For Five Years of Service
Actually, Michael is the one who put in the five years with the company one of the companies he works for. Just about the time they laid him off, he got notified that he was entitled to a gift for working for them for five years. He wasn't really interested in it, obviously, so he just handed me the catalog and told me I could pick something, since I'd put up with him for almost that long! (It will be five years on Jan. 1).
And this is what I chose: an amethyst ring, my birthstone.
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It just so happens they made this change at my 7 year mark, so I managed to get my 7 year plaque and my gift. People over 5 but less than 7 got a generic "for your years of service" plaque and prize. Huh?
Anyway, the ring looks nice. Hopefully he kept the cheesy plaque--or burned it, given that the clue-deficient company laid him off.