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 timc
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So paying a visit to a company that we deal with, office full of young women working in PR, what kind of 'token gesture' do you arrive with to thank them for their continued efforts? 😐

Any suggestion or previous experience's welcome, expect some good advice here, don't let me down 🙂

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:16 pm
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big tin of celebrations

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:18 pm
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work in PR!!

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:19 pm
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I'd just buy myself some ear defenders!

oooh risky!

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:20 pm
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chocolate works everytime. I work in a department which is predominantly women.
some of those chocolate miniatures are good.
roses/ quality street if their average age is 80.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:21 pm
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Just pay my travel costs and I'll be there, you're welcome

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:21 pm
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Diet Coke break?

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:22 pm
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A skip of kittens

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:22 pm
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Food definately. Chocolates, cookies or similar.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:23 pm
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Spanish Fly FTW

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:25 pm
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Chocolate. 60% of the time, it works every time.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:25 pm
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trend in my office seems to be cup cakes rather than chocolate. but don't think chocolates would be refused.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:27 pm
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in our office where half the department is women under 30, when anyone comes back from a business trip or holiday abroad, which is practically every other day, they are obliged to bring back a 'treat'.
things that go down well are chocolate miniatures, boxes of posh chocolates, sweeties, lollipops and surprisingly, cheese.
things that don't go down well are liquorice, dates, meat, seaweed crackers (!), chocolate liqueurs and those hyper-sweet sweets you get from the Indian sub-continent.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:28 pm
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Your phone number?

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:28 pm
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Me.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:29 pm
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Just as a point of clarification, when you say it's an office FULL of women does this mean that there'll not be enough space for you unless you push your way into the room through a crush of ladyness and displacing 1 (or possibly more) of them to outside the room in order to allow you in?

 
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cakes/chocolate
hummingbird bakery nearby?

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:33 pm
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Nothing says "we appreciate your efforts" more than a tabard.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:34 pm
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Cookies or CAKE....nom nom nom! I'm sure chcolates wouldn't be refused!
Or even better give them a half day .. send them all home early! ALWAYS a winner....

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:36 pm
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tequila

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:41 pm
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Nice chocolates (ie, better than Thorntons). PR girls tend to be pretty slim IME so they probably won't want a massive family tin of Celebrations...

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:43 pm
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vibrators or tampax depending on what week.

 
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sorry to rain on everybody's parade but...

let me get this straight

1) there's a PR company;
2) your company pays the PR company to do PR stuff

<deep pockets, short arms>
why on earth do you need to give the PR company's employees chocolate/cake/something else? Isn't the fact that they're getting paid for an honest day's work enough?

</deep pockets, short arms>

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 8:57 pm
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why on earth do you need to give the PR company's employees chocolate/cake/something else?

something's telling me timc has a penis. Next.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 9:01 pm
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@higgo - Starflower oil is much better 😉

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 9:01 pm
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j_d, I believe the OP is hoping to shag one, some or all of them

Failing that, go for Houns, naked apart from a ribbon round his nob and lots of nutella - always works for me

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 9:02 pm
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One!

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 9:04 pm
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Cup cakes & champagne

They are like cat nip for PR types

 
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1) there's a PR company;
2) your company pays the PR company to do PR stuff

I fear you're missing the point.
a) timc- BMW driving music industry executive on a mission.
b) Office full of PR totty.
Chocolates should do the trick and don't forget your best shiney suit. 😉

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 9:07 pm
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If you have any decent regional delicacies that you're able to take in then perhaps that may be a good idea, depending on where you are of course!

For us I'm a Melton Mowbray lad and Stilton always goes down well! 🙂

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 9:11 pm
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Lindt chocolate bunnies, bought in boxes of 60.
The young ladies will eat them, the older ladies will take them for their kids.
Don't forget to leave your business card with your private number!

 
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Nothing says "we appreciate your efforts" more than a tabard.

.. Pure gold

 
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something's telling me timc has a penis. Next.

thought it might be something like that. but I still don't get it. must be a Lahndan thing

 
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Posted : 25/04/2012 9:51 pm
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Tom Jones records and knickers....

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 9:52 pm
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rabbits

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Posted : 25/04/2012 9:58 pm
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What to buy? An office-full of women?

or even

What to buy: An office, full of women!

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 10:07 pm
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Last time I had cause to bring food into the office, I brought two dozen Krispy Kreme donuts.

I wasn't sure how well they'd be received with diets and all. They were gone inside of ten minutes.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 10:10 pm
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Buy 'em all a pair of slinky knickers.

Obviously some of the ladies will take offence and report you.
Others will have a laugh and stick then on their head or just throw them away.
None of these ladies interest you...

The last 2% will wear said knickers and hijack you in the toilets. That will be the best investment you make.

 
Posted : 25/04/2012 10:39 pm
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agree with samuri. worked in large supermarket. gave 4 ladies same 'personal' gift at xmas for been really supportive during the year and two came back with offers i could nt refuse one thanked and said she would but didnt dare and 4th never said a word. frankly i was more intrigued by what the 4th did with hers!

 
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Penis shaped straws?

 
Posted : 26/04/2012 1:04 am
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Buy 'em all a pair of slinky knickers.

Obviously some of the ladies will take offence and report you.
Others will have a laugh and stick then on their head or just throw them away.
None of these ladies interest you...

The last 2% will wear said knickers and hijack you in the toilets. That will be the best investment you make.

Yeah **** that for a game of soldiers....if I did something along those lines one of them would turn out to be a psychotic feminist that is friends with a lawyer.

 
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in all seriousness, chocolate, lots of it, if it's like my office the ones on diets will refuse then hoover it like it's cocaine

 
Posted : 26/04/2012 7:59 am
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Really unflattering baggy t shirts.

 
Posted : 26/04/2012 8:05 am
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sorry to rain on everybody's parade but...

let me get this straight

1) there's a PR company;
2) your company pays the PR company to do PR stuff

<deep pockets, short arms>
why on earth do you need to give the PR company's employees chocolate/cake/something else? Isn't the fact that they're getting paid for an honest day's work enough?

</deep pockets, short arms>

No harm in showing appreciation for peoples efforts, you usually benefit from it in the long run!

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 4:34 pm
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why on earth do you need to give the PR company's employees chocolate/cake/something else?

something's telling me timc has a penis. Next.

Indeed, but that wasn't the motivation, I know you don't believe me

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 4:35 pm
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1) there's a PR company;
2) your company pays the PR company to do PR stuff

I fear you're missing the point.
a) timc- BMW driving music industry executive on a mission.
b) Office full of PR totty.
Chocolates should do the trick and don't forget your best shiney suit.

You missed out 'Orange 5 rider'

There was no mission, again, you wont believe me

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 4:46 pm
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something's telling me timc has a penis. Next.
thought it might be something like that. but I still don't get it. must be a Lahndan thing

No its a "I'm not miserable/tight/ungrateful thing " 😯

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 4:48 pm
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Buy them these cookies...

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And wear this t-shirt...

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Posted : 27/04/2012 4:58 pm
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calling fat women pretty is so Cliché

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 5:16 pm
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Couldn't find a 'fat women' t-shirt.

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 5:29 pm
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Stingy git, get them all one of these each..

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Posted : 27/04/2012 5:46 pm
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get yourself a Borat style mankini

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 6:09 pm
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Batteries

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 6:43 pm
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elleste duet preferably the large 2mg tablets

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 6:46 pm
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Sybian.

 
Posted : 27/04/2012 11:07 pm