My manager lost his grandma this week and he was in a pretty crap mood today. We just work in retail, but I really wanted to say something to make him feel better. This sounds so pathetic, but I went and bought a gift card to a grocery store that he told me one time that he gets lunch there sometimes.
I wrote “I’m sorry for your loss. Hope things feel back to normal soon. Enjoy a lunch or two on me”
But I chickened out and didn’t give it to him. I’ve only been there 4 months, but he’s a really cool manager. I felt awkward to hand it to him because someone else was around and I’m not sure how that looks or the etiquette on giving a manager a gift.
Then I was going to leave it on his desk, but someone was around it and I felt awkward then too.
I’ve never been good with showing sympathy, so I’m not sure what’s right or wrong. If he wouldn’t even want to be reminded or others to know. He didn’t tell me directly so that’s why I felt so awkward about it.
I just wanted to cheer him up, but I feel like an idiot lol.
Should I still give it to him or is it inappropriate?
TL;DR My manager’s grandma passed away and he seemed in a bad mood at work. He even stayed home from work yesterday. I wanted to cheer him up with a gift card to a place he told me awhile ago he gets lunch at sometimes, but I felt too awkward. Should I still give it to him?
Submitted May 03, 2019 at 01:36AM by Throwaway198291 http://bit.ly/2Ve8g52
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