Office Birthday Cards

Yapakanichi · 08-30-2018, 01:06 PM

So the owner of the company has a birthday coming up....yup here comes the card. Alright whats the weirdest thing to put down without offending...

"We only met once but shared a lifetime of love. Happy Birthday Beautiful"

I guess it'd be even weirder if if it wasn't a guy....

Is this normal? Office birthday cards...why not a day off? I'd rather have a day off than a card lol.

All joking put aside and brought up at the same time....

whats the goofy things you like to put down on these things?

Joekerr · 08-30-2018, 01:16 PM

Kind of critical point here, but which company? The old one, or the new job opportunity.

Response varies. Ya know?

Yapakanichi · 08-30-2018, 01:19 PM

Oh right sorry, still at the old one till next Friday.

New job starts the 10th

cmyx6go · 08-30-2018, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by knowthebattle

Oh right sorry, still at the old one till next Friday.

New job starts the 10th

If you're only there until next Friday, might as well make it count

Joekerr · 08-30-2018, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

If you're only there until next Friday, might as well make it count

Yup, I'm with her. Go nuts. Whatever you want. Make it count, make people remember it.

Not that it is the same thing at all, but a senior manager left the firm I was working at when I was still a very junior accountant. In his departure email that he sent to the entire group, he told the Mexican Fisherman story (which I hadn't heard of before).

To this day I still remember it, and it is still one of the best departure emails I've seen. Really made me think. I eventually became senior manager there and wound up leaving as well, but I wasn't going to bite his style...but that story had a decent part of why I left.

Banana Hammock · 08-30-2018, 01:47 PM

Get him an oversized greeting card.

UncleWede · 08-30-2018, 02:18 PM

I actually received a very cool one this year. Small building, and 4 people each did their caricature of me, in photo, and put on 4 corners of the page.

Watering my plants, wearing my wooden tiger skull (actually kinda creepy)

passed out at the lunch table with my kindle open

hunched at my desk with my hoodie pulled low and jar of PB/spoon

dropping my work cell in the toilet.

King Rudi · 08-30-2018, 02:31 PM

Something I've always done is get one of those specific occasion cards for the wrong occasion. I got this from my dad. He used to try to get all mushy with cards for birthdays and try to pull a tear out of you. When he got older, sometimes he would forget to bring his reading glasses into the Hallmark store and would buy cards based off what they looked like. We got a card every year for birthday and Christmas. The last few years I got cards with "So proud of you daughter", "On our wedding anniversary", etc. he never bothered to look and just signed them Love, Your Dad. It got to where it was hilarious and we never mentioned it to him. He died on the day we were supposed to celebrate Christmas at his house. After the initial shock wore off a few days later, my sister and I opened our Christmas cards and both of us busted out in hysteric laughter as we read our cards made out to "My Darling Husband" for her and "To My Beautiful Granddaughter" to me.

I still do this to people just to watch their reaction as they don't know if it's a joke or if I'm an idiot. I usually sign them with something to the effect of "Fuck Off", "Kiss my ass", etc.

cmyx6go · 08-30-2018, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Joekerr

Yup, I'm with her. Go nuts. Whatever you want. Make it count, make people remember it.

He knows I'm a she

!

Carry on.

Joekerr · 08-30-2018, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

He knows I'm a she

!

Carry on.

Correction - I know what you say you are.

Now would I ever assume someone's gender? Triggered.

There isn't too much that I miss in OT. All the other subforums, I completely ignore.

King Rudi · 08-30-2018, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

He knows I'm a she

!

Carry on.

Points to Joekerr

Yapakanichi · 08-30-2018, 04:36 PM

he is a she? she's a he? he's a she-he?

cmyx6go · 08-30-2018, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joekerr

Correction - I know what you say you are.

Now would I ever assume someone's gender? Triggered.

There isn't too much that I miss in OT. All the other subforums, I completely ignore.

I don’t mention it much so I’m surprised someone actually caught it.

Hijack over. You will now return to regular scheduled program.

BSM n54iS · 08-30-2018, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I don’t mention it much so I’m surprised someone actually caught it.

Hijack over. You will now return to regular scheduled program.

are those real?

Memaxndapickel · 08-30-2018, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by knowthebattle

he is a she? she's a he? he's a she-he?

Sounds like something Alex Jones would be into...

Sea-Tac · 08-30-2018, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Not_Judy

Something I've always done is get one of those specific occasion cards for the wrong occasion. I got this from my dad. He used to try to get all mushy with cards for birthdays and try to pull a tear out of you. When he got older, sometimes he would forget to bring his reading glasses into the Hallmark store and would buy cards based off what they looked like. We got a card every year for birthday and Christmas. The last few years I got cards with "So proud of you daughter", "On our wedding anniversary", etc. he never bothered to look and just signed them Love, Your Dad. It got to where it was hilarious and we never mentioned it to him. He died on the day we were supposed to celebrate Christmas at his house. After the initial shock wore off a few days later, my sister and I opened our Christmas cards and both of us busted out in hysteric laughter as we read our cards made out to "My Darling Husband" for her and "To My Beautiful Granddaughter" to me.

I still do this to people just to watch their reaction as they don't know if it's a joke or if I'm an idiot. I usually sign them with something to the effect of "Fuck Off", "Kiss my ass", etc.

Cards are such a boring waste of time and money. I never pay attention to them. Never. Whenever anyone would get sick some clerk would stop at the local Target and pick up a get well card. This went on for two or three years, 3 or 4 a year...I would always sign something original like "...hope you feel better...get well soon...". One day someone died...I didn't know the person but a sympathy card was circulated. Yep...I signed "...hope you fell better...get well soon...". No one caught it except the family of the deceased and thought it was a sick joke...profuse apologies ensued and I deservedly wore egg on my face for a few weeks.

King Rudi · 08-30-2018, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sea-Tac

Quote:

Originally Posted by Not_Judy

Something I've always done is get one of those specific occasion cards for the wrong occasion. I got this from my dad. He used to try to get all mushy with cards for birthdays and try to pull a tear out of you. When he got older, sometimes he would forget to bring his reading glasses into the Hallmark store and would buy cards based off what they looked like. We got a card every year for birthday and Christmas. The last few years I got cards with "So proud of you daughter", "On our wedding anniversary", etc. he never bothered to look and just signed them Love, Your Dad. It got to where it was hilarious and we never mentioned it to him. He died on the day we were supposed to celebrate Christmas at his house. After the initial shock wore off a few days later, my sister and I opened our Christmas cards and both of us busted out in hysteric laughter as we read our cards made out to "My Darling Husband" for her and "To My Beautiful Granddaughter" to me.

I still do this to people just to watch their reaction as they don't know if it's a joke or if I'm an idiot. I usually sign them with something to the effect of "Fuck Off", "Kiss my ass", etc.

Cards are such a boring waste of time and money. I never pay attention to them. Never. Whenever anyone would get sick some clerk would stop at the local Target and pick up a get well card. This went on for two or three years, 3 or 4 a year...I would always sign something original like "...hope you fell better...get well soon...". One day we got word that someone died...I didn't know the person but a sympathy card was circulated. Yep...I signed "...hope you fell better...get well soon...". No one caught it except the family of the deceased and thought it was a sick joke...profuse apologies ensued and I deservedly wore egg on my face for a few weeks.

YES!!!!......er, I mean that's terrible.

:

irishbimmer · 08-30-2018, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sea-Tac

Cards are such a boring waste of time and money. I never pay attention to them. Never. Whenever anyone would get sick some clerk would stop at the local Target and pick up a get well card. This went on for two or three years, 3 or 4 a year...I would always sign something original like "...hope you feel better...get well soon...". One day someone died...I didn't know the person but a sympathy card was circulated. Yep...I signed "...hope you fell better...get well soon...". No one caught it except the family of the deceased and thought it was a sick joke...profuse apologies ensued and I deservedly wore egg on my face for a few weeks.

Dude, thanks for coming clean on that one. We all do stuff like that.

Never_Enough · 08-31-2018, 07:33 AM

Always hate the office card bs. I just sign my name & move on. It's so dumb & there's no thought or anything remotely close to worthwhile behind it.

Maynard · 08-31-2018, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Joekerr

....Not that it is the same thing at all, but a senior manager left the firm I was working at when I was still a very junior accountant. In his departure email that he sent to the entire group, he told the Mexican Fisherman story (which I hadn't heard of before).

To this day I still remember it, and it is still one of the best departure emails I've seen. Really made me think. I eventually became senior manager there and wound up leaving as well, but I wasn't going to bite his style...but that story had a decent part of why I left.

Hadn't heard this before, but it is a great exemplum. And it comes at perfect time, as I'm weighing that 'should I stay or should I go' thing with the current job.

And in general to the OP, thanks for the idea of pranking these cards - I gotta get s/t in mind for the next B'day or baby shower card that comes along.

BayMoWe335 · 08-31-2018, 07:43 AM

I never sign office cards and throw them away if I get one.

Totally meaningless.

1MOREMOD · 08-31-2018, 08:12 AM

Say you enjoyed him sharing his wife with you over the years

08-30-2018, 01:06 PM	#1
Yapakanichi Monkey Marshall 640 Rep 218 Posts Drives: 2005 Z4 3.0i Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	Office Birthday Cards So the owner of the company has a birthday coming up....yup here comes the card. Alright whats the weirdest thing to put down without offending... "We only met once but shared a lifetime of love. Happy Birthday Beautiful" I guess it'd be even weirder if if it wasn't a guy.... Is this normal? Office birthday cards...why not a day off? I'd rather have a day off than a card lol. All joking put aside and brought up at the same time.... whats the goofy things you like to put down on these things? Last edited by Yapakanichi; 08-30-2018 at 01:29 PM..
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King Rudi Lieutenant Colonel 13157 Rep 1,965 Posts Drives: Meat Suit Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Planet Earth iTrader: (0)	Something I've always done is get one of those specific occasion cards for the wrong occasion. I got this from my dad. He used to try to get all mushy with cards for birthdays and try to pull a tear out of you. When he got older, sometimes he would forget to bring his reading glasses into the Hallmark store and would buy cards based off what they looked like. We got a card every year for birthday and Christmas. The last few years I got cards with "So proud of you daughter", "On our wedding anniversary", etc. he never bothered to look and just signed them Love, Your Dad. It got to where it was hilarious and we never mentioned it to him. He died on the day we were supposed to celebrate Christmas at his house. After the initial shock wore off a few days later, my sister and I opened our Christmas cards and both of us busted out in hysteric laughter as we read our cards made out to "My Darling Husband" for her and "To My Beautiful Granddaughter" to me. I still do this to people just to watch their reaction as they don't know if it's a joke or if I'm an idiot. I usually sign them with something to the effect of "Fuck Off", "Kiss my ass", etc.
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