Anne_in_VA
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Dec 30, 2014 9:37:39 GMT -5
My manager sent me a Christmas card with a gift card in it. The gift card is a lot more than I expected and I'm wondering if I should send her a thank you note.
Background - my manager works in another state than I and I only see her at conferences - maybe 3-4 times a year, so I'm just not sure how to handle this.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 9:39:42 GMT -5
Send the thank you note. I think it's the perfect response, not the awkwardness of talking about how much she gave you but not the rudeness of not acknowledging it at all.
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NancysSummerSip
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Dec 30, 2014 9:41:42 GMT -5
Absolutely. Regardless of the amount, or who gives the gift, it's the thought that counts, always.
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justme
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Post by justme on Dec 30, 2014 9:43:20 GMT -5
Thank you note is the role when you can't thank a person in person (and sometimes even if you did like a shower). It lets them know you got the gift and it wasn't lost in the mail.
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Anne_in_VA
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Dec 30, 2014 9:43:23 GMT -5
OK thanks! I don't usually get gifts from people I don't see all the time, and wasn't sure how to handle it. I'll send her a note today.
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cronewitch
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Post by cronewitch on Dec 31, 2014 1:09:57 GMT -5
I love getting thank you notes so did my mom. Most of us don't send enough of them especially if a gift was given in person. Mom used to send cash in cards to grandchildren, who were adults, never heard if they got them so just stopped. I don't think they are needed for minor gifts or gifts in person so never send them but I do think extra special gifts should get a thoughtful note or even a email saying why you liked the gift. I gave my great nephew a check for $1,000 at Christmas a couple of years ago telling him it was for his education, he was flustered, embarrassed. I told his mom I hope he didn't waste it. He wrote me a thank you note saying how touched he was to get it and it was going in his college fund and he wasn't going to waste it. I gave him 10K this year and he wrote another nice note. I don't expect to get one for the Christmas gift this year it wasn't special and was in person. Ten thousand should be life changing reducing student loans so taking a few minutes to show gratitude is nice even if we talked on the phone while setting up the account for me at his school.
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