~The hustle the bustle, and of course i have already scolded
those whom would disregard those around them for a simple gift
( after all if we got everything we wanted all the time...
cliche as it is ... we still would not be happy.. what we seek
lies only subtly in monetary gain, financial security leads to
possibility.... and i'm not talking xbox 360 though yes i want
it, i can wait though ;-) ). What about those who are working
to get you out the door with those purchases? I've said it
every year and i will as long as this mouth and these fingers
work. People... please please stand up for the customer
service worker! There are times i am appalled at how people
treat those who are working. The cashier has no power.... and
no, when things change as quickly as they do around the holiday
season they aren't going to know everything right off the top
of their head especially if they are seasonal. Now deal with
the picky superior way people act all day and try to stay in
the spirit enough to wake up early that one day you have off
and battle through crowds with bare enough energy to push
through let alone defend the poor girl who's trying to figure
out why the sale price isn't ringing and near in tears her
first 10 minutes into her shift because some hoity toity pole
butt can't be bothered to be patient for a few minutes. If you
don't want to deal with the hassle... go shopping at 10 am on a
monday morning. If you can't then just like rush hour traffic,
accept that this is the way it's going to be and you are NOT
going to help the situation by frazzling the person that has to
deal with complaint after complaint after complaint when all
they're supposed to do is ring the people out. You want to
complain take a deep breath and make sure you're making your
statement ( i emphasize the word statement screaming your head
off ( i can attest to this having waitressed and worked
customer service jobs a good majority of my working life) is
only going to irritate the situation. If it doesn't you should
send the person a frickin gift basket for having such enormous
patience.) In my observations many people don't and i've seen
hair crazed red faced lunatics yelling at the top of their
lungs be satisfied and nary so much as a thank you but a huff
and a dark glare at the poor 6.50 an hour worker who's just
trying to make some extra cash so they can eat EVERY day when
they're away at college as mom and dad have put everything they
have scraped away for into said school and barely have enough
left to make a decent christmas dinner ( which, depending on
the job i'd like to take the moment to remind you some of these
workers may not be home for until 10 at night if at all. There
are families that have a dinner and go to sleep and wake up for
an hour to have dinner with that person.). So(and those of
you who aren't getting uppity at this point are most likely
laughing with me and reminiscing about some angry little
customer) before you get all self righteous because you're in
a HUGE hurry to accomplish your daily deeds to celebrate this
holiday of PEACE, LOVE, AND GOODWILL AMONG ALL..... take a deep
breath, try and see if that waitress had someone yelling at her
two minutes before she forgot to get your refill. Or the
cashier just had a nitpicking fool who kept asking the same
question over and over again even though they were getting the
answer they needed, and realize the more we help each other by
just taking a moment to calm... or , my personal favorite...
pardoning yourself into the conversation and alerting the "self
designated elite" to their immensely rude behaviour in the most
clear calm and LOUD voice one can.... we can perhaps , finally
start giving something back to the emotion of the holidays
instead of seeing so mu2ch getting, taking , receiving...
you're following me right? ;-)@};--------
