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[ahedonia]

OMG, I'm already gritting my teeth at how many times I've had to hear "Santa Baby" and Rufus Wainwright's "Hallelujah" here at Starbucks, and it's not even December yet.

I'm not going to last.

Yes, I know "Hallelujah" is a beautiful song, I think so too. But it's been done by everybody and their Aunt Edna, and effete little Rufus bugs me, for

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[netgirl_y2k]

At least you can walk out of Starbucks if it gets unbearable. At the shop I'm retail monkeying in this x-mas we like to think we're clever so we've had carols in latin for the last two and a half weeks, and no doubt will till January.

At this point I'd pay good money for Hallelujah.

[ahedonia]

At the shop I'm retail monkeying in this x-mas we like to think we're clever so we've had carols in latin for the last two and a half weeks, and no doubt will till January.

Oof. I've worked retail before. I have a dim recollection of your pain, and it is extreme.

At least you can walk out of Starbucks if it gets unbearable.

That and I am thanking Buddha for my headphones and personal iTunes collection. ::pets headphones::

At this point I'd pay good money for Hallelujah.

::nods:: When I worked retail it was in a record store. (Remember records? You very well may not.) The one saving grace was a mixed tape one guy made (and that we were allowed to play) with fabulous alternative Christmas songs, like stuff by The Waitresses and The Pogues' utterly worship-worthy "Fairytale of New York." What other touching, lovely Christmas song has lyrics like "You scumbag, you maggot /you cheap lousy faggot/merry Christmas my ass/I pray God it's our last?" And is STILL beautiful?

[riveroceansea]

My boss changed the usual radio station at work because they started with the constant Christmas music at 1:00 last Wednesday I breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her profusely. Otherwise it would have been earplugs. Or sedatives. *snicker*