OK - i have a new pet peeve.  i think today at work i received about 5 all-staff emails.  each of them included a different way to wish me a happy holiday.  whether it was "wishing you and yours a healthy and prosperous new year!" or "...taking this opportunity to wish you and your family a happy holiday season." or "from my family to yours, we wish you a very merry Christmas and safe New Year."...all the bases were covered.  i was literally hoping for more all-staff emails to come in because i wanted to see how the next person would be able to put a different spin on the same message.  i wonder...did people panic when they started receiving/reading other emails and think "omg - that's what i was going to say!"  and, what brings people to do this?  do they have a moment of "i like the people i work with and sincerely want them to prosper more than me in 2008." or "i hope everyone i work with stays healthy because i don't want them to come back on Jan. 2nd and share some contagious disease with me."  or maybe they think "i really hope everyone is safe and doesn't die because it'd stuck having to pick up part of their work."  i'm serious, does the random woman in finance give two shits about my new years eve?  does sales guy #14 really care what my family xmas nonsense involves?  i'm not buying any of it.

 

i'll honestly say that it took much restraint to not send my own all-staff that said "screw you guys, i'm going home."  i would have done it if i could have figured out how to get Cartman's voice embedded into Outlook.

 

and for all those out there that think...it's just people being nice...oh please...i got another story for that one...we actually went out to lunch today at the Olive Garden (about 8 of us from work) and the waitress barely spoke the entire time.  then RIGHT AFTER she confirmed we weren't getting any dessert/etc. (i.e. time for check drop-off), she jumped into a story about how she was at a department store the previous day and they had unbelievable sales on Carter's baby clothes - like $.50/each (normally would be like $15-20 for you non-kid folk).  then she said - she bought $50 worth so that she could donate them to keep kids warm this winter.  this brought a few "awww...that's so nice" comments from our table.  she walks away, i feel inadequate for about 3 seconds, then realize that she's a complete tip wench and was working us into being more giving as she dropped off the check.  whore.

 

so, back to my original point (i'm pretty sure there was one)...people always have a motivation to their holiday niceties...and most of the time, i think it's to prove to other people that they're nice bc they want attention...i.e. the "awww...she's so nice" crap. 

 

anyway...i'm not buying any of it.  so, i hope everyone has a very merry (i.e. non-combative-family-friendly) xmas, and also a safe (i.e. make it home without getting pulled over) new years eve!