HO MAN! They sent out a letter this year at the work asking suppliers and contractors to please restrain their Christmastime giving (AKA bribery). Apparently, in past years it has gotten a little out-of-hand, and the company doesn't want to seem like they are corrupt or taking bribery to favor anyone, even though THAT IS THE POINT OF CORPORATE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. It's not like our Turkish vendors are actually celebrating Jesus' birthday. They are celebrating the time of year when your bribes are more likely to be accepted and hit home.
People in the past have received Louis Vuitton handbags and wallets (thousands of dollars!!!), gifts of many dollars, tickets to sporting and theater events... the list could go on and on, I'm sure. Now, after the letter of "please restrain yourselves", we receive... FOOD. Food, food food. Chocolates, cookies, cheezy nips, more chocolates, and some apples. Damn you, vendors, for thinking that setting a box of Godiva chocolates at the end of my desk is going to make me LIKE YOU MORE. No. It's breaking my hard-earned self-discipline in the chocolate arena, as well as the crunchy salty things arena and the general "don't forage" arena. I would have rather had a handbag. Maybe.
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