Work can be funny (just not always in the ‘ha ha’ definition of the word). In recognition, whether if for no one else’s office entertainment than your own, or as the perfect forthcoming Secret Santa for a colleague, we want these tongue-in-cheek treats ourselves…
Files with Attitude
Until we saw these, our idea of file folder flair had been to break from manila mode, and order them in a range of colors (crazy, we know). These “Multiple Choice” file folders are surely not for every serious filing occasion, but in the spirit of honesty (with oneself), there is something almost cathartic about checking off the realistic view of what you might actually do with the documents inside.
There is also the “To Do” version, whose checkbox options include “When I Feel Like It,” or the management favorite: “By Somebody Else.” A set of 6 folders in three different varieties are $11.95.
Multiple Choice File Folders by Kock-Knock
Workday Recovery Kit
Even if you have the kind of go-to desk drawer that’s the equivalent of a mom bottomless bag of supplies for every scenario, chances are you don’t have THESE emergency supplies at hand, at work.
For those inevitable spirit-crushing days we have almost all without fail experienced in our work lives (or just the daily grind) you can be sufficiently (if irreverently) prepared with this Band-Aid-like tin box filled with a feisty 16-page remedy booklet, a rubber bracelet imprinted with the words “Burnt Out” (wear it like an amulet!), 5 affirmation cards, a recovery certificate and metal charm. We are especially partial to the set of Healing Bandages, whose innocuous adhesive strip form belies their ability to help such conditions as: Apathy, Dejection, Vapidity and Conformity. $15.95.
Certificates of Appreciation
For the co-worker for whom your attention and approbation are the greatest of gifts, dole out these vouchers with a wink (and then hope they only cash in on a couple).
These nonmaterial gifts are hardly immaterial, when you present your colleague with such redeemable offers as: “One (1) Instance of Public Praise,” and the highly covetable voucher entitling bearer to request that Redeemee Take the Blame in one (1) instance in which Redeemee is actually Blameless. (Good fine print here for the legal-minded among you: “Redemption requests may be refused if Redeemee risks jeopardizing her employment”). $8.00 for a pack of 20 unique coupons.