# Show me the GRINCH!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-grinch/676671>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 18, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-grinch/676671 "2013-12-18T20:02:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![AnthonyElite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-grinch/676671/1 "2013-12-18T20:02:20Z")

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TLDR: tell me what you have done lately to Grinch it up!

I work in a City Hall with ~50 people. On the top floor there are 3 departments. The planning department was given a big shit-load of gourmet Christmas cookies (as a wink wink nudge nudge from our favorite developer). They immediately labeled it for Planning and Engineering ONLY! What about us poor finance people? They don’t mind sharing OUR food. So?

I put on a pot of coffee, and when it was ready, I Mission Impossibled into the room, got a big cup, filled a few paper towels, and went into my office and closed the door. Sure, they know someone pilfered their cookies, about half of 'em in fact. BUT I have plausible deniability.

Just have to keep cookie crumbs out of my beard and I’m golden.

So, what have you done around the holiday to make it more bearable?

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**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-grinch/676671/2 "2013-12-19T16:03:21Z")

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Our office had their Christmas potluck and gift exchange yesterday. Instead of participating I took the afternoon off. I figured that instead of spending money on a crappy generic gift and food for people who make way more salary than I do I would rather buy Timbits for the Personal Support Workers across the street who are on a picket line right now. Their smiles and grateful thank-yous meant way more to me.