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GhostofChaneysLiver	Worst Christmas gift or bonus...ever?	Lead	[-]
(12/22/08 9:02 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	My girlfriend works for Walt Disney World. Every year they give the castmembers a little Disney related Christmas gift along with their little paychecks. In years past they'd get a cheap Mickey Mouse watch (the kind you'd get with a Happy Meal), a picture frame, a lithograph, etc. The workers on the front lines never got anything great considering the massive profits Disney rakes in, but this year...well, this year topped them all! Behold the generous offering the Mouse bestowed upon the loyal pee-ons: Disney is going GREEN so they gave the castmembers recycled garbage fo Xmas!! LOL!!!! A sawed off piece of pipe hung on a wire hanger with a jagged piece of plastic attached. A note attached said "Thank you for all you do to make dreams come true!" -- Awwwww, you shouldn't have. No, really. You shouldn't have... I cracked up when she brought that piece of junk home, but I guess it's not funny. Just kind of sad...and insulting. So, care to share the worst gift or bonus you guys ever got. I'm sure someone can top this one. Cromwell
porta		#1	[-]
(12/22/08 9:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I got made redundant at Xmas last year. Awful gift. New reviews this week: 'The Mummy' (1932 version of course) 'Donkey Punch' and 'Rasputin the Mad Monk'! http://igloooftheuncanny.blogspot.com/
Gil Ray		#2	[-]
(12/22/08 11:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	A couple of years ago, I walked into my company's computer tech's office just as the owner's wife was giving him a nice bottle of wine. She seemed surprised, but had another bottle of wine in her hands and immediately handed it to me and said 'Here you go Gil, Merry Xmas!" 10 seconds later, she asked for the wine back, saying she had promised it for someone else, and that she would get me an even better bottle from her home. She never did. This is not that unusual behavior for her, so I had a laugh and told our accounting manager the story. A couple of weeks later, he called me into his office and gave me a bottle of wine, because he felt so bad for me and just thought that whole deal was pretty messed up! Gil
rvoyttbots		#3	[-]
(12/22/08 11:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	When I delivered mail, some customers would give you gifts at Christmas. The first gift I got from this one family was a coffee cup with a cartoon hippo on it. The box it came in had old wrapping paper on it which looked like Father`s Day wrap. So I got a regifted cup one of their kid`s gave dad. The next year I got a miniature wall decoration mask. The type of thing you could buy for a dollar at the grocery store. You know when a store has a rack of stuff all for a dollar to three dollars type junk. The next year they gave me peanut butter cups but I was sure it was something they received and decided to give me. The next year I got another one of those wall masks. Lol I just tossed it in the trash.
DonM435		#4	[-]
(12/23/08 12:09 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	One year, I joined a company very late in the calendar year, and got a pro-rated Christmas Bonus, which worked out to eleven dollars and change. They might as well have given me a voucher for the vending machine.
DonM435		#5	[-]
(12/23/08 12:11 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Oh yeah, once as a teacher at a little parochial school, I got $50 extra at Christmas-- but we were asked not to cash the checks until January.
SteveZodiak		#6	[-]
(12/23/08 12:55 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Are you sure that isn't a Christams ornament? Here's what the employees should do, gather all those things up and put them in a box and leave it at the entrance. Today is only Yesterday's Tomorrow.
Omega Man		#7	[-]
(12/23/08 1:55 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Makes one pine for the days when the boss would give everyone a turkey or ham. At least you can eat 'em... "Dammit, it's jammed!" www.eccentric-cinema.com
MikeTheMook		#8	[-]
(12/23/08 5:48 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	A K-Tel Record with such illustrious smash hits as ELVIRA, QUEEN OF HEARTS, and some other forgettable tunes. Come to think of it, that's the only Christmas bonus I ever got. My whole life I've been playing jacks with a square ball.
MikeTheMook		#9	[-]
(12/23/08 5:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Gil Ray wrote: A couple of years ago, I walked into my company's computer tech's office just as the owner's wife was giving him a nice bottle of wine. She seemed surprised, but had another bottle of wine in her hands and immediately handed it to me and said 'Here you go Gil, Merry Xmas!" 10 seconds later, she asked for the wine back, saying she had promised it for someone else, and that she would get me an even better bottle from her home. She never did. This is not that unusual behavior for her, so I had a laugh and told our accounting manager the story. A couple of weeks later, he called me into his office and gave me a bottle of wine, because he felt so bad for me and just thought that whole deal was pretty messed up! Gil And then minutes later he came out and wanted the wine back? My whole life I've been playing jacks with a square ball.
Omega Man		#10	[-]
(12/23/08 5:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	MikeTheMook wrote: A K-Tel Record with such illustrious smash hits as ELVIRA, QUEEN OF HEARTS, and some other forgettable tunes. Lordy... That is pretty bad! "Dammit, it's jammed!" www.eccentric-cinema.com
MikeTheMook		#11	[-]
(12/23/08 5:57 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Omega Man wrote: MikeTheMook wrote: A K-Tel Record with such illustrious smash hits as ELVIRA, QUEEN OF HEARTS, and some other forgettable tunes. Lordy... That is pretty bad! I should have clarified that I was working at the local JJ Newberry's at the time. Oh yeah, BETTY DAVIS EYES was on there too! My whole life I've been playing jacks with a square ball.
GhostofChaneysLiver		#12	[-]
(12/23/08 6:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	SteveZodiak wrote: Are you sure that isn't a Christams ornament? I'm sure it is intended to be used as such, but is described as a "wind chime" on the "85% post-industrial recycled material" card. I'm sure Robert Iger meant well, but was distracted while counting his multi-million dollar Xmas bonus to care. Cromwell
yendor1152		#13	[-]
(12/23/08 9:09 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Instead of complaining about what the "pee-ons" got for Christmas, your girlfriend should be thankful she's even employed. And with Disney, yet. Do you know how many people would would LOVE to have that job, "insulting" trinket and all? I find very little humor in your posting, considering these tough times. Rod Last Edited By: yendor1152 12/23/08 9:13 AM. Edited 1 times.
Carl Eyesnheart		#14	[-]
(12/23/08 9:33 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Do tell...what is this "bonus" thing you speak of? We get told that we have to go to the company Christmas party so that we can show our appreciation to the owners. Seriously. My fanzine all about Rock N Roll: www.sonicruin.com
GhostofChaneysLiver		#15	[-]
(12/23/08 10:48 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	yendor1152 wrote: I find very little humor in your posting, considering these tough times. Then I guess it's a good thing I didn't post the picture of Goofy getting gang banged by Santa's elves. Good call by me. Cromwell
yendor1152		#16	[-]
(12/23/08 10:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Well, that would've been funnier than your original posting. Rod
Arch Stanton		#17	[-]
(12/23/08 11:07 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	yendor1152 wrote: Instead of complaining about what the "pee-ons" got for Christmas, your girlfriend should be thankful she's even employed. And with Disney, yet. Do you know how many people would would LOVE to have that job, "insulting" trinket and all? I find very little humor in your posting, considering these tough times. Rod Don't y'all know that Rod is the life of every party he goes to! I can't imagine having the joy of his company... I'm really into giving gifts much more than getting them, but I did get one that stands as the worst of all time. When I was about twenty, my very best friend gave me a card that said something like "a monetary gift has been made in your name" to a charity I'd never heard of (it might have been The Human Fund, for all I know). I just looked at him and said, "This is a gift for you, not me."
Monsterpal		#18	[-]
(12/23/08 11:40 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	If Disney wanted to stress going green, maybe they should have given their employees plants or seeds.
M F Berry		#19	[-]
(12/23/08 11:43 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	It seems to me that a person could indeed be very thankful to have a job, and very thankful to have a job with a company like Disney, and yet still roll their eyes and shake their heads a bit when presented with such an, er ... odd ... gift. I work for a great company and thank my lucky stars to have the job I have every day, but if something's goofy, it's just goofy!
yendor1152		#20	[-]
(12/23/08 11:57 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	M F Berry wrote: It seems to me that a person could indeed be very thankful to have a job, and very thankful to have a job with a company like Disney, and yet still roll their eyes and shake their heads a bit when presented with such an, er ... odd ... gift. I work for a great company and thank my lucky stars to have the job I have every day, but if something's goofy, it's just goofy! Goofy is one thing...but Crom's original posting took several shots at Disney, referring to their employees' "little paychecks," etc. Frankly, if I was unemployed and had a family (not just a "girlfriend"), I wouldn't grouse about the chintzy present, I'd be bitching about not having any food to eat or money to pay bills, especially oil bills. And wondering how I was gonna land a job in this lousy economy. Alas, Crom and his lady friend have the luxury of complaining about a company gift and not worrying about what really counts: surviving. Rod

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