tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post5356295531707045814..comments2023-12-15T16:56:37.686-06:00Comments on Don't Mess with TX-LIS: GiftsEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-7420960604463279502016-12-29T19:34:50.677-06:002016-12-29T19:34:50.677-06:00I don't think so. Only the employee who would ...I don't think so. Only the employee who would have to find the time to write the policy, maybe.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-2953081287375363682016-12-28T17:30:03.970-06:002016-12-28T17:30:03.970-06:00are there employees who would get mad if there was...are there employees who would get mad if there was a policy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-18268875982589221352016-12-27T14:52:50.147-06:002016-12-27T14:52:50.147-06:00I think this is what she wishes she had done at th...I think this is what she wishes she had done at the time, and she's now wondering if it's sort of too late for that. That is definitely what both she and I will plan for in the future, though!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-70968419252603146322016-12-27T14:52:09.237-06:002016-12-27T14:52:09.237-06:00I'll pass on your various suggestions. Thank y...I'll pass on your various suggestions. Thank you!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-20773767674069522232016-12-27T14:51:46.454-06:002016-12-27T14:51:46.454-06:00Doesn't this show how much we should have a wr...Doesn't this show how much we should have a written policy? It'd be easiest if she could just say, honestly, that she wasn't allowed to keep it.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-42312372815829659722016-12-21T16:13:45.929-06:002016-12-21T16:13:45.929-06:00It's really hard to give gifts back, almost mo...It's really hard to give gifts back, almost more when you don't know them very well. She could try?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-53342367393576384552016-12-21T14:25:46.702-06:002016-12-21T14:25:46.702-06:00can she explain just what she says here? " I ...can she explain just what she says here? " I feel like writing those recommendations was a way to say thank you to her for all her volunteer work, and also sort of part of my job." and then try to give it back? Or if it's for food could she take the volunteer out with her? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-87379047595091820562016-12-21T13:19:25.972-06:002016-12-21T13:19:25.972-06:00This is an awkward situation. I wouldn't keep ...This is an awkward situation. I wouldn't keep the card either. My ideas, perhaps inadequate, are:<br /><br />1. Give the card back, telling the volunteer that the recommendation was thanks for her hard work, and that she should use the card to get something nice for herself.<br /><br />2. Use the card to buy a gift for the volunteer. Although maybe that would initiate an endless cycle of retaliatory gift-giving?<br /><br />3. Donate the card to the library in the volunteers name.<br /><br />It's a tough situation. Good luck.Paul Healeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413107672731385548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-33269031721819147252016-12-21T12:40:31.425-06:002016-12-21T12:40:31.425-06:00Gee, maybe your coworker could tell her or at leas...Gee, maybe your coworker could tell her or at least hint that she wasn't even allowed to keep it, and give it back and say "you should give it to someone else" But hoping she would just keep it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com