This is my story of buying a coworker that I really knew nothing about a gift.
A few years ago at work we had to draw out of a hat. Everyones names at work was in this hat. Christmas was coming so of course, so was the Christmas party. I happened to pick the name of the one person I was hoping not to pick. I worked in a fine dinning room, she was the bartender in the lounge. I never really had developed a friendship with this person because I all ways found her kinda cold, and even though I worked with her of three years I never got to know her.
I remember feeling a little depressed. None of the other waitresses really knew her all that well either.
I finally called my mother, looking for words of wisdom in this situation. What do you think she said? ’You can never lose with a gift certificate when you don’t know the person. Just ask around to the other employes where she shops. Someone has to know something.’
So I went to the swing shift bartender, knowing they would talk between shifts. I told him that I had picked her name for the Christmas party. ’She loves to read, and she buys her books at Borders.’ BINGO!
We were not to go over 25.00$ That made it so easy. I went to Borders and bought a 25.00$ gift card and went to the party.
I still remembered the look on her face. She was thrilled with it. We became friends after that. She told me later she was touched that I actually went out of my way to find something she would want.
My advice would be. Take the time to find a little bit about the person if you don’t know them. And like my mother said you can’t lose with a Gift Card.