Collections at work for group gift - update post 23!

[Eggs4Sale]

Let me get this right. You kicked in $30 for a wedding gift for one of them, meaning that person received a $90 gift.

For YOUR wedding gift, they all got together and bought you a pair of freakin' salad tongs?

SALAD TONGS????????

NOT diamond-encrusted, not golden. Not silver, not more than a small slab of wood.

Are they engraved?????

I don't know. Do you think they're playing a joke on you? Has the wedding passed?

What an awkward position. You sure can't ask, complain, or do anything besides be gracious, as you said.

What schmucks.

 

[debilorrah]

Schmucks!!! Great moniker for them! Salad tongs?

 

[JennsPeeps]

After thinking about this today, I decided to call the store where we're registered and ask about the order. The email alert only mentioned one item... maybe there were others? So I asked if there were other items in the order and, if so, would they be delayed, too?

The CS rep told me that there were a few other things included in the order, and that they are scheduled to be sent in a few days.

I feel sheepish for having jumped to an incorrect conclusion but very relieved that the situation isn't as it appeared. A $10 gift split 3 ways would definitely have been awkward, considering past gifts exchanged around the office.

 

[debilorrah]

Quote:

PHEW!!!!

 

[WriterofWords]

We have the Sunshine Committee at our school. Each certified teacher has the option of donating $20 for whole year and the uncertified like teacher's aids, put in $10 each for the whole year. That buys the cakes and goodies and a little gift for each birthday during the year. We have a cake and goodies every other month for those two month's birthdays.

 

[mom'sfolly]

Good to know they weren't complete schmucks. I think about the $5-10 I give each Christmas and year end for the teacher, plus everything else during the school year. Ten bucks total for someone you see everyday and work with is mighty cheap.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I agree...Phew!!

 

[WriterofWords]

Jenn wait!!!!! Those are special salad tongs!!!! They are for sneaking out in the middle of the night to steal eggs out from under a broody hen! They are feathered so she doesn't feel the intrusion! The other items are a "stealth" egg gathering basket and a beautiful feathered mask so if she does open her eyes she won't recognize you!

 

[Southernbelle]

 

[JennsPeeps]

Well, they did get the wire chicken basket that I *had* to have (and which made DF roll his eyes):
http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=309607&CategoryID=27361

They can't be all that bad, even though they totally don't get the chicken thing.