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How not to collect a gift

The portal for the Corporate annual gift showed a couple of gifts like rice cooker, Adidas travel bag, bean bag…etc. I promptly clicked on a gift even though I cribbed on the limited choice and the products in display…I cribbed as if I was not interested in any of those products on display… Well, that was the voice of “Rugged Me”…but my conscience - “Sober Me” had other thoughts … with bank loans, credit card dues, mobile bills and room rent wiping away 95% of my salary and the rest 5% for food…my bank account hardly showed any balance after 15th of every month… I (sober me) appreciated any sort of gift that was on offer and preferred something that helped me retain a little cash for at least a few more days… Few months passed and the thoughts about the portal and gift slowly faded and that is when an email from “gift@ mycompany .com” showed up in my inbox… Typically, my colleagues expected me to take an Adidas bag or a Bean bag… Rugged Me, created a reputation of some heppppp bac