It has been a 10 yr process, but it has finally paid off
Whenever I am asked what I want I say '70% cocoa chocolate, or Amazon vouchers, please'.
They usually blink, and say something like 'Wow, that is easy!' and I grin.
Of course, sometimes they still don't listen. But this year I got a delightful bunch of vouchers, and 4 boxes of posh chocolate.
Even my line manager gave me a beautiful block of 4 bars of Lidl 70%, which I thought was a lovely and thoughtful gesture.
It is certainly different from the jaw droppingly bizarre gifts I used to get when I first joined the B Clan.
There were some stonkers.
- the matching set of blood red lipstick and nail varnish called 'Vamp' or something.
- the lime green irridescent plastic handbag, with 3/4 inch faux pearl bauble hardware, and
- The Simpson's mug and sock set.
The last one was probably intended for Mr B, and got mislabelled.
Anyway, I choose to think that the gift choices tell you more about how
they see me, than about me myself...
At least, that is my story, and I'm sticking to it!