An autistic woman has been left feeling betrayed and “deeply misperceived” after receiving a secret Santa gift from a colleague, according to reports.
Emma Bernard, 31, from Cheshire, was appalled to open a baby-pink mug emblazoned with the slogan “Positive Vibes Only” – which immediately caused her to spiral into an identity crisis.
“It’s a deeply uninteresting present,” Bernard told us. “Which is giving me serious concerns about the image I’m portraying here.”
“I just don’t think I give positive vibes, you know?” Bernard continued. “More mysterious, otherworldly. The sort of woman destined for Greater Things, that spends her entire lunch break quietly working on a novel. Not the employee who absent-mindedly scrolls reels on Instagram. Which admittedly I do. A lot.”
Despite admittedly only interacting with her colleagues on a business Zoom call once a fortnight, Bernard claims to be gravely insulted that nobody in the office can comprehend the depths of her true personality – which according to Bernard is “deep as fuck”.
Colleague Becky Armitage, 39, said: “I thought this mug was very you.”
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