You’ve seen it on the title. Let me give context.

I have this colleague who gave me gift for Christmas and there’s a thank you card for me for doing the work that he’s supposed to do. Many of my colleagues are also annoyed for him being laid back and irresponsible. (e.g. Department Managers). He endorses tasks without talking to the person, and we’ll just know na lang when departments started tagging us. Learning curve nya is almost 1 year na. Escalations and negative feedback for him are here and there. Mababait ang co-managers kasi hindi dinadala sa HR ang case. And one thing more, pina-package nya laging ang lapses nya is bc of learning curve - 11 months na.

His role involves financial matters and deals he’s involved are costing lots of money and company resources. Sometimes legal are involved depende sa country location ng project na hawak nya or misses nya.

I accepted the gift, kasi ayaw ko namang mapahiya sya. Then, I kept it. Scented Candles, Cookies, and Chocolates plus Card. Then, gabi na, lumabas ako ng office ko bringing the gifts, and akala ko nakauwi na sya I threw it on the bin and hindi ko napansin na sya pala yung nasa may coffee machine.

I saw na he was shocked. His reaction is more obvious than mine bc I remained composed and said “Hi”. Gusto ko sanang mag-pretend na nahulog lang sa bin yung mga gifts pero, I opened the bin with my foot kasi so, it’ll be too clown of me to pretend.

What to do?