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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience, colleagues usually sign a giant version of the agency's seal, which is then framed.

What is odd is that we haven't celebrated anyone who retired since DRP.  So senior people are just disappearing.  Some do invite us to a last-minute after-work happy hour.[/quote]

I was a fairly senior person who took the first DRP (I was planning to retire this year anyway.)  On my last day in the office I ordered up a massive trash can and basically dumped my office.  This included numerous awards/plaques/citations etc.  As I was doing this, my director (who was a big reason why I was planning to retire) stopped by and asked if I wanted a party "so I could get my retirement plaque".  It took all I had not to laugh out loud and told him no thanks I'm good.

I went to lunch with a couple of my favorite coworkers and called it a career.  I don't didn't want or need any more stuff at this point in my life.[/quote]

What did you do with the trash can?[/quote]

He was going to create a party on the day of?[/quote]

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