i need a secret santa idea for a young, misguided person

jane130

My daughter is 16 and has jut settled into her first Job , but I know from being her mum that although she has manners and is a nice girl that sometimes when she feels threatened or out of her depth the teenage side of her shows.
she has been really lucky that her new work colleges hae been very freindly to her and heped her to settle in but had hey been at all stand offish she would have probably come across as rude and arrogant ( a most teens do sometimes).

to buy her such an awful secret santa gift would be very cruel and could well come back to bite you. I know if my daughter was treated like that i would definaty encourage her to complain to her supervisor as I don't want her to be the type of person who just takes crap at work .

Shoey1610

Even if she is truly a horrible person, by buying her a cruel secret santa and giving it to her in front of everyone what does that make you? Its hardly good manners to bully someone or be that spiteful.

debjk

surely we only learn manners and respect for others from example sending a nasty prezzie just sets a bad example on how to behave.:mad: and maybe next year she will get you in the secret santa and sent you something nasty because after all she learnt from you that if you dont like someone you have to send them a nasty present!

shallowpockets

Why don't you buy her a lottery ticket plus a little gift, hopefully she'll win on the lottery and be out of your hair for good...!

before_hollywood

the girl in the op sounds like countless people of a similar age i have worked with over the years (and my ex to be honest), luckily for me i look young so they think i am only just younger than them and they tend to relate to me a bit better, its usually they got a hard time at school or get a hard time at home, they tell me this and then find out i am fast approaching my late 20s :eek:

best present for her on secret santa? probably one of those girly gift set things in superdrug or wilkinsons

LuciferTDark

Buy her something nice, I'm sure there are calendars about with half naked men on them for under £5.

Toothsmith

Ahh the spirit of Xmas!

Getting your own back, and inflaming petty squabbles.

As someone who runs his own business, the thing that makes me want to just sell up and go and stack shelves at Asda is the petty mindedness of the people I employ sometimes! For goodness sake! It's only your job. Why can't you just accept that people are different, have different outlooks and understandings.

A bit more tolerance and the aquiring of a life would go an awful long way somethimes!

Rant over!!!!!

haylibo

Think of her as Ebaneezer Scrouge (he may spell it differently though) and you can be the young nephew or the charity collectors or someone from the Cratchets....you get the picture lol. Be full of christmas spirit (literally if it helps) and aim to buy her something to convert her into a lovely person. If it fails you can go back to hating her in the New Year. We've all had people at work we really dislike and who it would make us cringe to be nice to, definitely a challenge. You can do it, dig deep!:D

bindiboo

southernscouser wrote: »

A packet of condoms.

It's your duty to society not to let people like that breed.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

bindiboo

guys i have took on all your comments and am thinking of this

2 x childrens books idividual wrapped one teaches respect and the other politeness and will present in a nice girly bag with some nice smellies and choc

what do you think


N.B have decided to go with girly smellies without the books.