Original Message:
Presentations and "updates"... (by KC):
robertr558 wrote:Just don't go. The gift is not worth it. And accepting a gift creates an obligation to the giver. The value of the vacation time you will spend in that horrible sales pressure situation is much less that whatever trinket or excursion you receive in return. It is much easier to say no up front.
I couldn't have said it any better. Wasted time is never returned and wasting valuable vacation time getting "worked over" by aggressive and hungry sales weasels just to obtain a trinket, coupons and / or a free rubber chicken dinner is well beyond my ability to comprehend. Life is too short to voluntarily endure such deceitful exagerrations, outright lies and psychological manipulation for so very little "reward".
Keep your little "gift" --- the answer is NO. Now step aside so that I may enjoy my vacation without listening to another word of your nonsense.