Not Feelin’ the Love

We have these “Employee Appreciation Days” periodically at work. Here’s a recent announcement:

Reminder!!! EAD is: Thurs, June 17, 2004

On Employee Appreciation Day of each month, the designated group and/or shift supervisor purchases a ‘treat’. The EAC will do the following:
1. Send an e-mail to the members of your group reminding you of the upcoming Employee Appreciation Day.
2. Provide the list of anniversaries, birthdays, and new employees for the month.
3. Announce Employee Appreciation Day to all the employees.

Be creative!! Choose something fun or something you really like. The treats can be anything…within budget, of course!

[List of appreciated departments for the month and dollars per department.]

The number of employees and dollars listed above are APPROXIMATE! The amount to spend per person should be right around 75 cents.

Emphasis mine. 75¢. 75 muthafuckin’ cents.

We’ve had ice cream cones once, popsicles once, and Stupidvisor once brought us in Starbucks coffee to brew instead of the industrial esophagus-eating crap we usually drink. Actually, that was the best treat we’ve had so far.

  • http://s-train.kaphmedia.net S-Train

    Don’t ya luv it gurl? 75 muthafuckin’ cents of professional love. You better off sitting butt-naked at home alone and engaging in a “luv thyself-bation” than that 75 cents crap. And you can put three quarters on your stomach to see if they fall when “self-express yourself”. heh heh heh… ;)

  • http://www.swirlspice.com Erica

    True dat. More bang for my buck, so to speak.

  • http://www.mysocalledblog.com Lachlan

    That’s just craptastically nice of them. Feh.

    Working SUCKS. Sucks ditchwater, I tell you!

  • http://www.mysocalledblog.com/index.php?p=657 my so-called blog

    Appreciation My A**

    Whilst waiting for my breakfast this morning at McFatmaster’s McArterybuster’s McDonald’s, my eye spied a plaque on the wall. It was one of those “Employee of The Month” things.

    It appeared to have been there awhile.

    Maybe it’s…

  • http://highlymoody.com/ mel

    that’s 75 more cents of appreciation a month than I see in an entire year. :P

    What the hell can you get for 75 cents while being effin’ creative? stooopid.

  • http://swerlspice.blogspot.com Em

    It’s bad enough that they only want them to spend 75 cents per person. But why did they have to post it so you call could see exactly how much the company thinks you’re worth? Duuuuuh! Don’t put that kind of stuff where anyone can see it!

  • http://www.shastamacnasty.com/blog.html Shasta MacNasty

    75 cents.

    When you absolutely, positively have to show how much you don’t give f***.

  • http://www.dawnpennington.com dawn

    We had a staff appreciation week awhile back. Monday: strawberries (two packs for $4) from Safeway in a large Tupperware container. Tuesday: announcement that we can dress down in July. Wednesday: someone brought in a dozen donuts (for 60 staff people). Thursday: announcement that we can dress down in August. Friday: someone baked cupcakes. Two dozen of ‘em for 60 staff.

    Appreciate us by not patronizing us for one day in our miserable existence, please!!!

  • http://www.lasadh.com Sherri

    Dude, I’d just ask for the money. What the hell are you going to come up with that’s “creative” for $.75???

    Fucking idiots.

  • http://www.swirlspice.com Erica

    I’d just ask for the money.

    I think next time I will.

  • http://www.the-enigma.net/blog Enigma

    gatdamn! 75 cents? gee i hope they didn’t go out of their way or nuffin