We all celebrate each other’s birthday here. It’s a small office, and we get together for cake, and then everyone groups together to get the birthday person a small present.
A couple of times, one of the recipients has then mailed a thank you card to the office! From their home! But not everyone does it. So now I am torn.
I write thank you cards for gifts all the time. I just sent out a handful for my birthday. But it seems downright weird to mail one to the office. I’ve never given them a thank you card before. I thank them profusely in person, both for the party and the gift. I thought about writing one and bringing it in but that seems even weirder.
What say you? Should I just get over my weirdness and write one and drop it in the mail? To add an extra dimension of weirdness, it is I who opens the mail. So I should:
Mail a letter to the office
Get the letter
Open it
Distribute it
My rule of thumb is people who get thanked in person don’t get a thank you card. I definitely think, if you’re the one who does the mail anyway, there’s no point in actually mailing it in. I might just get a thank you card, write a short note of appreciation and leave it in the breakroom or wherever cards are usually left for people to see.
I follow Miss Manners’ rule all the time. I know that’s what she said - people whom you thank in person need not get a card. I think I will give it a miss - it will come off as weird to my coworkers, too.
Do they just tack the card onto a staff bulletin board? If so, I’d write a note and put it up myself. It takes 30 seconds and makes people feel appreciated.
No, when they get a card they pass it around and then throw it away. I’m not 100% sure if they even read it.
No one sticks it up anywhere. We don’t even have a staff bulletin board. We have a fridge. I could put it on the fridge. But again, no one else does.
ETA: Our office is really too small to need a staff bulletin board. When we need to make an announcement, we either use e-mail or bellow down the hallway.
You can’t just send out an email to the group saying “Hey Everyone - Thanks again for helping to make my birthday so special. It’s great to work with such a nice group of people!” ?