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below asking for advice about work.
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Dear Anyone,
I work in a large corporate office, and I was invited to play poker with my immediate boss and some other “higher ups” about a month ago. I’m a pretty decent player, and the first time we played, I took $50 out of everyone’s pocket and walked away with $250. They wanted another shot at me the next weekend, and I skinned them again. The following weekend, I wasn’t the big winner, but I still left the table with some decent cash.
Here’s the problem. My boss and the higher ups expect me to buy them lunch when I win big. I did the first time, and they literally ate up $200 of my winnings. To be honest, I was going to buy my wife something nice with the money, so I was a bit choked. The second time I won, I thought they were just joking about me taking them out to lunch again, and when I didn’t, I think there was some grumbling around the office. I’m a little miffed since my superiors didn’t show much appreciation when I did buy lunch. And I don’t like the fact that I’m the junior guy, since I feel like my superiors are leveraging their position against me. I doubt that anyone would buy me lunch if I lost. So, do I just hand back my winnings in lobster bisque and beef tenderloin, because that’s just the price you pay for being low man on the totem pole? Or am I entitled to keep some of my winnings, bosses be damned?
Feeling Sharked in Mississauga
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