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The people we work with occupy an odd place in our lives. Although we may spend more time with them than we spend with our actual families, that doesn’t mean we know all that much about them. 

This discrepancy becomes painfully obvious when we have occasion to purchase our co-workers a birthday gift. That’s when we find out we really know very little about the people we spend eight hours a day with. Fortunately, there are a few gift giving options that are lighthearted and fun, but don’t require a deep knowledge of the recipient’s personal life.

birthday gift baskets are an especially good gift selection for co-workers. Everyone in the office can easily contribute to these gifts without putting in a lot of time shopping. All you really need to know about the recipient is something really basic like, do they like Starbucks? or where do they like to eat lunch? Once you’ve got that basic information down filling up the basket should not be difficult at all.

If you’d rather not fill up the basket yourself, you can purchase pre-filled gift baskets online. Web retailers offer up plenty of over the hill gag gifts and gift baskets for very reasonable prices. This can make shopping for those strangers you spend your days with a lot easier.