Thumbcocker
01-30-2019, 03:21 PM
I like to give people close to me gifts. I work with several ladies who are competent professionals at their jobs and make my job much easier. Whenever Mrs. Thumbcocker and I go on vacation we like to bring small gifts for our respective office staffs. Turquoise and silver ear rings are a big hit but at some level it is the thought that counts.
I am pretty close to one staff person in the office. She and I get in early and talk about kids, hunting (yup she deer hunts) and life in general. In the past Mrs. Thumbcocker and I have given her a scope for her slug gun, a cammo hunting pouch and this year for her birthday a Swiss army knife. The SAK is not what one would normally think of as a present for a woman but over the years I have given several to female friends. The small scissors are a big hit.
One person that worked in our office for 3 years is my unofficial adopted daughter. She is Korean (U.S. citizen), about 5 feet nothing in her sock feet and maybe 100 pounds soaking wet. I trained her and she is an excellent prosecutor. She lives in Chicago. In the summer we send her jars of home canned stuff and sometimes sweet potatoes or Korean melons we grow. (gotta love the flat rate boxes). She once told me about being in New York city visiting a friend when there was a power outage. The friend had no food in her apartment and their phones were dying. When the power came back on they placed massive delivery food orders incase the power wen out again. I gave her a solar phone charger and some Wise food buckets. In the past she also got a SAK. For Christmas I bought her a lithium car booster pack. These are about the size of a carton of cigarettes and will actually boost a car from scratch. They will hold charge for a long time and also charge up phones.
This morning she sent me a series of texts (she is a millennial after all) that her car would not start but then she remembered the booster pack. She followed the directions and started her own car. She was thrilled with her accomplishment and very appreciative.
I guess where all this is going is that you don't have to limit gifts to ladies you care about to chocolate, frilly stuff, or traditional "girly" gifts. Practical things may not be appreciated at first but they may be later.
I am pretty close to one staff person in the office. She and I get in early and talk about kids, hunting (yup she deer hunts) and life in general. In the past Mrs. Thumbcocker and I have given her a scope for her slug gun, a cammo hunting pouch and this year for her birthday a Swiss army knife. The SAK is not what one would normally think of as a present for a woman but over the years I have given several to female friends. The small scissors are a big hit.
One person that worked in our office for 3 years is my unofficial adopted daughter. She is Korean (U.S. citizen), about 5 feet nothing in her sock feet and maybe 100 pounds soaking wet. I trained her and she is an excellent prosecutor. She lives in Chicago. In the summer we send her jars of home canned stuff and sometimes sweet potatoes or Korean melons we grow. (gotta love the flat rate boxes). She once told me about being in New York city visiting a friend when there was a power outage. The friend had no food in her apartment and their phones were dying. When the power came back on they placed massive delivery food orders incase the power wen out again. I gave her a solar phone charger and some Wise food buckets. In the past she also got a SAK. For Christmas I bought her a lithium car booster pack. These are about the size of a carton of cigarettes and will actually boost a car from scratch. They will hold charge for a long time and also charge up phones.
This morning she sent me a series of texts (she is a millennial after all) that her car would not start but then she remembered the booster pack. She followed the directions and started her own car. She was thrilled with her accomplishment and very appreciative.
I guess where all this is going is that you don't have to limit gifts to ladies you care about to chocolate, frilly stuff, or traditional "girly" gifts. Practical things may not be appreciated at first but they may be later.