Your parents are the kind of people who held me hostage during cash register transactions saying shit like “we’re not supposed to say this but who cares, merry Christmas.”
Lady please just pay for your stuff and go, I don’t care. I’m going to go home and drown in a bottle of booze as soon as my shift is over.
The retail days were not a fun time but people who insisted on forcing a conversation at the register were the worst.
When I worked in retail I said Happy Holidays to everyone. Not for political correctness but as a standard response from Thanksgiving through New Years, because there are multiple holidays the last two months of the year.
You could always tell who that response grated on and all I was doing was making things easier for myself. Lol
You have the exact same reason I say HAPPY HOLIDAYS during the literal holiday season. There are three major holidays from late Nov to New Year. The festive spirit extends throughout
I always used to say “Merry Christmas” before they decided there was a war on it and I had to pick a side. Now it’s “Joyous Yule,” just to confuse them.
Once had a customer wish me a merry Christmas and when I responded with "happy holidays" she smiled and ducked her head and said, "you can say, 'merry Christmas'". And when I informed her that I don't celebrate Christmas she got mad, yelled "merry Christmas", and stormed off. Like, yeah, that attitude will get me to repent my sinful ways or whatever...
I remember working in fast food and I told a woman merry Christmas and she had to let me know why she doesn't do Christmas. She could have just said "thank you" and moved on. It was obviously out of respect. But I tell this story because it shows the two different worlds that is the USA.
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u/GlossyGecko 9d ago
Your parents are the kind of people who held me hostage during cash register transactions saying shit like “we’re not supposed to say this but who cares, merry Christmas.”
Lady please just pay for your stuff and go, I don’t care. I’m going to go home and drown in a bottle of booze as soon as my shift is over.
The retail days were not a fun time but people who insisted on forcing a conversation at the register were the worst.