List of Christmas pet peeves

[Lace Neil Singer]

Cuz it's nearly December, ie the month when the craziness just keeps getting worse and worse before finally peaking on Christmas Eve. Tell me, what are your worst hates about working on the runup (or just after) Christmas? Here's mine:

1. "Blargle bitch sobcrywaaaambulance! YOU RUINED MY CHRISTMAS!"

This never ceases to annoy me, cuz the SC who's accusing you of ruining their Christmas is acting this way cuz of their own lack of planning. Also, first world problems. You know what would really ruin Christmas? A death in the family, a natural disaster like an earthquake or a personal tragedy like a pet dying. Get some perspective people! Oh, and don't assume I give a damn. In fact, I'm laughing inside cuz get this, I love ruining your Christmas.

2. Last minute idiot.

This SC always comes in at the last possible moment, then dawdles, acting as tho they have all the time in the world. At the petrol station, we have permission to close the forecourt five minutes before our actual closing time and therefore we have managed to defeat most of these SCs before they can do this. A small amount will drive in the back way, and then scream and yell cuz we won't let them in. It's six thirty on Christmas Eve, bitches; GO THE FUCK HOME. Just cuz you don't have a life doesn't mean I don't.

3. "Why don't you have...?"

Turkeys/tins of chocolate/advent calendars/crackers/insert other Christmas related item here. Cuz we're a petrol station, doofus. Try walking over the road. And yes, we have had a customer demand an advent calendar on Christmas Eve. What. The. Fuck.

(Will post others as they occur to me)

[EvilEmpryss]

1. "Blargle bitch sobcrywaaaambulance! YOU RUINED MY CHRISTMAS!"

... they say to the wage slave having to work long hours on the holidays just to pay rent and put food on the table, hoping that they'll have money for gifts when all the essentials are paid for.

Bite me.

[Food Lady]

^ exactly, exactly, exactly.

[barainga]

1. "Blargle bitch sobcrywaaaambulance! YOU RUINED MY CHRISTMAS!"

Just not a good Christmas if you work in retail/ food service and don't hear this phrase at least once.

Though to be honest, as much as I love hearing it I find it odd that not being open on Christmas and not being able to deliver pizzas ruined your holiday.

Yeah, we get calls on December 26th like this. At least 10. Im sure Im not the only one here.

[Pixilated]

Just not a good Christmas if you work in retail/ food service and don't hear this phrase at least once.

*snip*

Uh ... granted, I've only been in retail for a year, but I didn't hear this at all last year. Apparently I have yet to ruin anybody's Christmas ... *goes and hides from shame*

As a retail wage slave, what currently drives me bonkers are the "I'll come back [and buy it] later" folks. NOOOOOOO!! I won't be here later and the sale will go under somebody else's name! Buy it NOWWWWW!

Actually I suspect it evens out in the long run ... coworker A gets "my" sale while I get the sale "belonging" to coworker B. It's just frustrating when it seems as if this is all I've heard through the whole shift.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Heh, I've ruined loads of Christmases for SCs. It brings a little warmth to my cold, retail worker heart.

[Android Kaeli]

I'm not sure if I've ruined anyone's Christmas yet, but I have helped ruin several people's art projects. How? By daring to touch their pad of sketching paper with my bare hands. *gasp*

[Docmayhem]

... You know what would really ruin Christmas? A death in the family, a natural disaster like an earthquake or a personal tragedy like a pet dying. Get some perspective people! ...

My father-in-law passed away just before Thanksgiving last year (as in, wake on Wednesday, funeral on Friday), and I had to have my 14 year old yellow lab put to sleep in mid December.

And we still made an effort to get together with family and enjoy Christmas. Life has to be for the living.

[XCashier]

... they say to the wage slave having to work long hours on the holidays just to pay rent and put food on the table, hoping that they'll have money for gifts when all the essentials are paid for.

Bite me.

Amen and amen! Oh, such problems the upper class have. I'd be happy to trade them places for a while and see how they cope with being a member of the working poor.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I have a very short list of Christmas pet peeves.

1. Christmas.

Hopefully no explanation will be necessary

[Captain Trips]

1. "Blargle bitch sobcrywaaaambulance! YOU RUINED MY CHRISTMAS!"

This never ceases to annoy me, cuz the SC who's accusing you of ruining their Christmas is acting this way cuz of their own lack of planning. Also, first world problems. You know what would really ruin Christmas? A death in the family, a natural disaster like an earthquake or a personal tragedy like a pet dying. Get some perspective people! Oh, and don't assume I give a damn. In fact, I'm laughing inside cuz get this, I love ruining your Christmas.

I'm glad I don't work retail - I can't ruin anyone's Christmas by not having some material object they want on 12/24.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Another peeve is the "But it's Christmas!" SC. -.- This person will usually come out with that when they are a) trying to get you to do something that's against store policy, b) ignoring the fact that you can't pull a sold out item out of thin air, or c) refusing to let them in at closing time. Um, it's my fucking Christmas too.

[RealUnimportant]

Though to be honest, as much as I love hearing it I find it odd that not being open on Christmas and not being able to deliver pizzas ruined your holiday.

So I can't get Turkey & Cranberry with a chestnut-stuffed crust for my family's feast on the 25th?

[Eireann]

Man. I remember a Christmas when I'd been feeling kind of headachy on the 24th, and slept for a while, then got up in the late afternoon to go get something yummy before the store closed. I knew full well when it closed, and had no problem walking there. I didn't find it any kind of inconvenience that the store employees wanted to spend Christmas with their loved ones.

But, as so many people love to tell me, I'm weird.

[Silent-Hunter]

And yes, we have had a customer demand an advent calendar on Christmas Eve. What. The. Fuck.

Isn't the point of an advent calendar to lift up one little flap each day until Christmas? Who would want one on Christmas Eve? They'd get to flip two little flaps and that's it!