New employee is forced to spend $53 on a surprise birthday party for a mean coworker, when she asks the others to pitch in, no one does: “I hate that this was pushed into me”

Do your coworkers even care about your birthday? Not once have I heard of coworkers planning a surprise birthday party at the office for each one of their colleagues. Mostly it's just a "Happy birthday!", maybe a small gift from the people who know you better, and in some cases, they give you the day off. But in some offices, things work differently, apparently… A new employee found out that at their office, every month each of the coworkers pitches in $27 to buy cake and a gift for whatever colleague is turning one year older. This time, a coworker named Emily declared that she didn't want that; she preferred that each of her coworkers spend the same amount of money to buy several individual gifts. The manager still thought it was necessary to buy cake and balloons to celebrate at the office, and she asked the new employee to organize it, even though she had already spent her $27 on the gift. She did it anyway, spending a total of $53. The best part? None of the other coworkers pitched in or paid her back, and Emily was mean to her and made her cry. This Emily sounds like a delight to work with… Please, if someone knows of another place that has the same custom of …