co-workers' baby shower for me- etiquette question

[shaynaatl]

A group of co-workers took me out for lunch today as a casual baby shower. They gave me a card signed by various people, and a single Amazon gift card.

Should I assume that everyone that signed the card pitched in on the gift card? I want to thank this one person who signed it (but wasn't at lunch). But if she didn't chip in, I don't want my "thank you for the gift!" to come off as sarcastic.

Thoughts?

[FastHands]

Yes, I would assume that everyone who signed contributed.

[OrangeTree]

Did everyone at the office sign the card or just some people? If it's just some people, I would assume it was a "sign the card if you contribute" sort of deal. Maybe she just couldn't make lunch for some reason.

[centralsquare]

Are you doing individual thank you cards, or something more casual like an email?

If the latter, you could thank for the lunch, card, and the gift -- so that if she only signed and didn't chip in, she won't be offended.

But I would assume if they gave you a card with the gift, she probably did.

[catsarecute]

This might be unique to my office and department but with something like this, where we give a gift and a signed card, the person usually routes a thank you note around the department and each person sees it. Some people might have not contributed but the card still goes around to everyone so they can see it.