For my birthday last year, a coworker I didn’t know very well, Jenna, gave me a beautiful gold necklace. We weren’t close, so I was genuinely touched by the gesture.I wore it everywhere — to work, dinners, even dates. It became my favorite accessory, and whenever someone complimented it, I’d smile and say, “It was a gift from a coworker.”
Months later, while cleaning it, I noticed a tiny engraving on the back: “Office Joke.”Confused, I mentioned it at work the next day. My coworkers exchanged awkward glances until one finally admitted the truth: the necklace was part of an old “office tradition,” a prank where it was given to someone they didn’t think would last at the company.
