Message #58199

[officeguru]

Michigan here...

Yes, I have a candy dish on my desk.  It started because one day for a pick me up gift, my boyfriend and daughter gave me a large (and I mean LARGE) jar filled with peanut m&ms, snack size candy bars, mints, etc.  Once that was empty (I kept it off my counter, so someone had to ask - not just dig in), my bf would buy me bags of peanut m&ms to keep it filled.  Well... it became apparent, boss and I were going through it too quick.  So I got rid of that jar, and went to a basket on my counter filled with hard candies (no chocolate).

When I moved to my current area - I was in a less traffic area, and team members would walk over just to dig into the candy basket.  I finally put an end to filling the basket because on more than one occassion I would get remarks when it was low and nothing 'good' was left in the basket... and they weren't teasing/joking remarks either.  

For Admin Professional Day this year, one of my directors bought me a very small jar that says 'Secretary Sweets'... I have a few individually wrapped candies in it but nothing major (mainly cause it's a rather small jar).

Around Halloween & Easter... I bring in a lot of my kidlet's candies - keeps us all from eatting too much at home.