Holi-Dazed and Confused

Aren't people supposed to be nice and friendly this time of year?

I work in retail. It's painful to watch how rude people can be to those that are there to help them. They don't care about others. They don't care about anything but their own little worlds. Just some of the stupidest things happen before my own eyes.

I watched a man yell at a retail associate because the store was out of a specific item. It's not their fault that you're Christmas shopping 5 days before Christmas. You expect to find that $299.99 laptop a full 6 days into the sale? Good luck, Ass-Hat.

I got yelled at by a woman in a store I don't even work in for not helping her find out if they had a specific tablet. After the third time explaining to her that I do not work there in a total of 10 minutes, she finally realized I was telling the truth.

I watched a pastor for a church go into a store, present his tax-exempt card, and request 30 tablets, using the money from his church. Money given to him by the members of the church. And all of the tablets are going to the members' children. So, the members paid for their own gifts to their children. That man spent over $1800.00 on tablets. I heard him mention that he bought a ton of blu-ray players and Wii's as well, just for them. Did I mention this was money given to him by the parents of the gift receivers?

Moral of today's rant? Be nice to the store associates. They're there to help, and they're probably more stressed than you are right now. Your insignificant gift hunting is nothing compared to their having to deal with hundreds of assholes a day; Being yelled at, threatened, cussed out, all in a day's work. You're not better than them. Stop your temper tantrums, stop your complaints. If they look unhappy, it's probably because they're tired of being treated like crap.


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