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5 months ago

The end is near…

I will have had a total of 11 days off from November 1st through January 2nd.

And yes Christmas and Thanksgiving count as days off. None of these days have been consecutive days off. I wasn’t sure if I would survive another year of this bullshit.

But there’s a light a the end of the tunnel and I can’t WAIT.

I’m taking a 4 day weekend January 13th. FOUR DAYS! FOUR DAYS!

We’re going to Seattle to eat, and drink, and shop and stay in a VERY swanky hotel.

We’re going to lay around and do nothing, and then after that we’re going to do EVREYTHING.

And THEN in February we’re taking another long weekend and flying to Phoenix to be pampered at a resort for four glorious days.

Just like every year for the past 16 years, I have to hope that this will be my last round of this miserable holiday work hell. But for now I’m focusing on the simple fact that for THIS year the end is near.

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6 months ago

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And now a message from your friendly hospitality & customer service industry workers…

It’s that time of year when I’d like to take a moment to remind you that as you are winding down for your 2 day work weeks, your Thanksgiving snoozefest, and your Christmas break of bliss, followed closely by your New Years weekend of football and chili, that those of us in the the hospitality, customer service, and retail worlds are getting ready to want to die.

As you call our help lines, or wander into our restaurants, our hotels, our shopping malls, please remember that not everyone gets these “holiday breaks”. And for those of us who don’t, we are tired…we are SO VERY tired. And we’re bitter. We’re so VERY,VERY bitter. For most of us, we would be lucky to simply get two days off in the same week…and praise the lord if they happen to be two days off together! But we won’t hold our breath on that one.

We just want to do ALL of the things that the rest of the world gets to do during the holidays. Instead we go to work.

So when you see us please take note of our exhaustion and treat us accordingly.

Please look us in the eye.

Please wish us Merry Christmas.

Please treat us like human beings.

Please say please and thank you to us while we serve you your precious Starbucks, or ring up your holiday gifts.

Please realize that while your world might slow down around the holidays, ours speeds up and grinds us to a ~~fucking~~ FUCKING pulp.

And lastly, don’t bother telling us how exhausted YOU are from your multitude of holiday gatherings…because frankly, we feel zero sympathy for you, and we just want it all to be over.

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6 months ago