Stay home

[candyshopgirl]

I was talking the other day to a coworker.We were talking about how funny it would be if all of us "peaon" workers would just stay home one day. All the rich,smug,self important,asshole,and jerks would lose it. Think about all the things they couldn't get. I'm just so tired of being treated like a moron because I work behind a cash register. Do you guys think that the jerks would see the errors of their ways.Autually lets be honest the sucky ones would just bitch becasue we were closed for one day

[Bright_Star]

But they DO bitch about being closed for one day-It's called Christmas Day.

[Kyree]

But they DO bitch about being closed for one day-It's called Christmas Day.

Not every place is closed Christmas though Lots of Food places and gas stations around here, at least, are still open.

[rerant]

There have been days I just wanted to hand over my uniform and tell the entitled bastards that if they think they can do my job any better they're willing to give it a shot.
They might think I'm a moron for being behind a register but I'd love to watch them fall all over themselves trying to use one.

[Jay 2K Winger]

But they DO bitch about being closed for one day-It's called Christmas Day.

Yeah, we get people angry about that. We get more people angry because we close early on Christmas Eve.

When one SC asked why we were closing so early, I told her, quite bluntly, "Because we have families, too, and we would like to spend time with them."

The store where I work is closed two days out of the year: Easter and Christmas. We're only open on Thanksgiving until 3PM, and they only schedule people who volunteer for it (they pay time-and-a-half on holidays).

[Polenicus]

Not every place is closed Christmas though Lots of Food places and gas stations around here, at least, are still open.

USED to be everything was closed on Christmas. Used to be that was SACROSANCT. The only people who worked were emergency workers, powerplant... the absolute bare minimum we could get by with in a day. At least that's how I remember it.

Now... hell, Wal-Mart is gonna have a Christmas Day SALE! Come do your banking! WE WILL SCHEDULE EXTRA PEOPLE TO REINFORCE THE IDEA THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOTHING BUT DRONES WITH NO LIVES OR FAMILIES!

[Amina516]

Now... hell, Wal-Mart is gonna have a Christmas Day SALE! !

I thought the only day Wally World is closed was Christmas? Are they going to open now?! As if they dont make enough $$ the other 364 days?

[blas]

Oh, it was kind of sucky of me, but when I was a trainer, I called in more frequently than I ever did in my entire tenure. And if I wasn't calling in, I was taking random Thursday or Sunday nights off as often as possible (depending on how much vacation time I had). The days I took off, no one could really bitch about because it's my time and I have every right to use it, but meh...

I did it a lot for my own mental health and to be vindictive and force others to spend a night in my shoes, in hopes that they'd see what I went through and see why I felt the way I did. Usually people were pissed when I was gone and they had to babysit trainees for me.

[bigpedaler]

There have been days I just wanted to hand over my uniform and tell the entitled bastards that if they think they can do my job any better they're willing to give it a shot..

You just reminded me of my first retail job...1979 OMG!!!! I worked the graveyard shift, and it was my first encounter with the 'eskimo lady' -- called that because she wore a fur-edged scarf ALL THE TIME!! (Saw her two years ago, still wearing it!!)

She would come into the store (grocery) after midnight on Tuesday night because Wednesday was 'double coupon day'. On this night, I was called to bag for her. No biggie, right? Not until I put three canned veggies in the big paper bag; she looked in the bag, and said, "That's enough."

Looking slightly confused at her, I put a 4-roll pack of T.P. on top of the cans. She YANKS the T.P. out of the bag, snarling,"I said, That's ENOUGH!"

I proffered the next empty paper bag to her, asking, "You wanna bag 'em?" and walked away.

Caught some shite for that one....

[Samaliel]

But they DO bitch about being closed for one day-It's called Christmas Day.

Come on. You and me both know they bitch about stores being closed any day, for any reason.

"Due to thermonuclear zombie apocalypse, the store is closed until further notice. Sorry for the inconvenience."

SC : How can you be closed ? This is unconceivable ! Where else am I supposed to get my very trivial and insignificant overpriced item that I'd like you to believe my life depends on ? I demand your manager !

And then a zombie eats whatever little brains the SC has.

[Aethian]

And then a zombie eats whatever little brains the SC has.

I feel sorry for the zombie.

[bloodrose]

USED to be everything was closed on Christmas. Used to be that was SACROSANCT. The only people who worked were emergency workers, powerplant... the absolute bare minimum we could get by with in a day. At least that's how I remember it.

And Chinese restaurants! I remember one Christmas Eve when I had done inadequate grocery shopping and had no real food in my house. I was sooo hungry. I drove around town, looking everywhere, and was sooo releived to find a Chinese restaurant open. I kept thinking "Oh, Thank God for Buddhists!" as I ate my mu-shu.

[RetailWorkhorse]

And then a zombie eats whatever little brains the SC has.

You just know the Zombie's going to get brain poisoning.

[Velfarre2001]

Two for one sale.

No more SC's, no more brain eating zombies. OH! Since I can't tell the difference, I can just smoke SC's and say oops, looked like zombies.....

SCORE! Now where is that damn Zombie Apocalypse when ya need it?

[Emrld]

The movie of this has in a sense already been made . . .called "A Day without a Mexican"
Basically California wakes up and their are no Latino's to be found. (used the terms on IMDB about the movie)

Yes, it touches on some issues other than just grunt workers being out.