While everyone is getting ready to go home to
celebrate Thanksgiving with their families I will be stuck here in San Marcos working Black
Friday. Oh they joy…. L This
year I know some stores are opening as early as 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving day and
some stores are even open with regular business hours. Every year department
stores want to open earlier and earlier which makes no sense to me. So many
individuals do not get to celebrate holidays with their families anymore
because business would rather be open to bring in money than to allow their
workers to spend quality time with their families. I cannot remember the last
time I got to spend the holidays with my family without having to leave early
because I had to go to work. Every year I typically get at least get one day
off for Thanksgiving break but this year I work Wednesday through Sunday with no days
off. On the bright side at least I do not have any exams right after coming
back from break and my paycheck will be more than usual. Even though I will not
be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family this year I hope everyone who
does takes advantage of all the good food and family time!
aww same! i'll be back home but have to work both thanksgiving evening and black Friday. I wish retailers would respect that boundary. but i hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving! :)
ReplyDeleteSame here! It has been YEARSSS since I have been able to go home for Thanksgiving or Christmas because of working in retail. People are crazy about their shopping! This is the first time in forever I get to spend the holiday with my family and I can not WAIT for all the home cooked food I'm about to eat! I wish working in the retail industry wasn't such a hassle around holidays. I hope you have a good break even though you won't be home!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking about this the other day. Just like you, I work retail and that means working all holidays. It sucks seeing everyone get to go home and spend time with their family, and I'm stuck in SM waiting for my Black Friday shifts to start. I haven't been able to actually spend the holidays with my family in years, kinda sucks working retail sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI agree I believe that the store should open until regular store hours and have the deals then, because they are taking time away from a lot of people that want to spend time with their families. I am glad that I will not be working it I have only worked it one time and I hated it, the wednesday because that Friday we had the same deal we were going to have and it was crazy how people get for this one Friday. But hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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