Christmas Bonus Time Again
Note: This entry is being written in honor of a fellow galley slave on the good ship Public Library Service, and for all the other public employees out there who get similar "gifts" at the holidays. And if you'd like to read about the marvelous gift they gave us last year, that entry is right here.
Dear Administrators:
Thank you so much for the adorable Christmas gift. Wowie-kazowie, a little metal bookmark that's SO teeny tiny it won't even really stay in a book without falling out! And so nicely wrapped in its little clear sleeve! You even used a teeny-tiny office label to mark it with my name. How touching that you took the time to think of all of us and get a gift you knew each and every one of us really NEEDED!
But as much as I ADORE this gift and will absolutely TREASURE it as a reward for the work I do, I do have a gift suggestion for next year.
Why don't you take the $10- $20 you must have spent on purchasing these gifts for our branch and send us a gift card for the local supermarket or drugstore?
We could buy something we actually NEED for the office. Like the ibuprofen you said we can't purchase with our office supply money!
Which is pretty ironic. Because your office causes a lot of the headaches that make us NEED all tat ibuprofen in the first place!
Just think about it! You could save all that time you spend trying to pick out a cheap present to give the staff. And you could spend it on ordering all those fancy items you buy for your OWN offices.
How about it?
Happy holidays from,
The Library Lady
