iam-nobody
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The only good thing about just losing my Job is that i only got a few days of the Christmas songs on the radio.
I feel sorry for the shop assistances who have to work in a shop that is playing Christmas songs all day.
Speaking as a former shop assistant who did three Christmas seasons in retail, ME TOO. That, combined with the hordes of shoppers whose intelligence could be charitably described as "sub-par" and who are extremely rude, is enough to make a girl homicidal.
I feel sorry for the shop assistances who have to work in a shop that is playing Christmas songs all day.
The title of the column alone is hilarious: Sing about the fat man again and I?ll shoot Tiny Tim.
Try being a waitress in this season. You have to provide for all the drunken parties that come in, my best friend also works in a dance themed bar so she has to dance to jingle bell rock every time someone orders something off their christmas menu.
*shudder*
I would like to amend my original post and state that anyone who has to deal with the general public at this time of year is entitled to sympathy, all the adult beverages s/he needs, and also one get-out-of-jail-free going postal incident.
My sisters and brothers in retail misery and I came up with a plan: when we rule the world, we're going to require everyone to work at least two Christmases in either retail or food service. Guaranteed to make everyone nicer and the world a more pleasant place in general.
Or for that matter on halloween.
[cut] . . .surprised The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping" didn't at least get honourable mention.
Those of you of a certain generation will no doubt remember it, but for those who don't, here it is. It's a great tune and I highly recommend it ...
Lord Clarkson of Oversteer said:It was a different story when I was at school. The housemaster was Buttocks, James Smith ? a white boy from Trinidad ? was Chicken George, the man who taught English was Rat, the clumsiest boy in school was Spanner, my history teacher was Piggy and I was Ness. I like to think this is because I was long and thin but I suspect it?s because I looked like a monster.