Impress your boss with tip #31 from "Rodneys 52 Ways to Impress Your Boss--Without Sucking Up!"
"Buy your boss a modest, thoughtful present. Lavishing money on the boss is sucking up, period! However, something thoughtful for Christmas or his birthday, like a new battery for his favorite 35mm film camera, the one he used on his first trip to Japan, shows you've been paying attention."
I recently used this strategy when buying a gift for a woman I work with. She is left handed, and once bragged to me about how well she could use right handed scissors. As a modest, thoughtful Christmas gift, I bought her a set of left handed scissors. She was thrilled! We enjoyed a good laugh. I showed her that I cared, and that I had been paying attention. I did not spend a lot of money and can't be accused of sucking up. That's a winning combination you can use when buying presents for people you work with. Being thoughtful works well with family too.
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