This is more of a LOL than a rant, but it’s certainly a bit of both…
Someone’s leaving the company. Now I’m of the opinion that if someone leaves, then colleagues that work in the same team are free to chip in and buy a leaving gift if they want. Personally I reckon passing an envelope around an entire office is a bit cheeky, especially when the person that’s leaving didn’t work with 95% of the people in the office.
Regardless, an envelope has been round the whole entire office and as it’s been passed around the tone has been very much “if you haven’t already put money in, do it” rather than “if you’d like to put some money in, please do so”
Anywho, it’s done the rounds and it turns out a fair bit of cash has been put in. Someone noticed there was almost enough to buy an iPad. Almost enough…
So the envelope has been passed round the office AGAIN with a request for more money so they can reach the necessary amount to buy said iPad for the person that’s leaving. 😆
Whoever’s leading the charge here has balls of steel. Solid balls of steel. In defence of the person that’s leaving, they’ve got nothing to do with it, but personally I reckon it’s cheeky as hell to ask people to stump up cash for someone they don’t know and no doubt people will put money in out of some misplaced sense of obligation due to peer pressure.
Nonsense. Absolute nonsense.