One woman has opened up about being left "quite offended" by a work Secret Santa present given by a colleague over Christmas.
Every year workplaces everywhere enter into the annual tradition of Secret Santa, when employees select a colleague’s name from a hat to see who they secretly need to buy a present for.
While most experiences can be enjoyable, one woman has shared her disgust after she received a "really unpleasant" work Secret Santa present that left her "quite offended."
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Taking to Mumnet's popular Am I Being Unreasonable forum, one woman opened up about having been gifted an adult colouring book as her Secret Santa gift, asking for advice, Liverpool Echo reports.
The woman wrote a post titled Actually offensive Secret Santa Gift? Where she explained that she found the colouring book to be "misogynistic" alongside a photo of a page of the book showing a "sexual slur".
She wrote on the forum: "I have always avoided Secret Santa arrangements where possible due in no small part to threads on here.
“This year we had some new members to the small team I work in, in a professional environment, who suggested we arrange one amongst ourselves and to avoid looking curmudgeonly I agreed.
"I have been gifted an adult colouring book and some felt tips. I must admit I found this disappointing in itself as I never got swept up in this craze and am a little disappointed that one of my colleagues has concluded I am an adult colourer but that's by the by.
"My real issue is that it's the 'Go F**k Yourself I'm Colouring' 50 swear words to colour your anger away, adult colouring book.
“Which should be fine, I like a robust swear and I have a job that can very much cause stress but I finally looked at it properly today and a lot of the words to colour are not swear words per se but really, really unpleasant misogynistic, sexual slurs and terms that I associate with pornography not swearing."
She added: "I have actually found myself quite offended that someone thought this was an appropriate gift for a fifty-year-old female colleague in a professional environment.
“My quandary is whether I should say something to the group or just hide it in the recycling and forget about it? I think I have attached an image so you can see the kind of thing I'm referencing."
People flocked to the comments on the post with users chiming in to share their thoughts on the present.
Many were as off-put with the present as she was, with one person writing: "This is so grossly inappropriate for the workplace and so sickly misogynistic that I couldn't let it stand."
Some others were divided, however, with one commenting: "Well I work in a professional environment and got the very same book last year. I personally found it funny and gave it to my husband.
"It was obviously given in the spirit of a bit of fun, no matter how many pearl clutchers are here.
"As for all the people saying go to HR I'd suggest take that huge stick out of your arse. There is no better way to exclude yourself from your team and gaming a grudge down this path."
Another added: "I would absolutely take this to HR. If it was an honest mistake, then they can apologise and learn to be more careful."
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