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.
