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I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
I love the sounds. I love the smells.
I love giving. I love receiving. I love the love.
There is honestly only one downside to the holiday season for me. Anyone else who works in retail knows exactly what I’m talking about…
The Christmas rush.
The stores are flooded with frustrated, agitated parents… often accompanied by sniveling, screaming, whiney children, who leave their shopping to the last minute and get angry and wonder why the products are no longer in stock.
HELLO! It’s the third week of December, what do you expect!?
So, shoppers… for future reference:
We’re retail workers, not your personal slaves. We’re paid low wages, work crazy hours and get little usable time off. We don’t need your attitude on top of all of that.
You’re not special. Nothing about you warrants any type of special discount or deal not advertised for the rest of the city. Don’t get mad when we turn down your crazy pleas to save a little money.
When you pick up an item and then decide you don’t want it, don’t just throw it in some random place. Just like you want to find the gifts you’re looking for, so does everyone else… so when you ditch that product, it’s just another gift someone else can’t find. Oh yeah, AND WE HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP.
Speaking of cleaning, it is absolutely disgusting to leave your Tim Horton’s/Starbucks coffee cups around the store. And what makes you think anyone wants to pick up that nasty tissue you blew your nose with? That’s disgusting.
And on the topic of disgusting, when I come to work in the morning the washrooms are clean and smell nice. As the day go on, it’s a completely different story. CUSTOMERS are the reason the washrooms are a mess, so instead of complaining, how about not throwing your used paper towels all over the floor, not urinating on the floor or the toilet seat and what about flushing the toilet when you’re done using it. I seriously doubt any of you act this way at home, and if you do, I’m thankful I’ll never have to use your washroom.
The list could go on and on.
So, when you’re not greeted with a smile or a friendly voice in your local toy/electronic/department store, don’t be surprised. There is a reason why retail workers get put into such bad moods during the holiday season.
Be nice to your retail workers! Our job sucks.
