The perfect boss / friend

Dear xxxx

It is not an excuse, I know, but I really really tried.  It is your birthday tomorrow and Melany said that it was perfectly ok for me to get you a gift voucher for your birthday, I was SO excited!  I was terrified she would make me go pick a gift and wrap it because you know how much I suck at that. You would have gotten a badly wrapped gift that you didn’t want and would never use.

So, a gift voucher it was to be! Except I have just spent 30 fucking minutes trying to order the bloody thing online, and I am about to punch the computer. 

So, in true Tertia style – Happy birthday xxxx!  Please get your own gift voucher for R500 and bill it to us!

(I know this beautiful gesture moved you to tears. I am a true romantic)

love from all of us

xxx

(I really did send this email. She said she was moved to tears. Tears of laughter.  I really did try. I should not be left in charge of gifts for other people. Its Melany's fault, she is supposed to buy the gifts etc, but she is away.)

Comments

[cat]

Oh Tertia, as per usual you do your bit to brighten my day. And I am the first to comment! Yeah!

[Bianca W]

Bwhahahah! You really do suck! You are lucky she knows you well enough to not be worried.

[Jessica]

HAHAHAHAHAHA...that is just hilarious

[Kristin]

Bwahahahaha...thanks for the laugh.

[Lizelle]

Classic - you think I can do that for Christmas ;)

[Julie]

That is perfect! Thanks for the laugh!

[beyond]

brilliant!

[Val]

Tertia,

You take the cake! I thought I was bad about buying AND wrapping gifts. Once I showed up at my friend's house with unwrapped Xmas presents. My excuse was "I don't have any wrapping paper", but I did. I was promptly sent into my friend's bedroom to wrap using her leftover paper.

[Dorothy Stahlnecker]

This is so dam true to trying to do anything today on the phone or computer....

hilarious..

Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com

[Mel]

I even sent her a card!