PS: If you actually use this trick, I want to know what you bought.
When my boss’s son was born, I gave him an expensive stuffed animal hand-made from recycled material. I didn’t deliberately use the trick—when I was making the purchase, I remembered that I had read something about gifts to buy to appear generous on OB, but I couldn’t remember the details. I took the price off the tag, but if my boss or his wife thought to Google the artisan, they would be able to see roughly how much I payed.
When my boss’s son was born, I gave him an expensive stuffed animal hand-made from recycled material. I didn’t deliberately use the trick—when I was making the purchase, I remembered that I had read something about gifts to buy to appear generous on OB, but I couldn’t remember the details. I took the price off the tag, but if my boss or his wife thought to Google the artisan, they would be able to see roughly how much I payed.