Scolded for saying Happy Holidays

[SuperB]

My company sent out generic HAPPY HOLIDAYS e-mails to our customers & I had about 10 customers e-mail me & tell me they were offended by it. WHATEVER. I work for a large company & *gasp* not all of our customers are christian. WHAT LOSERS.

My sentiments exactly, except it's of anyone so "offended" by the words "Merry Christmas" that companies are demanding the words never be spoken aloud.

[TwoScoopsSciath]

After knitting hats last Christmas, she told me that "handmaking gifts was cute when you were five, try to do better next year".

Oh, no she didn't!

[machinest]

About two weeks ago I was in a gift shop making a purchase after being rung up the cashier said "enjoy your holiday sir",at whitch the lady behind me snaped "[B]its christmas young lady" . I turned around showed the lady the package of hannuka candles I had just purchased and said "not for me it is not".

[Broomjockey]

I can't believe that you've all left out Wintereenmas! *cries* You're all horrible people!



Closest thing to a holiday for me around now is the solstice. Otherwise my next official one isn't until February.

[Kirachan]

<3 wintereenmas

[cattaur]

My partner & I were out doing Christmas shopping yesterday (after he had done some deliveries. He was wearing the uniform (Aloha) shirt and a Santa hat.) We were walking through K-mart when a lady approached him and asked if he worked there. Obviously, he said no.
Her response, "Then you should take off that hat!" and kept walking...

We both just stared after her...

(and no, we didn't see any of the actual workers with Santa hats on.)
I feel sorry for anyone she dealt with.

When I was working in retail (and more specifically in the stores) I would say "Happy Holidays" around this time of year. (I am personally NeoPagan) Never had any bad comments to it. It seems to me that this country is getting more and more polarized over the past few years.

[Lady Heather]

Yule or Winter Solstice

What's the Wiccan holiday called?

My Boss is Wiccan and has been saying "...and have a great Yule-Time!"
At some point I started saying "Buddha Bless!" in response. We started keeping track of responses. Most customers are so on auto pilot they respond "You too."
Only 5 customers have said "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" in the past 3 days. No one's gotten snippy but only 5 people?

[aurelemsrealm]

I figure it like this, if I have to deal with a bunch of jerks, it's not much of a holiday. My holidays come when I have days off. I'll celebrate my own holiday in my own way. I don't need to be told what I already know. As I told one of my coworkers the other day when we had a disagreement, "Your opinion has been summarily noted and disregarded. Thank you!"

So far, customers have only said, "Merry Christmas," as the only holiday greeting/farewell. So, I just thank them and say it back if they bother. My theory is that it's just words.

[Snowbird]

Be careful, I try to bring facts into the holidays and got disowned by my lovely(and I use that term loosely) mother(Very loose, almost gappy). But it's okay, After knitting hats last Christmas, she told me that "handmaking gifts was cute when you were five, try to do better next year".

Tria, for next year's holiday, why not try donating money to a charitable organization in your mothers name as her present? If she is ungrateful, you can rest assured that the charity won't be.

As for being scolded for saying happy holidays, having worked in a religious store for numerous years, I was reprimanded by customers, sucky or not, for using that phrase and much, much more.

[retaildrone]

"But since my attempt to be pleasant and wish you a happy holiday offends you, then I will simply state that I hope your holiday sucks. Bye Bye now."

I like the way you think. I have often thought the same thing.

"Me wishing you well offends you?? Then piss off and die!"