16 employees share the worst workplace Secret Santa gift they ever received.

Dec 22, 2022 | 5:42 PM

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The staff Christmas party is usually either a very tame midday break for cheese and crackers or a completely unhinged, cocktail-fueled rave that involves a few coworkers quitting on the spot...

So, when a disappointed employee decided to vent to Twitter strangers about the worst office Secret Santa gift they ever opened on the clock, fellow offended recipients of a cursed White Elephant were ready to share their workplace holiday horror.

Tell me the worst secret Santa gift you ever received. Mine was a mug implying I talked too much
— Hayley ECCC2023 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🔞SMAU📌 (@heyhayley) December 21, 2022

1.

A plastic starbucks cup. We worked at starbucks and my secret santa forgot to get me something so they gave me the cheapest cup that we sold (it cost £5)
— The OFMD NSFW Gallery 🔞 (@NSFW_OFMD) December 22, 2022

2.

I was forgotten about at 2 separate Secret Santa's 🥲
— SoupBubblez (@SoupBubblez) December 21, 2022

3.

A crappy stinky beret
— Marianna Polite Menace: Daddy's Girl (@Veedubgrrl) December 22, 2022

4.

My santa didn't like me and decided not to get anything. I mean, I'm used to being forgotten, but being told straight up that i was ignored out of malice somehow hurt a lot worse.
— Tora King (@ToraAKing) December 22, 2022

5.

I got a ‘baby’s first Christmas’ ornament he’d gotten on clearance the day of. For context, we weren’t able to actually hold the exchange until the new year, a fact we all knew in advance, plus I was 19 at the time and had no children, nor plans thereof lmao
— Rain (@HwlsMvngBcth) December 22, 2022

6.

Mine was a weird business self help book that I was going to return, but my coworker (who wrote a chapter?) had signed the front of it
— ✨️merry chris-mas✨️🌈 (@krisjowin) December 21, 2022

7.

I got en elephant that said "I work for peanuts" and it had a plastic backpack on it full of circus peanuts
— chewpaca (@ChonkyCat3) December 21, 2022

8.

A box of chocolates five years past their sell by date 🥰
— Ren 🖤 Notting Hill SMAU 📌🎬📖💘 (@thatllbemybrand) December 21, 2022

9.

A single empty mason jar. It was also dirty with an odd powdery substance. The limit was $50
— jam or jim he/him 🏳️‍⚧️ (@pjamesblack) December 22, 2022

10.

Lmaoooo a VERY SMALL box of rose flavored sweets
— jeanni (@md_jeanne) December 21, 2022

11.

A free promotional set of lotions that I personally saw them receive earlier that year.
— A Kindly Festive Gnome (@Gaytriotism) December 22, 2022

12.

An emergency flashlight thingy for your car, specifically designed to be plugged into your car's cigarette lighter to charge. I had worked there six years and it was well known that I do not own a car.
— Dinosaur with a Juice Box (@heckthecat) December 22, 2022

13.

At a work gift exchange, I was gifted a candle that smelled like mint. Not NICE mint, mind—like menthol spearmint. It was HORRENDOUS. It was so bad I kept it in my office and it made the rounds through my department as a gag gift and became a running joke.
— Jenn but Meta | SMAU 📌 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🍊🗡 (@metavenhorst) December 21, 2022

14.

A yoga book. Nothing in my lifestyle or conversation to indicate I was doing yoga, intended to do yoga, was remotely interested in picking up yoga...
— Isabel 🐊🐍🫧🔞🙈🤔✨ (@buoymehome) December 21, 2022

15.

My coworker, whom I sat next to in my elaborately decorated cubicle which included all the things I like, gave me an exceptionally ugly metal fish candle holder thing. It now sits in my condo complexes front garden hoping to be stolen.
— 🎄⛄️ KAREN™ ⛄️🎄 (@karen_killjoy) December 22, 2022

16.

A piece of cake bought a week before the swap and stuck uncovered into the refrigerator. It was thrown out day of and fetched from the bin by Santa who then boxed it up and gave it to me. I took one horrendous bite in front of them to be nice.

Limit was $30.
— bah humBUG (@yeeyeemtv) December 22, 2022

Sources: Twitter

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