicken in a crate

I so wish I had been there to see it

 

[Costumesaremylife]

Not a gift swap but one year my coworkers and I were all given, from another coworker, toothbrush cups. Technically it was just a plastic tumbler with a cute print, but I saw them in a store and they were labeled toothbrush cups.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

My DH directs a community chorus that does a gift swap every year and spouses are also invited to participate. The suggested amount per gift is $15 - $20. We went around the circle and answered trivia questions. If you got your question wrong, you could choose a gift from the table. If you got it right, you could choose an unopened gift or steal one someone had already opened. A good friend of ours opened the first gift. It was just an envelope and he figured it was a gift card. It turned out to be a car air freshener shaped like a corndog! It couldn't have cost more than a buck or two at the carwash. Of course, no one wanted to steal it. And the poor guy who got stuck with it had brought a really nice Trader Joe's gift basket! No one would admit to bringing the corndog because they knew they'd have been beaten on the spot!

 

[dbarker]

Secret Santa worst gift: nothing.....my Secret Santa "forgot" and didn't give me anything.

 

[etoiles]

I went to DH's office Christmas party which you were supposed to bring a $20 gift. Someone got a dog poop calendar. Pictures of dog poop for 12 months of the year.

Talk about a sh....... gift!

The woman who got it cried out in horror as she had actually brought a really nice gift, a popcorn maker.

 

[Stacerita]

My DH directs a community chorus that does a gift swap every year and spouses are also invited to participate. The suggested amount per gift is $15 - $20. We went around the circle and answered trivia questions. If you got your question wrong, you could choose a gift from the table. If you got it right, you could choose an unopened gift or steal one someone had already opened. A good friend of ours opened the first gift. It was just an envelope and he figured it was a gift card. It turned out to be a car air freshener shaped like a corndog! It couldn't have cost more than a buck or two at the carwash. Of course, no one wanted to steal it. And the poor guy who got stuck with it had brought a really nice Trader Joe's gift basket! No one would admit to bringing the corndog because they knew they'd have been beaten on the spot!

I went to DH's office Christmas party which you were supposed to bring a $20 gift. Someone got a dog poop calendar. Pictures of dog poop for 12 months of the year.

Talk about a sh....... gift!

The woman who got it cried out in horror as she had actually brought a really nice gift, a popcorn maker.

I can only hope that both those bad gifts were thought to be a 'dirty santa' gift or white elephant gift of some sort.

 

[etoiles]

I was contemplating joining in on this year's gift swap party at work. Thank you for reminding me why I should just spend that $20-$25 on myself and get exactly what I want!

 

[MIGrandma]

I no longer work there, but at the last Christmas party DH and I went to for my work he received a used T-shirt.

 

[powellrj]

I once got a bottle of that really cheap knock-off cologne they sell at the dollar shop for a $20 exchange. I gave it to the guy next to me when he asked to smell it. I told him he could just keep it.

 

[Mermaid02]

I never understood giving the crappy gift at these things..... ridiculous.

 

[luvsJack]

At one exchange, an iron and at another some really bad smelling blue body wash and lotion.

The iron was at one of those Dirty Santa things that you can take the gift someone has opened or open a new one and at some point everyone gets the chance to trade gifts with someone. There were like 3 really bad gifts and I got stuck with the iron. I took it back to Walmart and got a really nice bath set. (the odd thing was that the woman spent more on the iron than the limit for the exchange, so I came out pretty good!)

The bad smelling blue stuff, was sort of made worse by the fact that it was given to everyone in the office by our supervisor! And she just went on and on about how she uses this stuff and just loves it! I know she buys all of her products and B&B because I have shopped with her and she told me and I see all her lotions and things in her office. This blue stuff was little Christmas sets that they had at the dollar store. I just used it as part of a decorative basket in the hall bathroom where one of the colors is blue.

 

[Dax]

I went to DH's office Christmas party which you were supposed to bring a $20 gift. Someone got a dog poop calendar. Pictures of dog poop for 12 months of the year.

Talk about a sh....... gift!

The woman who got it cried out in horror as she had actually brought a really nice gift, a popcorn maker.

I need to find one of those...I have a few people in my office I would like to give it too...

 

[AristocatFan]

Maybe it's just me but I feel this years crappy gift is from my employer. I'm a parapro at an elementary school and in the past they have always given the support staff(paras, secretaries, custodians, etc) a $15 gift card to a local store. Not a biggie but still it's the thought that counts. This year they decided that there would be a $3 fee to attend the employee Christmas party and in instead of gifts this year all support staff may attend free. I'm still trying to tell myself it's the thought that counts.

 

[effervescent]

My work just decided to do one this year and I'm a little worried! Hopefully I won't have any stories to share here after the party!

 

[jaminmd]

My worst gift from work was when I was younger. It was a flower made out of pipe cleaners and used panty hose. Just what every 20 year old wants!

 

[ADisneyQueen]

I went to a work party once and soemone got 2 tickets to a seedy club downtown. It was one of the games where you steal presents and I originally had the gift, but luckily I got rid of it. There were women of all ages there but most of them were older ( it was a preschool), so the tickets were really stupid. A 45 year old lady got them and was mad about it so the 25 year old who gave them took them back and gave her her gift. She probably got the tickets for free, anyhow.