Holiday Souvenirs

It's that time of year again when colleagues disappear off on holiday. We've got quite a large department, probably around 30 people. We used to have a tradition where people on holiday were required to bring back drinks coasters from their destination. The idea was to make them as tacky as possible. I spent a long time on some holidays searching for coasters, and then trying to pick the tackiest ones possible. On my Vegas trip I thought it was going to prove an impossible task to pick which ones were the tackiest! Any hoo, our desks soon became festooned with coasters, and we realised that this wa sgoing to have to end. Especially as people had about 25 coasters from Spain, the holiday destinations never tended to be that exciting. So now we have a new custom. Travellers must return with a native delicacy to share amongst those of us who were left behind. This has also brought it's own particular problem. The sweets and treats that come back from Spain and other Mediterranean haunts are really poor. I would hate to be a child growing up there. Ungrateful sod aren't I?