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Mario Lavatory
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Mario Lavatory asked in Society & CultureEtiquette · 8 years ago

Was it rude of my boss to be "too busy" to open the gift I gave her?

If you give a Christmas gift to a coworker & they don't open it, is that rude? I gave very special gifts to all 3 coworkers & my boss. 2 of the coworkers did open them & loved them, the 3rd coworker thanked me & put the gift away unopened & my boss said she was "way too busy" to open the gift then. She claimed she would open it before the work day was over but I thought, I'm not going to beg this hag to open my present. I feel it was rude of her not to take literally 20 seconds to open the gift. What does everyone else think?

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago
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    honistly ya how can you be so buisy you cant take one min. To open a gift and say thank you...

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Is it possible you really did catch her at a wrong time? I mean as much as we like to tell ourselves our bosses sit around and do nothing to get paid heaps more than we do let be real, some bosses actually do have alot of stuff on their plate.

    Think about it this way too, it'll take more than 20 seconds to open a present and genuinely thank them and show your appreciation. I mean c'mon how satisfying would it be for the person to tear open the gift in a rush and and say "thanks soooo much but I really need to go sorry!" Idk but I feel like the person wouldn't be able to really show their appreciation when pressed for time like that. Maybe that was her thought so she would rather find a time where she wasn't in a rush to open it.

    I mean not at all am I saying its wrong for you to be bothered by it but maybe it really was just a bad time for her. I don't know, I wasn't there but that's just my thought.

    And to Phil, have you really never been in a situation where you literally could not spare a minute? I'm sure many of us have found our self in that situation.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    No, I don't find her actions rude. I find your attitude rude. Do you know for certain that your boss celebrates Christmas? Do you know that she exchanges gifts with anyone? The sense of entitlement you are displaying with I thought she should take the time to open my gift right away, was rude.

  • Bob M
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    What sort of creep gives his/her boss a Christmas gift!

    No wonder the boss didn't open it - Prepare to be the first one to be made redundant when the time comes!

  • Bears Mom
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    I think gift giving in the workplace is inappropriate however I think your boss was insensitive to use the words "too busy" to open a gift however you too show a lack of class if you now refer to her as a "hag" simply because of that. Seems to me you gave them "special" gifts and wanted them to open them in front of you so they could ohhh and ahhh over it and tell you how wonderful the gift is.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    i think this is your wish whether to give them a present or not, and this is their wish WHEN they wish to open it. u shouldn't have insisted for your boss to open it that very second. u give a present, they thank u, u leave. period. have a happy new year anyway

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