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amother
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 Mon, Dec 17 2007, 5:30 am
W ehave to give many gifts now to non-Jewish people :schoool bus drivers,bank tellers etc.
Do you think they will be happier with cash or with a gift we buy them?
How will we know what each one preffers?
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gigi
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Mon, Dec 17 2007, 6:00 am
you can give a gift certificate.
it can be kinda hard to know what to buy for a bus driver....
how could you know their taste?
$$ is always appreciated, but could be wasted o bills...
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Clarissa
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Mon, Dec 17 2007, 6:03 am
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I give Barnes & Noble gift cards, usually, or occasionally Starbuck's.
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MiracleMama
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Mon, Dec 17 2007, 6:08 am
| gigi wrote: |
$$ is always appreciated, but could be wasted o bills... |
why is it a waste if they use the $$ to pay their bills?
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mother48
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Mon, Dec 17 2007, 6:10 am
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What would you suggest for my cleaning lady-babysitter. we have her about 15 hour a week.
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Clarissa
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Mon, Dec 17 2007, 6:18 am
| mother48 wrote: | | What would you suggest for my cleaning lady-babysitter. we have her about 15 hour a week. |
I have my cleaning woman every other week, for about four hours. We give her a week's salary for her holiday gift.
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louche
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Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:00 am
| gigi wrote: |
$$ is always appreciated, but could be wasted o bills... |
Paying bills is a waste? Wasted on liquor or ciggies, I can understand, but bills?
Besides, when you give s/o a gift, it's an expression of your goodwill, good wishes, and/or appreciation. How they choose to use it is not concern. $ to pay their bills may be a lot more appreciated by people of modest means than another scarf, bottle of perfume, box of candy or tschotschki that they need like a hole in the head.
I don't like giving gift certs unless I know the person regularly shops at that store. Some stores start to charge a monthly fee if the card isn't used w/I a certain time. Eventually the chrges can eat up the entire value of the card. Stores love these things b/c they make a fortune off ppl who never actually use the card.
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Squash
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Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:04 am
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busdriver gets money. super will get a bottle of booze. cleaning lady.....I dunno. a pair of gloves? she just started this week. do I still have to get her something? who knows if she'll work out?
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chocolate moose
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Mon, Dec 17 2007, 2:33 pm
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a new employee does not get a gift, or certainly not a big one.
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