Who ever thought of Black Friday sales day first should be bound and gagged and pushed off to sea on a raft and when no one is looking, be pushed off it.
People wait in lines to buy something just so they can boast to their one friend how much they saved.
But just look at the price of that slow cooker crock pot!
Companies that open early are uncaring about their employees. But hey, its retail right?
People will complain about the service on Black Friday. They never think of the salesman or cashier that had to leave their family to come back to work to put up with unruly customers. Happy Holidays my ass!
Corporate big wigs who make those decisions will be at home that day.
It's sad really that companies will go to great lengths to try to get you to come in to shop when for the other 364 days of the year you wouldn't bother.
If you work in retail, you hate the holidays. Halloween stuff is on the shelves in September. Christmas stuff comes rolling in to the store in September and a lot of work and manpower will be involved to try to sell it all before Christmas.
Christmas is a special time of the year for all the little children. Gifts should be for the little ones only. To them it is a day of joy and fun.
Grownups are forced to visit people they don't really like and pretend to be jolly and happy and sit down to a very large meal, in the meantime formulating a plan on how to leave early.
Drinking emphasizes that the person who talks a lot but has nothing to say and whom you thought was not too bright and a bore will confirm it loudly and often throughout the evening.
And I think that is enough for now.
time for a big grumpy cup of coffee
ray
2 comments:
Wow...bitter and angry all rolled into one.
I know you were generalizing, but consider the following counterpoints:
1. The holidays are times for many that they look forward to getting together with family they don't normally very often, if at all. Making the effort to visit with them should be applauded, not scrutinized.
2. Working in retail. Did the rules suddenly change? If a person works in retail and they don't like it, find another profession. I know it can be done...I did it. But that takes time and effort, lots of effort, to make a better life for ones self. And I know that not everyone has it 'in them' to work that hard to make a change.
3. Drinking. No, not everyone drinks on the holidays. I think I saw one glass of wine consumed on Thanksgiving day.
4. Corporate big wigs making decisions. Yes, they worked hard for their positions and it's obvious they do something right - over 1/3 of Americans were out shopping on Black Friday. That's over 100 million people - likely happy that these big wigs provided these deals in this economy.
5. So when Christmas merchandise rolls into the store, are you implying retailers should just leave the stuff in boxes and let it's customers dig through them to find what they are looking for? In other words, merchandise doesn't always sell itself, so yes, some effort (or 'work and manpower' as you describe it) will be required to sell it. But isn't that the purpose of working in retail? To sell merchandise?
I think this is enough for now...but just wanted to provide a different perspective on the holidays. I actually enjoy them.
I have worked in retail for over thirty years. I love helping people and I love to sell. That is my job and I enjoy it. All holidays that have been created are intertwined with commercial sales. I think a day of Thanksgiving or a day of thinking of someone special should not be a one day thing. People lose sight of that when they camp out in lines to score the big prize.
You left retail, on to something bigger and better. That is fine. I hope you enjoy what you do.
I don't begrudge anyone or anything. Sometimes the superficial gets in the way of enjoyment.
Thanks for stopping by.
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