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    It’s HOT TAKE THURSDAY and because I’ve been saving a few I’ll go first.

    Secret Santa, Bad Santa, Kris Kringle whatever you want to call it, is just another form of gaslighting. Eg.

    Soap do I smell?

    Candle I said I liked one particular candle once

    Chocolates an after thought. Nobody really knows me

    Wine or other alcohol great everyone thinks I’m an alcoholic. Do I drink too much?

    Organisers of kk we are one big happy family bullshit.

    Also I had a great sleep last night. Just wanna rub that in.

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      My work mug was given to me by a coworker. I don’t love the mug, but I love the coworker. So 3+ years later, even though we’re on different sites now and I only see him at company events, I still happily use this mug. He probably doesn’t even remember giving it to me.

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      I now abstain from these gift swaps after receiving way too many mugs. Apparently the only thing people know about me is that I drink coffee. And it has never occured to them that, as someone who drinks a lot of coffee, I already own a mug.

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        But mine is better. See its brown and I know you like brown and it has flowers on it. I thought of you straight away as soon as i saw it.☕️

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          And as the mug heats up it reveals an insult vaguely relevant to how I really feel about you!

    • Thornburywitch
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      Perfume. Last minute Chemist Warehouse visit detected. Nobody remembered or cared enough to enquire what my tastes actually are.

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        Perfume I like this scent that’s why I already own a bottle Thanks. Mine has nearly run out so it’s perfect 😁

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      Recently was given a gold class cinema voucher.

      I haven’t been the movies in 5 years or more.

      They didn’t want to assume or stereo type me which would have resulted in a JB hifi voucher.

      Would have been nice if they had asked as they actually just assumed in the end.

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        11 months ago

        Congratulations, you can now view one of 5 types of superhero movie with incredibly expensive snacks and drinks available for sale!

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          And it’s amazing value for money! /s

    • bull⚡
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      I organised my family’s KK this year. I got my brother in law. He put the exact bottle of whiskey he wanted on his wish list. I bought it. Job done.

      My nan got me (I set up my nan’s login because she doesn’t have or do any internet, so getting me was the perfect outcome). I just told her to get me a Dan Murphy’s gift card. Bam. Easy.

      It’s such a sterile process though lol Ask for what you want, get it. Not much thought goes into it unless you go outside the wishlist.

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        It was more directed at the office kk. I’ve always worked for smaller companies so I know everyone but my husband has worked for larger companies where he’s pulled a name out of a hat and gone “who the fuck is that?”.