{"id":389,"date":"2008-05-14T09:11:18","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T13:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/inspirational-greeting-card-tales\/business-congratulations-cards-inspired-by-my-cousin\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:18:28","slug":"business-congratulations-cards-inspired-by-my-cousin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/inspirational-greeting-card-tales\/business-congratulations-cards-inspired-by-my-cousin\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Congratulations Cards Inspired by My Cousin"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the business world, congratulations are often rare while negative comments are more common. Every once in a while, I ask myself \u201cWhy do you stay at this job?\u201d when my hard work seemingly goes unnoticed. I mean, I don\u2019t want flowers or gifts, nor do I expect a raise every time I achieve something at the office. But it would be nice to receive business congratulations cards<\/a><\/strong> for my better efforts. Small gestures can mean a lot.<\/p>\n

Other companies give congratulations cards to their employees. I know this because my cousin flaunts her corporate greeting cards every time she gets one from her boss. She keeps the greeting cards in a scrapbook for Pete\u2019s sake! Obviously, receiving these greeting cards gives her a sense of pride.<\/p>\n

The last time I hinted to my boss that there was such a thing as business congratulations cards, he looked at me as if I had two heads. I persevered, however, adding that my cousin had a whole collection of business greeting cards<\/a><\/strong> that were given to her by her supervisor and that she confided to me that she works a little harder each time she gets a greeting card. OK, maybe that last statement was a slight exaggeration.<\/p>\n

Well, needless to say, when I had an important company inventory report completed a week before it was due, I was totally blown away when I found two greeting cards on my desk. Were they congratulations cards? You bet they were! One was from my boss and another from our production manager. When I thanked my boss for the greeting card, he smiled and said, \u201cI am glad you like my idea!\u201d<\/p>\n

I held my tongue because it really didn\u2019t matter that the idea for business congratulations cards was mine. What mattered was that I could now buy a scrapbook for my own collection of greeting cards. Maybe I\u2019ll display all of my employee birthday cards<\/a><\/strong> in this scrapbook too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the business world, congratulations are often rare while negative comments are more common. 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