Public Holiday meltdown

[portia911]

Yes. legally we have to close for 3 and a half days a year. We are open every other day. Are people so driven by the need to aquire things they cannot spend 3 and a half days not shopping!

And why do they always come in the day after a public holiday with a sour look on their face and snarling 'You were closed yesterday and we were very disappointed!rant rant rant!'

Do lowly retail workers not deserve to have the public holidays the rest of the nation enjoys?

[depechemodefan]

SCs don't even think you should have a lunch or restroom break. Or God forbid, close exactly at the time that is stated.

[Mike Taylor]

Yes. legally we have to close for 3 and a half days a year. We are open every other day. Are people so driven by the need to aquire things they cannot spend 3 and a half days not shopping!

And why do they always come in the day after a public holiday with a sour look on their face and snarling 'You were closed yesterday and we were very disappointed!rant rant rant!'

Do lowly retail workers not deserve to have the public holidays the rest of the nation enjoys?

RESPONSE: "We were closed yesterday because the government had this ridiculous idea that we should be allowed to spend time with our friends and families. I'm sorry if that inconvenienced you in any way."

[portia911]

mind you I did'nt help matters by telling on customer the reason I did'nt open for 2 days over New Years was becuase I was having far too much fun lying on the beach with my friends drinking beer and talking shite to come home

[rerant]

RESPONSE: "We were closed yesterday because the government had this ridiculous idea that we should be allowed to spend time with our friends and families. I'm sorry if that inconvenienced you in any way."

I always love using this line on people. They always get the cat butt face that lets you know they've realised what dicks they are but refuse to show it.

Here we actually have Family Day, but of course retail shops all stay open as it's an excuse for people to spend more money as they have the day off work.
This year was the very first Family Day and people were bitching left and right about how busy the store was until I finally snapped on one woman and said, "You're right, it is pretty busy. Maybe we should force some people to go home to empty it out a bit. How about all the employees who didn't get a chance to enjoy this so-called "Family Day" and instead had to come into work to deal with this. Would that empty the place out enough?"

She just stood there, mouth agape, then finally stammered out a, "I guess you're right," before she pounded sand.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Do lowly retail workers not deserve to have the public holidays the rest of the nation enjoys?

No, no we are not. We are not allowed to eat our lunches which keep us from suffering from hypoglycemia and passing out on them. We are not allowed to go to the bathroom to prevent us from pissing on their shoes when our bladder says "everything must go NOW".

We are likewise not allowed to go on the vacations we have earned nor to take off federal holidays. We're not allowed to be sick, we're not allowed to be stuck in traffic.

If a giant asteroid crashes into our building, we must somehow pull another fully stocked and functional facility our of our ass so they can come in and buy some trivial thing costing less than a dollar.

If the power goes off in the area we must hook up generators to turn on the lights and the cash registers...but they must not make any noise or burn fossil fuels which pollute the environment.

Yet at the same time, if someone were to dare suggest that they stop by their work to drop off something (a process taking less than 15 minutes) on their day off...MELT DOWN CITY!!!

M