Amazing
Did ANY of the staff in general get an 85th B'day "thingy" and/or have a little celebration on the company??
Or was it like a small business employer (service industry, maybe 20 staff) I know who is taking staff to a Chrissy brunch, but will be docking the "lower orders" pay for the time involved. He is "perplexed and disappointed" that they are politely but firmly, declining the offer of his munificent largesse. He has simply confirmed what they already knew.
I have told him we wont be exchanging Chrissy cards until he gets his head out of his a&se.