I was kind of irked with the company I work for. This past December 20 was my five year anniversary, which is longer than I’ve worked for any one company.

With other people who reach that milestone (and the 10, 20 and 30 year milestones), they get a gift of some sort, usually at the quarterly company-wide meetings, which we don’t do anymore. So December 20 came and went, and no email acknowledgement or nothin’.

But today, at our department meeting, I got a framed certificate and a very nice, heavy, crystal vase.

That, and an extra week of vacation. Which is the greatest gift of all.