I have arrived

[jethrien]

I got my first Christmas-gift-from-a-vendor yesterday. I am the proud owner of a gorgeous year planner that's really too big for me or Chuckro to use. Still, someone thinks I'm worth sucking up to. Go me!

I got my flu shot today. Now I'm feeling vaguely feverish. Psychosomatic or caused by live vaccine? (It seems early for my body to be reacting, but I don't know that much about the extreme details of how vaccines react in your body.)

Comments

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

No, no, vendor, not minions. The travel agency we use want to suck up to me. I don't have minions of my own - I am a minion.

[cubby-t-bear.livejournal.com]

Wow :) Go Jethrien!

And must mention that it would never have occurred to me that people you do business with would send you presents. The things you learn about the world ...

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

At most places I've worked or places people I know have worked, it would be kind of tacky and weird to give your boss presents unless you were good friends outside of work. (Or maybe a group present for wedding/baby showers or a going away party.)

But giving your clients presents? Oh, that's big business. We're about to start the food deluge. Last year, there were massive cheese/sausage/cookie/snack baskets. At my old job, we got a tower of Hershey's. Most people who receive them put them somewhere public in the office and everyone shares.

[cubby-t-bear.livejournal.com]

Hah :) Govies must miss out on so much because of ethics rules.

[lithoglyphic.livejournal.com]

And so do their contractors.