We bought quite a lot from a well known UK chain with branches in Dublin last year for work.
They were delivered in *boring* brown cardboard boxes, not even slightly Christmassy logos to cheers them up. They were ordered specifically for corporate gifts, so absolutely no brownie points to that shop. At this stage it was quite near Christmas so there was no time to go about town looking for nice shiney boxes. They may well just have run out, but a quick phone call or even a scribbled note would have been nice.
I know where we won't be going this year.
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