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I work in the home office of an group insurance company that has
sales offices across the country. Every year many of these sales
offices send token gifts to my department as a holiday
rememberence. Believe me, these gifts are greatly appreciated
because they demonstrate that someone has thought enough to
thank us for our work. As with many "corporate" gifts, however,
some are good and some are well intentioned, but somehow miss
the mark.  This year the good ones included a 5 lb tin of
miniature Hershey chocolate products, several boxes of home-made
type cookies from various boutique bakers, and a package
containing 3 kringles from Wisconsin. If you don't know what a
kringle is, google it. They are very cool.  The not-so-good ones
include a number of those "towers of treats" that were obviously
packaged over a year ago and a delicious pecan pie that was just
not appropriate to divide amongst 20 people in an office
setting. The topper was a frui