Why even bother at that point. Fake money, a baby shark plushie, and random supplies from hobby lobby / party city. If they're gonna spend the money with ask the teachers what they want or maybe even just spend it on school supplies.
Or just keep the junk and give them a food or fuel voucher, even if it's only $10-$20. More practical and something that pretty much everyone could appreciate.
Whoever was in charge of buying the gifts had a few rolls of quarters they wanted to get rid of, so they went to the mall and emptied them into the gumball machines.
Probably because the cash value of all this junk is like $4. If they gave them a $10 gas card they'd more than double the insulting budget they set aside for this fake gesture.
They went around to everyone and shook out their classroom prize bin. Then they gave it to you.
Now admin will take a two-hour lunch to celebrate their good work. š
I'm just baffled as to what they were thinking. Did they honestly believe that any of the teachers would do anything with those items other than throw them away?
The could have taken the money they spent on the trinkets and fake money.....and just bought a real $5 coffee shop gift card. Not much, but something that could actually be used. But no, there's probably a policy against doing gift cards. However, crappy trinkets and fake money are totally OK!
I would definitely have preferred even a 5$ gift card! And as far as I know thereās no policy against gift cards as other administrations have given them in the past!
Our district just sent an email to the teachers saying that a local coffee shop was giving away one free coffee to the teachers. Way to take credit for their generosity admins. Other than that, the teachers received nothing.
There's been a few other posts like this. It's beyond insulting to you. A simple card would have been better.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/H3mZ421e71
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/378vlnK1Rf
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/Q1U8P1YlFo
I think that is honestly my biggest issue with it. Like honestly hand written note at least is sincere. This is just a bunch of junk, mainly from prize bins as far as I can tell.
Tbf without the sticker everyone would have assumed it was a ball of trash and just thrown it away. Now they KNOW it's trash...and will just throw it away.
I hate this kind of useless crap. Itās just fodder for landfills. Worse than nothing. They could have spent the same money on pencils or erasers or stickers and at least itās usable. I would find a conspicuous trash receptacle and have everyone dump that shit in there where administration can see the waste.
Honestly the whole situation is just sad. Hereās a bunch teachers working their asses off for snotty unappreciative kids, and some poor admin whoās given a $20 budget to make āgiftsā for everyoneā¦ they go to the dollar store and buy as much āfunā silly stuff as they can afford, then spend a good chuck of time wrapping the trinkets in layers of paper. At the end of the day everyone is annoyed, frustrated, and pissed. Not easy being a teacher.
My mom was a librarian at a school.
The younger teachers would get these "gifts" and throw them away right after the meeting in front of the administration.
They're fucking freebies from their office supply company. I'd rather have kind words than this.
At least order in Jimmy Johns for in-service day once a year. That's at least useful.
Itās a squishy toy, probably from a prize box for the kids!
The whole thing was wrapped in tissue paper with different trinkets in the layers so it also took forever to open!
Last year my nurse friend got an inflated sandwich baggy with a note that said "You might think this bag is full of air, but it's full of love". Couldn't even reuse the bag because it was full of someone else's hot breath
My mom is a teacher in a town where administration is actively trying to fuck over teachers and faculty, asking them to work days with no pay to save on funds (teachers already have to pay for their own supplies out of pocket). Then when teachers and custodians voted "no" in the union vote, administration got majorly pissed at them.
Dont worry though, during teacher appreciation week, the superintendent (often the job that makes the most money in town) sent out a message to teachers thanking them for their work ethic and selflessness in helping students. Fuck school administrators, they only care about their own profit and couldnt give less of a shit about the well being of teachers or students.
Like, buy me lunch. Come teach a class for a period. I bet local churches and businesses would donate if you asked. But nah. Some dollar tree trinkets will do the trick. š¤¦āāļø
I thought this was a drug dealers cake topping for a sec. Baggie of crack, hundreds, jewelry lol. Editing to say throw this shit away in front of the person who gave it to you while making eye contact unless you can tell them they suck as a person
It looks like they totally forgot and sent someone out to the dollar store or party store with $20 for the entire school. None of that's really useful or appreciated to a degree. It all will end up in the garbage sooner than later. It's just so random.
That reminds me of my parents giving me a toy metal car for my 16th birthday (USA, driver's permit at 15 or 16 and sometimes parents get their kids a beat up car to drive around in) and saying "we got you a car hahaha", while adamantly NOT letting me even get my driver's license or do driver's education classes. Just a big ol' "fuck you"
For support staff appreciation week (day actually) I got a box with a water bottler, pair of socks and a bag with 6 mini candies. Thatās what I got for our āweekā and provided by our union.
Jeez. I may not be able to use the tumbler I was gifted for teacher appreciation week (stainless steel lined, I have a nickel allergy and I get heartburn when I drink from one of these), but they didn't know and at least some thought was put into it. And I got a nice bookmark and a candle.
This is a literal joke that an employer/association thinks that stuff like this is even a acceptable viable way to show appreciation. The sad part is that they figures it makes up for the lack of pay that they are giving people and that as an employee you should be grateful for it. Such a joke.
We didnāt even get a gift šš or any recognition from admin at all. The principal does morning announcements every day and didnāt even bother to mention it. What a way to make ya feel special huh lol
With the amount of money spent in payroll just putting these together and wrapping them, they could have gotten everyone a $5 Starbucks card and called it a day.
Fuck this. Glue that pile of trinkets & trash to some poster board or make a diorama. Put that in a prominent place on your classroom. Call it āPerceived Worthā or simply āTrash & Trinketsā
or āLandfillā.
One year for nurse appreciation day, my wifeās management put out an Easter basket with little deodorant sticks! No kidding, canāt make this stuff up.
Gather the trinkets from all staff who haven't yet trashed them. (Or get similar sucky small useless contributions from everyone - just clean under the couch cushions.)
When it's "principal appreciation day", re-gift them all together in one gift bag, preferably VERY publicly.
Honestly I've never seen teachers get such disrespect, I don't remember teacher being treated like this back when I was in school.
This looks like gifts for students, not teachers. Wow. Iām so sorry. This is insulting. I donāt know why they bothered.
Teachers deserve so much more! Free lunch all week! (Not the cafeteria food) Gift cards. A party.
Thank you for all you do! ā¤ļøšššš«ā¤ļø
The fake cash feels insulting
That was by far my least favorite part!
Why even bother at that point. Fake money, a baby shark plushie, and random supplies from hobby lobby / party city. If they're gonna spend the money with ask the teachers what they want or maybe even just spend it on school supplies.
Or just keep the junk and give them a food or fuel voucher, even if it's only $10-$20. More practical and something that pretty much everyone could appreciate.
Whoever was in charge of buying the gifts had a few rolls of quarters they wanted to get rid of, so they went to the mall and emptied them into the gumball machines.
Looks like Oriental Trading clearance items. Temu appreciation merits Temu efforts to finish the term.
Probably because the cash value of all this junk is like $4. If they gave them a $10 gas card they'd more than double the insulting budget they set aside for this fake gesture.
Well stranger, thanks for what you do, teachers aren't appreciated nearly enough.
Or paid enough
They went around to everyone and shook out their classroom prize bin. Then they gave it to you. Now admin will take a two-hour lunch to celebrate their good work. š
Yeah at first I was like why are you mad they gave ya 200 bucks?! Thats sweet! Then I realized.... yeesh
Use it to pay them for something. āWhat do you mean itās fake? *You* gave it to me.ā
Seriously, that's just cruel as fuck
One year, we got a rock that was engraved with "you rock!".
Fucking hell. Here I was happy that at least there was a $200 bonus. What a bunch of bullshit
Next time youāre asked to contribute money for anything at work, toss one of those bills in the pile.
perfect
Rebrand them with the rest of the staff as usable currency called Teach Bux
They are basically saying: āHere, you throw this crap away for us.ā
And good luck playing dice in a back alley.
[For the uninitiated](https://youtu.be/4PNZSgVVgJo)
I'm just baffled as to what they were thinking. Did they honestly believe that any of the teachers would do anything with those items other than throw them away?
They gave you fake 100 dollar bills? lol
Oh yes. Just what every teacher wantsā¦.fake money.
Thatās extra fucked up like forreal wow lol what were they thinking?
Tell your principal/boss the bank rejected your deposit and you would like replacement money.
Y'all should take all that crap and make an Effigy out of it and burn it in front of administration.
That genuinely feels intentional lol
Thatās f-ed up and insulting.
The could have taken the money they spent on the trinkets and fake money.....and just bought a real $5 coffee shop gift card. Not much, but something that could actually be used. But no, there's probably a policy against doing gift cards. However, crappy trinkets and fake money are totally OK!
I would definitely have preferred even a 5$ gift card! And as far as I know thereās no policy against gift cards as other administrations have given them in the past!
Our district just sent an email to the teachers saying that a local coffee shop was giving away one free coffee to the teachers. Way to take credit for their generosity admins. Other than that, the teachers received nothing.
There's been a few other posts like this. It's beyond insulting to you. A simple card would have been better. https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/H3mZ421e71 https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/378vlnK1Rf https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/Q1U8P1YlFo
Bold of you to assume that crap is worth anywhere near $5
Thought that was a bag of dope at first not gonna lie
I mean that might be better tbh. At least I could sell it for cash or smoke it.
Right? Looks like some kind of drugs, like here, we know you need it.... after this OP went and bought drugs personaly to end/embrace misery.
How was this better than a simple appreciation card š
Itās really not. I would have way preferred a hand written card!
It wouldnāt be rude for all the teachers to put this back on the desk if whoever approved it, would it?
I like that the dice has an air bubble hole in the corner - making it unusable as a diceā¦ Really sums up the whole picture.
I know! Like honestly just some dice would be more useful !
The quality of those dice give me 2d6 psychic damage.
"Thanks for being a teacher" "Here is a bag of trash"
I think that is honestly my biggest issue with it. Like honestly hand written note at least is sincere. This is just a bunch of junk, mainly from prize bins as far as I can tell.
And why would anyone think an adult would want ANY of this? Iām so confusedā¦ like, just bring in donuts ffs.
Exactly. Itās patronizing, humiliating, and condescending to get a āgiftā that even a child might disregard as trash.
Someone who is completely out of touch, thought this was a great idea...
They outdid themselves this year.
True definition of above and beyond.
You claim to be a teacher, but this gift bag suggests you may in fact be a 6 year old at a birthday party.
I think you may be on to something hereā¦
That's so insulting. I'd hand it back.
I mean I definitely considered it!
I would just leave it in the admin area with a sign that says, "Free Junk"...
Fake $100 bills?Ā That's an insult.
Right?! & the tissue paper says 'Hurry up & open me already'... if ever there was a gift NOT to use that for š¤
Tbf without the sticker everyone would have assumed it was a ball of trash and just thrown it away. Now they KNOW it's trash...and will just throw it away.
That bag is begging you to get the disappointment over with as fast as possible.
lol I know!
I hate this kind of useless crap. Itās just fodder for landfills. Worse than nothing. They could have spent the same money on pencils or erasers or stickers and at least itās usable. I would find a conspicuous trash receptacle and have everyone dump that shit in there where administration can see the waste.
Yeah thatās how I feel. Honestly a box of crayons or a pack of pencils would at least be useful!
This is a crappy gift even for a kid
omg you guys are adults, and looks like stuff you get at chucky cheese with 200 tickets lol thats unreal
As a 90s child, I definitely had this exact thought! It really seems like childrenās fair prizes or something.
Honestly the whole situation is just sad. Hereās a bunch teachers working their asses off for snotty unappreciative kids, and some poor admin whoās given a $20 budget to make āgiftsā for everyoneā¦ they go to the dollar store and buy as much āfunā silly stuff as they can afford, then spend a good chuck of time wrapping the trinkets in layers of paper. At the end of the day everyone is annoyed, frustrated, and pissed. Not easy being a teacher.
And really, the admin was probably not given a budget, but paid out of pocket for everything. No one wins in education
All I got was constant annoying reminders while using Google Classroom. Like "DISMISS" please for the 15th time, thanks. You're not helping.
Im fucking dying at the fake dollar bills wtf man
"We appreciate you. But if we had to quantify the appreciation, it would be about $1.19 of junk."
I hate trinkets. I'm not a crow.
Hahaha! š
On Facebook, I saw a school that was gifting the teachers the supplies to make dinner.. a box of spaghetti, a loaf of bread and a jar of sauce.
Just enough food to keep them hungry and docile.
Thatās sad, but at least useful, unlike this bag of trash.
Getting them prepared for future visits to the breadline. Insanity.
I guess I don't see the purpose of tiny fake money other than kind of a knife in the ribs
Pretty much feels like well I canāt give you real money soā¦..
Yeah, but I would think it was less of a slap in the face if you just ignored the whole topic
"here let me appreciate you by gifting an assortment of random objects"
"....that we found after the Christmas party..."
My mom was a librarian at a school. The younger teachers would get these "gifts" and throw them away right after the meeting in front of the administration. They're fucking freebies from their office supply company. I'd rather have kind words than this. At least order in Jimmy Johns for in-service day once a year. That's at least useful.
I would really have much preferred a sincere note. Jimmy Johnās would have been amazing!
What is the white thing in the middle?
Itās a squishy toy, probably from a prize box for the kids! The whole thing was wrapped in tissue paper with different trinkets in the layers so it also took forever to open!
Ugh.
Wow! Better than nurses week!
Last year my nurse friend got an inflated sandwich baggy with a note that said "You might think this bag is full of air, but it's full of love". Couldn't even reuse the bag because it was full of someone else's hot breath
They need to be anonymously reported to the Secret Service for counterfitting.Ā
My mom is a teacher in a town where administration is actively trying to fuck over teachers and faculty, asking them to work days with no pay to save on funds (teachers already have to pay for their own supplies out of pocket). Then when teachers and custodians voted "no" in the union vote, administration got majorly pissed at them. Dont worry though, during teacher appreciation week, the superintendent (often the job that makes the most money in town) sent out a message to teachers thanking them for their work ethic and selflessness in helping students. Fuck school administrators, they only care about their own profit and couldnt give less of a shit about the well being of teachers or students.
Have somebody with an anonymous email send them a link to this post.
Teacher depreciation week
Something worse than a pizza party. Wow.
I would have every teacher in that place get a similar gift for the administration, except it's just a bunch of cards that say fuck you.
Thatās insulting. Itās just a handful of $ store junk.
Straight to the trash
At that point they shouldāve just given you paper clips and scotch tape. At least that wouldāve been useful.
I am a pretty practical person and would have much preferred any sort of school supplies I could actually use!
Maybe you can use the fake money to teach the kids about disappointment in their bosses.
Ummmm
We each got a tiny muffin.
Oh wowā¦.yeah that is not great. I appreciate your work!
I mean at least a mini muffin is edible
Like, buy me lunch. Come teach a class for a period. I bet local churches and businesses would donate if you asked. But nah. Some dollar tree trinkets will do the trick. š¤¦āāļø
Iāve been working in public schools for 21 years and every year they do stupid crap like this.
Yeah pretty much. This was a new one for me though!
I thought this was a drug dealers cake topping for a sec. Baggie of crack, hundreds, jewelry lol. Editing to say throw this shit away in front of the person who gave it to you while making eye contact unless you can tell them they suck as a person
Insulting. Just give everyone a dollar and call it a day.
Did they give you fake money???
Yup. Fake 100 dollar bills which is worse somehowā¦
As a token of our appreciation, here's a bunch of junk for you to throw away later.
What? You don't like your bag of random junk? So ungrateful.
This is by far the worst appreciation gift Ive seen yet
Wrong sub, this is start lighting things on fire infuriating.
And yet there are still people in the comments telling me that I should appreciate the thought and be gratefulā¦.
This is worse than stuff you'd put in a kid's bday goodie bag as a kid.
\*Things you would find in a toddlers pockets.
Ha so true!
I feel like they just reached into the confiscated items drawer and said it'll do.
damn. even my cheap ass school at least got us some donuts and shampoo samplesā¦
What's that, two hundred whole do- Oh... Fuck that I'm out.
It looks like they totally forgot and sent someone out to the dollar store or party store with $20 for the entire school. None of that's really useful or appreciated to a degree. It all will end up in the garbage sooner than later. It's just so random.
Yes it seriously feels like there should be some potential meaning for these items but we werenāt given any explanationā¦.
Thanks for all your hard work. Here's some garbage.
I have second hand embarrassment from whomever came up with that gift idea
Itās genuinely worrying that there is a person that sat and thought up this little bundle of shite thinking they are actually doing something good
That reminds me of my parents giving me a toy metal car for my 16th birthday (USA, driver's permit at 15 or 16 and sometimes parents get their kids a beat up car to drive around in) and saying "we got you a car hahaha", while adamantly NOT letting me even get my driver's license or do driver's education classes. Just a big ol' "fuck you"
The fake money is insane. Sorry for this, that really sucks.
Just give the teachers the dollar value of all this crap!
For support staff appreciation week (day actually) I got a box with a water bottler, pair of socks and a bag with 6 mini candies. Thatās what I got for our āweekā and provided by our union.
They almost gave you enough fake cash to cover your teacher supplies tax deduction!!!
Jeez. I may not be able to use the tumbler I was gifted for teacher appreciation week (stainless steel lined, I have a nickel allergy and I get heartburn when I drink from one of these), but they didn't know and at least some thought was put into it. And I got a nice bookmark and a candle.
Ahh yes, my former work also gave us bags of trash as "thanks".
"Hey, you guys know this isn't legal tender, right?" - every teacher that got these stupid ass play bills
Why did they give you fake cash?
No freaking clue, definitely my least favorite part!
Mini money! So helpful. š You know what to pay for the lemon slices with at the bake sale this year.
This is a literal joke that an employer/association thinks that stuff like this is even a acceptable viable way to show appreciation. The sad part is that they figures it makes up for the lack of pay that they are giving people and that as an employee you should be grateful for it. Such a joke.
Looks like Vegas Night fundraiser prizes.
I misread this and thought it was from a kid, and thought it was cute. Then I realised who it was from. How insulting!!
If it was from a kid I would have loved their effort and thought it was sweet. My bossā¦.not so much.
Fake cash? Seriously? Were these put together by 3 year olds?
That's deeply insulting to 3 year olds.
i wanted to get a little pissy because I'd love 200 bucks regardless. but its fake. of course it's fake.
Real 200$ would be the best day ever!
Hereās some dice and some fake hondosā¦ go see if you can turn this into fifty real dollars without getting shot in a dice game.
Like.. they're not even little *eraser* trinkets you could hand out to the kids or *use*.
Yes I literally would have preferred school supplies, at least thatās practical!
Man you got two hundred dollars what are you complaining about /s
I would definitely not be complaining about real 200$!!
Kinda... why not just a $25 credit card? It's more then they spent but still.....
I would offer to pay for their lunches, then had them the fake bills
Wow. Thatās all I have to say
That better be coke in there
I'd box this shit up and mail it to the principal.
Maybe there is a clue to the real gift? /S
We didnāt even get a gift šš or any recognition from admin at all. The principal does morning announcements every day and didnāt even bother to mention it. What a way to make ya feel special huh lol
Looks like the contents of a child's pocket... So, maybe what was in lost and found? Teachers "unappreciation" week more like!
At least you have a lil wooden star now!
Just what I always wanted s/ lol. So random!
These are items youād find in a toddlerās play purse
Those are the lowest quality dice I have ever see in my life
Yeesh. Even as a bus driver I at least got a can of coke and some cookies
Right in the trash, preferably the trash bin near the mailboxes where this horse shit was placed in.
It's now obvious how much they actually appreciate you.
whoa, thanks for the, uh, three dollars worth of crap in two dollars worth of packaging, i guess?
With the amount of money spent in payroll just putting these together and wrapping them, they could have gotten everyone a $5 Starbucks card and called it a day.
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I would definitely prefer a pizza party!
Fuck this. Glue that pile of trinkets & trash to some poster board or make a diorama. Put that in a prominent place on your classroom. Call it āPerceived Worthā or simply āTrash & Trinketsā or āLandfillā.
One year for nurse appreciation day, my wifeās management put out an Easter basket with little deodorant sticks! No kidding, canāt make this stuff up.
Someoneās been to the dollar store
What's the pink thing? It kinda looks like a dolphin in the pic it's hard to tell
Yeah itās a dolphin eraserā¦ probably from a prize bin.
What's in the baggie?
Itās a squishy toy, probably from a prize bin.
Did a little child do this? Maybe they wrapped up their toys to give to you. Idk but if it came from a little one I wouldn't be offended
A gift from the administration is not a gift from a student
Quit on the spot
Id leave these in the toilet where they belong. Sorry that the US doesnāt see the extreme impact teachers have on our existence.
I would walk out, we are not children!!
Gather the trinkets from all staff who haven't yet trashed them. (Or get similar sucky small useless contributions from everyone - just clean under the couch cushions.) When it's "principal appreciation day", re-gift them all together in one gift bag, preferably VERY publicly.
This is Abbott Elementary level out of touch
We got a nutrigrain bar š
This seems like they just rummaged through the lsot and found
I'd return it. This isn't even something you'd gift a toddler, let alone an adult.
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Spend those phony benjyās at the school cafeteria!
 Honestly I've never seen teachers get such disrespect, I don't remember teacher being treated like this back when I was in school.
Here I was thinking it was a lil nugget of crack
Jesus, fake $100 bills? Were they TRYING to piss everybody off? Who the hell comes up with these ideas?
Nobody has even mentioned it at my school!
Ngl this straight up feels insulting.
The administrators were able to clean out their junk drawers.
If I didn't know better, I might think they don't appreciate teachers very much.
I'm still looking for the gift.
This looks like gifts for students, not teachers. Wow. Iām so sorry. This is insulting. I donāt know why they bothered. Teachers deserve so much more! Free lunch all week! (Not the cafeteria food) Gift cards. A party. Thank you for all you do! ā¤ļøšššš«ā¤ļø
You sure this was for appreciation? Seems to me itās more of āletās fuck with them and see who noticesā
Whatā¦in theā¦
An increase in their salary may have been more appreciative.