Sounds like my mother has a kindred spirit out there, somewhere, since one of her classic office questions (as reported by a coworker) was the time she asked, "what day of the week is next wednesday?"
I did my time in holiday retail. I make a point not to be rude to retail folks if I can at all help it (and if I can't, I ask for a manager and say outright it's because no retail person is paid enough to also listen to complaints that aren't within their scope to fix) -- but I make an especial point to be extra-considerate during the holidays. There are enough rude people out there making every retail person's day hell. I don't need to be one more on the pile.
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Date: 26 Nov 2012 03:59 pm (UTC)I did my time in holiday retail. I make a point not to be rude to retail folks if I can at all help it (and if I can't, I ask for a manager and say outright it's because no retail person is paid enough to also listen to complaints that aren't within their scope to fix) -- but I make an especial point to be extra-considerate during the holidays. There are enough rude people out there making every retail person's day hell. I don't need to be one more on the pile.