dg_@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agoWhat small gift can I bring to someone who is feeling down?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareWhat small gift can I bring to someone who is feeling down?dg_@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCaptObvious@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoMaybe a new journal and pen? A coffee or tea? A gift card to treat herself?
minus-squaredg_@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI had been thinking the gift card route tbh. I’m also worried she wouldn’t accept it!
minus-squareCaptObvious@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-29 months agoSome people don’t want gifts like that, and I’d say respect their wishes. It might make the situation worse otherwise. Maybe just play it as “I’m running out for a coffee. Let me get you one too.”
minus-squaredg_@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoProblem is our job doesn’t entirely allow for things like breaks for coffee runs.
Maybe a new journal and pen? A coffee or tea? A gift card to treat herself?
I had been thinking the gift card route tbh. I’m also worried she wouldn’t accept it!
Some people don’t want gifts like that, and I’d say respect their wishes. It might make the situation worse otherwise.
Maybe just play it as “I’m running out for a coffee. Let me get you one too.”
Problem is our job doesn’t entirely allow for things like breaks for coffee runs.