Cashing In

At work today, I was at R's desk talking about my project when T came over:

T: Sorry to interrupt you guys...

He holds up two "Thank You" cards with post-it notes on them labeling each of our two administrative assistants.

T: ...but we're collecting $10 for each of the admins as a Thank You/Christmas gift. Do you have the money now?


Wait....what?? You're asking me to give $10 to each of these women to say "Thanks." Thanks for doing your job. The job that you get paid to do. Every day. Here is an additional $500 bonus (there are about 50 people on our team) in addition to the Christmas bonus that the company is going to give you. Here is money out of my own pocket. Money that I get paid for by the company for doing my job. Just like you get paid by the company for doing your job. But here is my money to you for doing your job. Right.


Me: I don't have any cash on me.


Truthfully I didn't have two $10 bills on me, but even if I did....

AND.....do you know what I would have to do to obtain two $10 bills??

a) Go to the bank (does anyone actually even go to the bank anymore?), stand in line, hand the teller a $20, and ask for two $10's back

-OR-

b) Go the the ATM, withdraw $40, purchase two separate items of less than $10 each, in two separate transactions, paying for each item with one of the $20's from the ATM, just to end up with two $10 bills in change to give to someone else for doing their job. Right.


R: I have my money! He pulls out his wallet from his desk drawer (that is sealed in a Ziploc plastic sandwich bag, along with loose change rattling around in the bag, and a wad of receipts)

He handed T his money and was given the cards to sign. And I was shocked how many signatures were already on the card! There were at least 25 signatures. Really? There are that many people who are willing to participate in this?

T took R's money, put it in his front shirt pocket, and checked R's name off a list. Great. I'm sure he'll be hitting up my un-checked name again in a day or two.

But that's okay. I still won't have any cash on me.