Entitled coworker participates in Office Secret Santa to receive his gift but refuses to purchase anything: 'He thought it was childish to participate, yet didn't ask for his name to be removed from the hat'

The whole purpose of a gift exchange is that everyone involved gets to give and take, but this coworker refused to accept that basic principle.

Talk about an easy way to ruin an entire work team's office Secret Santa experience! It sounds like this entitled coworker, whom the author refers to as the office Grinch, was always a bit of a problem when it came to group dynamics. This was likely the type of individual who was a tough collaborator on group projects, so naturally, when it came to extracurricular activities like Secret Santa, he was all the more disagreeable.

The most amusing part of the whole tale is that the entire activity was voluntary. No one was compelled to participate in this Secret Santa gift exchange, which quite frankly, endears me to this team. If folks want to join in on the fun, they can. If they feel it's too burdensome or childish, they don't have to. Everyone wins!

Still, this man somehow managed to find a way to create disaster, as he does everywhere he goes. Unfortunately, it meant that one employee didn't end up receiving a gift.