Teacher Christmas gifts: School teacher receives COVID test as a holiday ‘bonus’

While it’s not uncommon for employers to give their employees little bonuses and gifts over the holiday season, some might be luckier than others. 

Amber, a primary school teacher in the US who goes by @lil.yambs on TikTok, was disappointed to receive a COVID Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) as her Christmas gift.

Watch the video above.

“I’m confused. Is this a joke?” she asked as she received the test in a video shared on the social media platform as she unwrapped the present.

“I got my Christmas present from the school. It’s literally a COVID rapid test. That’s my Christmas bonus.”

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Just recently, the Biden government announced their plans to make free at-home, RATs available through COVIDTests.gov as well as handing out over 500 million tests to schools across the country. 

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While there were a lot of shocked comments on the video, some weren’t that surprised.

“My sister got the same one and she is a music teacher,” one user commented.

Others were in disbelief as the tests were free from the US government to begin with.

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“The nerve to wrap it,” one comment read, while another joked, “My $1 lottery card looks like GOLD.” 

“Sorry but omg I wasn’t expecting it to be this bad,” one person said.

The video received over 150k views, thousands of likes and hundreds of comments.

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