Okay, Call me crazy but...

[Shell Beau]

Today my office is doing a home cooked lunch for the bosses of the office. Boss's Day must be coming up or something. Everyone volunteers to bring an item of food so that we have a complete meal. Now I already hate this b/c it is really sexist. If you are a man, you are considered a boss. All of the women bring the food for the men. I am self-employed (my own boss) but I still contribute to the food even though I should celebrate my own bossness being that no one else is my boss. But since I am a woman, it is expected. Now as if cooking for these men isn't enough, a woman is going around the office asking for money for the bosses. Maybe to purchase a gift. :shrug: These men already make WAY more than any woman of this office. They are all very very well off. The owner is a MULTI-millionaire. I have to struggle to make ends meet sometimes as it is. Why should I give money? I thought the lunch was the appreciation part. WTF? Am I overreacting? I'm not giving any money.

[bertha katzenengel]

1. What a crock of shit.

I say, eat what you brought yourself. Don't contribute it. :eyes:

[VelmaD]

2. It is really sexist...

and you shouldn't donate one red cent. Fuck 'em.

[MissMillie]

3. Today is boss's day

and no, you're not over-reacting.

Cooking should be enough (more than enough if you think about it... I mean, seriously, isn't EVERY DAY "boss's day"?

[Shell Beau]

5. Exactly! I bought my food.

Not to be ugly, but I was cooking for my husband yesterday. He cooked for me Friday and Saturday. The last thing on my mind was Boss's Day!!! I hate how sexist this office is. And it isn't just in your face. It is more hidden which pisses me off more!

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. ask the person collecting the money to donate FOR you

in you name, with her own money.

Maybe she'll understand then.

[Shell Beau]

7. I thought about it. Considering

she abuses the office as is. She uses the company car for her personal use. She has a Lexus and a Mini-Cooper. Yet she uses the company's Ford Explorer everyday to drive to and from work! WTF???

[VelmaD]

6. I felt I needed to say more on this topic...

Boss's Day is a big flaming pile of shit "holiday". Isn't every day "boss's day"? And bosses have a day...and their administrative assistants have a day...when the hell do I get a freakin' day?

NEVER...that's when.

Fuck 'em all.

[Shell Beau]

8. Thank you!! I feel the same way.

Being self-employed, I already don't get any benefits, taxes aren't already taken out of my check, no sick leave, and I have to pay a self-employment tax penalty. When do I get a freaking holiday? The way they do it up here is the WOMEN celebrate secretary's day. I always make sure to tell everyone I am NO ONE's secretary.

[LynneSin]

11. Boss's Day: Another day for Hallmark to make money

I swear the makeup holidays just to sell my fricking greeting cards

[Beer Snob-50]

9. you are not overreacting!

lunch is more than enough! btw , what are you having??

[Shell Beau]

10. Such a variety.

Meatloaf, chicken tenders, homemade creamed corn, okra, green beans, deviled eggs, salad, macaroni, mashed potatoes, cornbread, etc.

Dessert is coconut cake, chocolate pie, and German chocolate cake.

[Beer Snob-50]

14. either the bosses are well loved

or everyone is a great suckup!! lol

[Shell Beau]

16. Well they are good people. They

are sexist even though they wouldn't know it. But yes everyone is a huge SUCK-UP!! I don't mind participating in the food part even though I don't agree with how it is done, but when she starts asking me to give money I don't have to give to a freakin' millionaire, that is where I draw the line. They do give me a Christmas bonus up here even though I am self-employed, so I don't complain, but it still pisses me off. I hate how sexist this place can be.

[Taverner]

12. What a bunch of shit!

Fuck it - I say partake of the food and cook nothing :)

BTW...what kind of office is this?

[Shell Beau]

13. This is a pretty small gossipy office. And it is a Oil and Gas

Company. So, most of the men are very wealthy. They own percentages in every oil field we have. AAHHH!! I'm not giving any money whatsoever.

[Richardo]

15. Right on, Shell! 'Celebrate your bossness'!!

Great phrase.

And it IS a crock 'o' shit that they expect money AND the women to prepare food. Sounds like you work in the 1960s. :eyes:

Kudos for not contributing. :thumbsup:

[Shell Beau]

18. Thanks!!! Sometimes I feel like it is still the 60's up here.

:hi:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

17. I agree with the above posters. Bring food if you want to, but NO MONEY!

[Deep13]

19. Isn't everyday "boss' day?"

I though 'boss' was another name for a slave driver or a prison guard.

[Shell Beau]

20. Yeah!! It should be called SUCK-UP Day!