Buying from co-workers (never again)

[Emergent]

So, in the heat of excitement over the Seahawks divisional title (Go Hawks), I ordered a Seahawks jersey through a tech at work. Two months later, after repeated inquiries, and polite "Where's my shirt?" mentions, it finally came down to "I want my shirt now!".

Got tired of the excuses ( It was Chinese New Year, my daughter is sick, it's en-route, I'm in Las Vegas, I'm only a middle man, I DON'T LIKE TO BE THE MIDDLE MAN!"

OK, new policy... NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM CO-WORKERS!

Did I mention, I'm now the 'bad guy'?

[amoLucia]

I've been burnt a couple of times too. So I'm VERY selective about what I buy from others. Also there's freq a rule about NO SOLICITING on most workplaces so I usually choose NOT to participate.

On rare occ, I will buy a couple Girl Scouts cookie boxes, but only from MY shift coworker. Avon, gift wrap, popcorn, knicky-knacks, and other catalogues just float around the units. I just don't do them.

Of course it just burns me when the admin and management are selling candy bars for their grandkids' PeeWee leagues. So much for following the rules.....

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

I also get annoyed with the 'sales' party people do, particularly if you all have little to no interaction at work.

That one annoys me, too. If you go, you're obligated to buy something, and I need to be emptying my house, not filling it with more clutter!