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Coworker

Funny gifts for coworkers

A funny coworker gift is opened at a desk with everyone watching, which rules out most of them. A printed book about the person, written from details their team sends us, is safe in the room and specific about them.

Specific about them. Careful about everyone else.

Make their book

A hand reaches over a cubicle wall for a red stapler that is chained and padlocked to the desk

The book to blame

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A sample spread

HELLO! Little Denise behind the Maple Grove Family Dental front desk, holding a clipboard of tally marks.

This is Denise.

Denise is learning to count.

Denise is very good at counting.

Denise keeps count of everything.

Let’s count along with Denise!

Ten Little Fingers: Denise’s First Counting Book, pages 4–5. Finished art, printed as drawn.

How it works

  1. A hand drops a printed photo into the slop machine’s hopper.

    Feed it one photo.

  2. The slop machine shakes and steams, rivets popping off.

    It does its thing.

  3. A finished picture book pops out of the slop machine’s chute.

    A real book comes out.

The whole process

Questions

Is a gag gift too much for a coworker?

It depends how well you know them. Roast the habits and the choices, never the person — if you wouldn’t say it in the meeting, leave it out.

Which day is it for?

Their last day, usually. The office swap and the retirement party have their own pages.

How does it work, and what do you need from me?

You pick the book, send one clear photo of them and a few true things about them. We write and illustrate the book from that. You must confirm they’re an adult (18 or older), they’re willing to star in a gag book, and you have permission to share their photo.

Will it arrive in time?

We print and bind the book after you order it, so it isn’t instant — and we won’t promise a date here that we can’t keep for your address. Order with room to spare. If the day is close, write to hello@hellosorry.com first and we’ll tell you honestly whether it can make it.

The days this comes up

A gold watch in a velvet box, presented by a hand with six fingers; the watch hands are tiny hands

Retirements

Thirty years of loyal service. Finally, some recognition.

Blame: coming soon
Many hands crowd in to sign a farewell card at once; one of them is signing with a banana

Coworker leaving

Everybody signs the card. One person brings the book.

Blame: coming soon

All occasions

More people to apologize to

A hand in a suit cuff taps a gold wristwatch whose face reads NOW, over a desk with a BOSS nameplate and a desk bell

Boss

A book about the person who signs your reviews. Read it twice before you order.

A hand in rings slides a tray of eight bright shots with paper umbrellas toward a hand holding a glass of water; the napkin reads “just one”

Best friend

You’ve been saving these stories for years. Here’s somewhere to put them.

A hand rests on a thermostat locked inside a clear plastic box, the key hanging from one finger

Dad

He said not to get him anything. This is nothing, bound.

Everyone else

Somebody you love deserves this. We’re so sorry.

One photo. One real book. A lifetime of them bringing it up at dinner.

Make their book

From $19.99 · Character redraws: free, up to six a day · Digital copy with every printed book