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TIFU by not checking my boss’s birthday gift

A few years ago when I got my first job in this country, I was new to America and did not know much of its pop culture. My boss was a friendly guy and we were a small office. He invited me along with my coworkers to his birthday party at his home during my first week. He told me that he and his son have their birthdays just days apart and always celebrate together.

I had not received my first paycheck yet and was short on cash. I couldn’t afford two gifts either so I thought to buy one that they could share as a father and son. I didn’t know much about him except that he loved sports and had an autographed baseball in his office. He had told me his son wanted to be an artist and didn’t share his passion for sports.

I was looking for something cheap in the sports section on eBay and I found a great value listing of a box of bestselling Sports Illustrated issues. The seller even agreed to gift wrap the box before shipping it to spare me the trouble.

The seller didn’t have any photos of the issues and had uploaded just the stock photo of the logo. Being the idiot that I was, I had assumed that these were illustrations and drawings of famous sportspersons and spectacular moments in sporting events. I had thought this would bring the father and son together by combining sports and artistic illustrations.

I did not know these were magazines and I also did not know that the bundle I had bought was a collection of the swimsuit issues. I gifted the box without opening it to my boss and his son and told them I wished for them to find enjoyment together using this present.

In the weeks that followed, I continued asking my boss how they were liking the gift and whether he and his son were having fun together. He was always taken aback and avoided the topic. It was only when his son visited the office one day and thanked me for the stash of Kate Upton that I looked into it and apologised profusely to my boss after googling her.

tl;dr Gifted my boss a stash of naked Kate Upton magazines thinking I had instead ordered a box of artistic sports illustrations.

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