Working in retail can be a lot of fun...but at the holidays, it can be very dark and draining. I don't so much mind the hours...it's what happens to people that I hate. The holidays bring out the worst in some. So many have lost the reason behind the season. It's stunning to watch people fight over the last of an item...and sadder yet is hearing that someone took something from another person's cart.
We get chastised because we don't have enough of a particular item, as if we had a crystal ball to see what would sell well. Did you know most Christmas items are ordered almost a year in advance? We get yelled at because there are lines. I have even had a customer complain because we were playing Whitney Houston. One several occasions, I've been royally chewed out because we're not playing any Hanukkah music. My only reply is, "We probably would, but Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Neil Diamond, and Barry Manilow have only record Christmas albums."
So, it's really hard to get that Christmas spirit. The only thing that keeps me sane this time of year is coming home to a warm home, beautifully decorated, with all our happy "kids", and falling deeply into the eyes of the man I love. That's where I find Christmas.
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Well said!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and have a super Kwanzaa, Scooter.
I love the Faith Hill song. So beautiful. I listen to it often this time of year.
I'm proud of how hard you work and that you can manage to put with people like that. And that you can find Christmas here in our home. :)
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