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What is proper protocol? Received a dish of food from co-worker...

Asked by MrItty (17406points) December 22nd, 2009

As I sat down in my cubicle this morning, my co-worker (to whom I am not at all close) handed me a dish of brownies or cake or something, saying Merry Christmas. I said thank you, and joked something like “Uhm, I didn’t get you anything, but you wouldn’t want anything I cooked anyway…”.

Thing is, the cake is in a glass baking dish, not a tinfoil disposable pan. What is the correct protocol here? Am I supposed to wash the dish and give it back to her sometime when I’m done eating the brownies? Am I supposed to keep it and use it next time I make a dish for someone (ha!)?

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