^ This. Also, I tried setting up a whole Trello board for my branch last year and it was honestly such a letdown. People just flat out refused to use it or they would accidentally archive my lists. It was not as good as expected and I felt like I was babysitting adults. For your Friday deadline, you really dont have time for a learning curve. I finally gave up on fancy apps and just used a browser extension to share an Amazon cart.

• set up one shared cart link
• tell everyone it closes Thursday at 4pm
• if its not in the cart, it doesnt get bought I actually had to look up the steps again recently on Smartphone Board because I kept messing up the permissions. Its super helpful for that kind of stuff. Just keep it simple or they wont do it and youll be back to the sticky notes... good luck with the boss tho, cheapskates are the worst.

Unfortunately, I had massive issues with shared docs before... coworkers always deleted my entries by mistake. It was a mess. If you want something that wont break:

• Just use Amazon for everything.
• Use a tool to share amazon cart so they can add items without you doing the legwork. Honestly, it is not as good as expected nowadays, but for a cheap boss, Amazon is really your only move.

Over the years, these two free options worked best:

• Google Sheets: Accessible but prone to accidental deletions
• MS Forms: Provides structured, clean lists Forms usually handles requests most efficiently.