joey43...
It's a very proper and common practice, at
least in the good old US of A.
Here's an article from HumanResources.com
"How to Gift the Boss or a Special Co-worker"
"It’s an age-old dilemma and it comes up several
times each year. What do you do for that special
boss or co-worker on their birthday, their company
anniversary, their engagement, the birth of their
child, or to celebrate the holiday season.
Gift-giving occasions are endless – and endlessly
challenging."
"You want to remember the individual with something
special but you don’t want to be too personal or
exorbitant. You don’t want to embarrass the
receiver with your largesse, but you don’t want
to appear tight fisted in the eyes of someone
you like – or your office peers."
"You know the person from work. You may have some
ideas and knowledge about his personal tastes and
interests. But, you are totally unfamiliar with
what he already has. You don’t want your dozen
golf balls joining another hundred in his garage,
the victims of other gift givers who didn’t have
a clue."
"If you are the designated purchaser for a group of
people, the above problems multiply, as you have
more people to please. Especially for a group
gift, spend time soliciting ideas from others in
the group. Some may know the person better and
good ideas multiply when people brainstorm
together. Another approach is to talk with a
friend or family member of the person you want to
gift. Sworn to secrecy, she might have several
ideas sure to please."
There are more specific suggestions which follow:
http://humanresources.about.com/library/weekly/aa121501a.htm
And, according to this page:
http://www.workindex.com/editorial/hre/hre0110-11.asp
"National Boss's Day, celebrated today October 16
was founded in 1958 by Patricia Bays Haroski, an
employee of State Farm Insurance Company in
Deerfield, IL. Haroski was touched by a gift
from her boss on secretary's day and wanted to
reciprocate the gesture. She designated October 16
as the special day because it was her father's
birthday."
Here's a page where the Shands Gift Shop
suggests honoring National Boss Day with
gifts such as "Balloons, cards, flowers,
plants, candy, figurines, books and Gator
gifts..." (Gator gifts = Florida)....from:
http://www.health.ufl.edu/post/post1097/post10_10/6.html
You could always send him/her an e-greeting, for
Boss Day or any occasion, from BlueMountain.com:
http://free.bluemountain.com/eng3/boss/
...or from Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/229208/ref%3Dbr%5Fbx%5Fc%5F2%5F8/002-3359263-5304068
...or All4Love.net:
http://all4love.net/mdb/search.cgi?mdb=gallery&cat=boss
...or Lycos Greetings:
http://www.lycos.usagreetings.com/html/bossday/bossday.html
...or Angelwinks.com:
http://www.angelwinks.webby.com/BossDay1PC.html
Here's a great page of gift ideas:
http://www.almorale.com/calbd.html
(The Stress Relief Box looks like fun).
Here's a wonderful tin of mini-muffins
from Big Apple Bagels:
http://www.babholdings.com/gifts/bus_bossdaytin.htm
Here's a page of gifts with a tropical twist:
http://www.hawaiitropicals.com/natbosday.html
Here are some wonderful ideas from
Baskets By Design:
http://www.orderagiftbasket.com/holiday/bossday.shtml
The possibilities are practically endless.
Searches done, via Google:
National Boss Day
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=National+Boss+Day
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