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[MTK]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Try working there this time of the year! I worked at the mall for 2 years in college and the holidays were more miserable than you might imagine.

I remember having to listen to one bitch complain for about 15 minutes because we had run out of gift boxes, even though it was almost 11pm on December 23rd (we were supposed to close at 10 that night). It's like "look, maybe you'd have been able to get the damn boxes if you hadn't wanted until the last minute." And then she started to go on about how we didn't have enough crap on sale so I kicked her out of the store, right in front of my manager. I thought I was going to get fired but my manager just laughed about it and told me I did the right thing.

But the worst day ever to work, IMO, is December 26th. I could care less about working the day after Thanksgiving because for some reason people seemed a bit nicer, but the day after X-mas blew donkey balls. People were extra rude and basically all they wanted to do was return/exchange everything they got. Luckily I didn't work on commishion because I have feeling that on the 26th you work the hardest but make the least amount of money.

Ever since that I tend to be really chill when I do holiday shopping, so that's nice.

My only retail experience was when I worked at CompUSA a few years ago so I can relate. It was holy hell around the holidays.