To those I owe comments to, I promise I'll get them in the next day or so. I haven't forgotten. It's just that I'm getting my butt kicked between long shifts, grocery shopping, last-minute surprise gift buying, STILL needing to decorate the tree [yes, STILL], and general exhaustion, I keep finding myself behind on EVERYTHING. So yes, bear with me ( Read more... )

Someone strangle me with mistletoe and drown me in eggnog.

It would be preferrable.

Help.

[There is some mercy in this world, though. I only have a five-hour shift next Sunday. *wilts*]

And didn't even GET a freakin' T-shirt. Editing the chapter now and will have it up shortly. Sorry, guys. I just slept 12 hours and could use another 2.

It was pies and homemade cranberry sauce last night for the Joos family feast, tonight it'll be fried turkey, mashed potatoes, and baked apples for the crew at work. But you know what? It'll distract me from the mess I'm going to be cleaning up on Black Friday! ;)

Happy Turkey Day to all of the US residents on my F-List! And for all those that aren' ( Read more... )

Preparing to head in to stripping down for Black Friday. Sending all the love in the world to my brothers and sisters out there in the retail world. You have to be a special kind of crazy to manage what we do during the holidays. Yes, it’s a job and that’s a good thing, but until you have to do it, don’t try to tell us how grateful we should be to ( Read more... )

This is my new favorite website. I will be reading two pages every night until the season is over.

Thank you! I actually survived it, though it was a nightmare and COMPLETELY disorganized and the lines were AWFUL with not enough crew. I'm not going to tell tales, but oh, do I have some to look back on.

Now to make it through the rest of the week. And I close Customer Service Friday night. Never been so grateful for those Saturdays off.


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Go to Anissa's post and read all about it.  Not included: Lois' work-related fuckery.  It's the biggest retail holiday of the year coming up!  Guess which fucktard manager is trying to cut hours and not hire any new seasonal employees!  Guess which crew is ready to kill him, each other, and the customers!  (Why yes, this WAS posted by Anissa.  Two ( Read more... )