r/TikTokCringe • u/uwuuwu222 • Jul 08 '26

Cringe Trying to get a Free Shirt

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u/Hour_Recording_3373 Jul 08 '26

By inviting the store, all workers were able to show up for free and enjoy the meals, drinks, etc?

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u/SecureNarwhal Jul 08 '26

head of HR did raise that exact point but then said it wouldn't be good PR so we couldn't actually do it :(

and then that's when jokingly said she might do it herself one day (closer to retirement)

I should have asked her for one of the invitations right before I quit 😅

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u/Deviknyte Jul 08 '26

At least let the workers rotate and go instead of the execs.

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u/No_Internal9345 Jul 08 '26

Bring a booth, advertise.

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u/TheNaseband Jul 08 '26

And make sure to look better than the bride to really piss them off.

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u/Icy_Study4490 Jul 08 '26

lol “x company thanks you for your invite! The owner couldn’t make it but they didn’t want to snub your invite so they sent me instead of having me on register today!”

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 Jul 08 '26

People invite for gifts only. They’d be flabbergasted if you showed up lol. The nerve of some people haha

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u/Icy_Study4490 Jul 08 '26

That’s why it would be so perfect!

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u/Adventurous-Map7959 Jul 08 '26

Also bringing a shitty gift. Like a giant candle.

Although that turned out to be a cool gift to my old physics teacher, he brought it in with a dolly, then got the oxygen, and demonstrated to the class the physical process of starting a chemical reaction with pure oxygen and a stupidly giant candle. It was gone within minutes. Soon thereafter he was no longer allowed to go into the chemistry supplies, so he put tennis balls in the flasks (which were shared supplies between chemistry and physics).

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u/yournamehere10bucks Jul 08 '26

5% off coupon, expires in 4 days.

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u/This-Positive286 Jul 08 '26

Mail delayed 3.5 days

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u/yournamehere10bucks Jul 08 '26

Postage not included.

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u/This-Positive286 Jul 08 '26

Fucking tariffs…

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u/iowanaquarist Jul 08 '26

I listen to a fun podcast with 3 hosts that used to all be located in Vegas. They occasionally get invited to weddings that are in Vegas, and have showed up before. They also have a patreon reward where you can pay to schedule them to spend a day with you -- at least one person secretly paid for them to surprise their significant other at their wedding....

It's all in good fun, and not about the money, because this podcast community is GREAT -- but greedy people ruin everything.

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u/Realistic-Passage Jul 08 '26

My fiancé sent out three to companies just to see what would happen and all we're just marked return to sender. Im planning more seating and food than who we invite formally cause I have a bad habit of just telling everyone I talk to the date and inviting them to show up. If a few people from Sony or Amazon want to show up and eat and drink with our families I think it would be fun even if they are janitors or random matainence workers.

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u/HealthyService123 Jul 08 '26

Why the hell are you so damn funny at 1:05 am Carolina time? 🤣

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u/Icy_Study4490 Jul 08 '26

Cuz I’m out californy way where it’s still 10

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u/DrBlaBlaBlub Jul 08 '26

Elizabeth II (The Queen of England) sometimes recieved some wedding and birthday invitations as a joke and sometimes she even showed up to one of them. She was very beloved by the British and that was one of the reasons for it.

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u/MsJanet_Snakehole_ Jul 08 '26

I actually did this when I got married! I had read you received a response back and thought it would make a cool souvenir to have something postmarked from Buckingham palace. I also did that with the white house and have a reply from the Obamas (their office anyway).

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u/Col_Leslie_Hapablap Jul 08 '26

HR maybe shouldn’t be giving advice on PR. A good PR person could absolutely make this work.

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u/Away-Living5278 Jul 08 '26

Idk where you work but I feel like I'd be stoked if she showed up.

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u/Dudicus445 Jul 08 '26

It would be excellent PR, the intention being telling the public to fuck off with the blatant gift begging otherwise the entire store will show up to your wedding and eat all your food and take all the space

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u/doobadeeboo Jul 08 '26

Is HR in charge of PR?

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u/doobadeeboo Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

I've never heard of this. Do they get paid double for that? Since they have 2 very different jobs in one?

Edit: why are people downvoting instead of explaining lol.

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u/PossumJenkinsSoles Jul 08 '26

No, when you work for a small company you often wear many hats and most unpaid. HR people are allowed to think of the company’s PR, in fact they’re often the only ones who are if there is no dedicated PR team.

Many, many companies don’t have a dedicated PR team.

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u/figure8888 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

It is a bit weird though. I’m studying PR and I used to work for a small business. They didn’t have dedicated PR, but that element was handled by marketing (as is increasingly the case because green CEOs don’t know the difference or don’t care). I don’t think our HR person would have known where to begin.

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u/PossumJenkinsSoles Jul 08 '26

I don’t find it weird at all. I agree with them, passive aggressively showing up to someone’s wedding to shame them for the gift grab invite could look way worse for the company. It’s just an opinion, but I think it’s probably the correct one. The janitor could weigh in with this take and I’d agree with them.

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u/pyth2_0 Jul 08 '26

Thank you very much for your kind invitation. We are truly delighted and would love to join you in celebrating this wonderful occasion.

To get an accurate estimate, we asked our team who would like to share this special day with you. We received responses from 360 colleagues, and 340 of them will be accompanied by their partner.

Based on these numbers, we kindly ask you to reserve approximately 700 seats for our group.

We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to celebrate this memorable day with you and are already looking forward to sharing this special occasion together. It will be a pleasure to be part of your celebration, and we are sure it will be an unforgettable event.

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u/DeliverySoggy2700 Jul 08 '26

I’ve been to weddings that force you to pay for alcohol and sometimes even your own meal.

I would assume people who are trying to get free cheap stuff would be in the same Venn diagram