Message #68754

[rose.winter1980]

Admin professionals day probably hasn't taken off here in the United Kingdom as much as it appears to have in the States.  My current boss probably hasn't heard of it and I'm not going to remind him.  I certainly don't have to remind him about his family events and he's quite capable of keeping his own diary (well-trained by me, you see).

We have a list of birthdays here in the office.  Work colleagues will give each other gifts if they are on such friendly terms.  The birthday girl/boy brings in cakes if they wish.  Some people prefer to keep things like birthdays to themselves.  Either way is fine.  I certainly wouldn't wish to go back to what I experienced in one workplace where there were collections at least once a week for somebody's birthday, engagement gift, wedding shower, baby shower, particularly in these straitened times.  That probably makes me sound like a skinflint, but I'm quite the opposite.  With a large extended family of my own, adding an even larger extended network of colleagues to my gift list would be prohibitive.  

Winter Rose

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