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Thank you note etiquette question...

GoldenGibsonGoldenGibson member
in March 2012 Moms

So my coworkers have a card for me that people could sign if they chose to. They could also choose to gift $$ in the card but it wasn;t mandatory in order to sign of course. I feel like I should write thank you notes for the $$, but with a zillion signatures on the card, I don't know who actually gave the money and who didn't and I don't want to write a thank you note for a gift if the person didn't give one because then they might feel awkward...

Should I just skip the individual thank you notes? Should I send a mass e-mail to everyone who signed thanking them (the e-mail would emcompass the gift givers as well as that non gift givers)?

Just not sure to handle this and I don't want to seem ungrateful to those who gifted $...


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  • SheenaNash1SheenaNash1 member
    No, I wouldn't. The same things happened to me and I send a thank you email to the whole staff and bought them all treats and put them in the staff lounge with a thank you note by them to everyone. MUCH easier that way, and everyone loves coming to work to find free food there!
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  • CharlyneCharlyne

    imageSheenaNash1:
    No, I wouldn't. The same things happened to me and I send a thank you email to the whole staff and bought them all treats and put them in the staff lounge with a thank you note by them to everyone. MUCH easier that way, and everyone loves coming to work to find free food there!

    This is what I would do. :)

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  • MelBell829MelBell829

    I'm not sure what the "right" etiquette is, but when people in my office send around a card and there is a gift card or gift attached, the norm is to just send an email with everyone's who signed thanking them for the thought. 

    My department has about 30 people, so I think most people accept this form of thank you note because even if they do contribute, it's never normally more than $5 or so. (not that every $5 doesn't matter when you're buying all this baby stuff!) 

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  • GoldenGibsonGoldenGibson member

    imageSheenaNash1:
    No, I wouldn't. The same things happened to me and I send a thank you email to the whole staff and bought them all treats and put them in the staff lounge with a thank you note by them to everyone. MUCH easier that way, and everyone loves coming to work to find free food there!

    Love this idea!!! Whew, that's such a relief!


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  • gdizzlegdizzle

    imageSheenaNash1:
    No, I wouldn't. The same things happened to me and I send a thank you email to the whole staff and bought them all treats and put them in the staff lounge with a thank you note by them to everyone. MUCH easier that way, and everyone loves coming to work to find free food there!

     

    I would do this as well! 

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  • jayleigh68jayleigh68 member

    imageSheenaNash1:
    No, I wouldn't. The same things happened to me and I send a thank you email to the whole staff and bought them all treats and put them in the staff lounge with a thank you note by them to everyone. MUCH easier that way, and everyone loves coming to work to find free food there!

    I did the EXACT same thing for the wedding gift my work gave me!

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  • straws24straws24 member
    Mass email.  That is how we handle it in my workplace, thank goodness!
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  • jenskurnjenskurn member
    I know the proper etiquette with just a few ppl is individual thank you notes, but I wouldn't even consider doing that for your situation.  I think the email is fine. 

     

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  • nah82nah82 member
    Email should be fine.  At my old job when the whole store went in and gave us a gift card, sent funeral flowers, etc., we would just write a mass thank you card and pin it on the bulletin board in the break room.  Low tech since our job didn't involve being on a computer, there were a lot of people who I didn't have an email address for or were older and didn't have computers at home.
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  • slocke07slocke07

    imageSheenaNash1:
    No, I wouldn't. The same things happened to me and I send a thank you email to the whole staff and bought them all treats and put them in the staff lounge with a thank you note by them to everyone. MUCH easier that way, and everyone loves coming to work to find free food there!

    I think this is an acceptable "Thank you!" 

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