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re: Office White Elephant Gift Party-- Why are people so shitty?

Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:10 pm to
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
20846 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:10 pm to
I once started a new job in July. Was organizing my new desk and found the biscotti that a coworker gave the last guy for Christmas. Never opened.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36392 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:21 pm to
That game is stupid.

If you want a $25 gift, just go buy yourself something for $25. What's the point in being required to spend $25 on something, and then getting something that is also $25?
Posted by ldts
Member since Aug 2015
2866 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:22 pm to
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Some WE are designed to be the terrible gifts.


That's how I always took it, and every one I've ever been to has been people bringing ridiculous gifts. I always take a yodeling pickle. Never saw something like bluetooth speakers being a white elephant gift. Maybe people don't know what white elephant means anymore?
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
50489 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:25 pm to
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The 2 people who got stuck with the crappy gifts were pissed and said they'll just sit out next year.


You ended up with the doritos didn't you?
Posted by AA77
Member since Jan 2016
3832 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:08 pm to
Posted by upstate
Member since Nov 2015
709 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 6:02 pm to
We had a guy bring a rotisserie chicken and a gift card to my wife’s party last week. Also two separate people brought a fish, fish bowl, and food.
We got stuck with a fish
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
49895 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 6:11 pm to
Buddy of mine bought a McRib value meal and wrapped it all including the drink one year

Probably the funniest white elephant gift I’ve seen
This post was edited on 12/18/24 at 6:12 pm
Posted by perch
Member since Jul 2013
256 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 6:47 pm to
i always give one wiper blade that happens to fit my car. always get it back in the end
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
10001 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 6:56 pm to
Former boss loved Oreo cookies, kept them at his desk. One Christmas the white elephant gift he pulled was a package of Oreo cookies. He was so excited until he realized we had swiped his Oreos, wrapped them up, and white elephanted them back to him. He laughed.
This post was edited on 12/18/24 at 7:07 pm
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
60701 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 7:01 pm to
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Also two separate people brought a fish, fish bowl, and food. We got stuck with a fish
for like 30 seconds.

shite. Why not just give a pound dog. Really frick em over
Posted by Gravitiger
Member since Jun 2011
12198 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 7:16 pm to
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If you get that chicken, you immediately open it and start eating, making hard eye contact with the rest of the office. Give them some "you're locked in here with me" vibes.
LOL I just spit ice cream all over the kitchen table laughing at this.
Posted by lsugorilla
PNW
Member since Sep 2009
6491 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 7:17 pm to
Bunch of people in here don’t understand the “White Elephant Gift” part

Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133363 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 7:23 pm to
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In an office of 10 people, it was pretty easy to figure out who sucks.



Shame and shun the guilty parties
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133363 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 7:25 pm to
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If you want a $25 gift, just go buy yourself something for $25. What's the point in being required to spend $25 on something, and then getting something that is also $25


Randomness and fun?
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
12065 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 7:29 pm to
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my wife is in a female dominant profession.


Wife is a dominatrix?
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
23357 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 7:32 pm to
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Randomness and fun?


Yeah I don’t get why people are upset. My daughter had a $20 dirty Santa and some middle schooler brought an $80 gift.

People are just dumb.

Bag of doritos is a solid white elephant gift honestly. It’s a $25 limit, that should be the max. People should be shunned that go over.

The cheaper the gift the better imo. It’s just a gag gift for fun. Don’t take it any further
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
22909 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 8:09 pm to
Some of the gifts are pretty funny. I got a roll of toilet paper with Nancy Pelosi's picture printed on each square at my office Christmas party a few years ago
Posted by footswitch
New Market
Member since Apr 2015
4642 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 8:19 pm to
I’m team Doritos guy.
frick your entitled asses.
Christmas is about something totally different.
Posted by gumpinmizzou
Member since May 2017
3264 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 9:03 pm to
I would’ve been stealing that rotisserie chicken. Who needs another speaker or yeti?
Posted by Allister Fiend
Member since Jan 2016
1008 posts
Posted on 12/18/24 at 10:51 pm to
Ours is tomorrow. I bought a $25 gift card to a liquor store. Let the fun begin. We will see which women in the office are the party girls.
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