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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

It's that time of year again.

Braving the holiday rush at the shopping malls. Shoving aside women and children as you rush for the registers. Slamming into cars in the parking lot as you rush for the exits from the mall. Cursing at the clerk at the register (who has been there for 10 hours without a break) because he shorted you a quarter in your change.

Sometimes I really hate this time of year.

I saw all of that today at Towson Town Centre. It's really sad. Next year, Amazon.com and eBay get my Christmas money.

Still ...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

*rolls eyes* What is it w/ people and Xmas? Hello! It's a holiday! You're supposed to be happy and relax and all that! Give up the whole "oh shit, I have to stress out because... because... well, no reason, but because that's what people do at Xmas!" thing!

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Oh, BTW, that's just a general complaint brought up by the stuff you mentioned, Jeff. It wasn't aimed at you, necessarily. :-)

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Well, see, I was at the mall today, because I forgot I had to get a frame for a poster I got for my sister.

And I got to hear some guy just cuss the clerk at Suncoast out because the clerk shorted him some change. I mean, it was horrible. The guy had his kid next to him, and he's just screaming "cocksucking motherfucking thief" over and over again.

And then I saw people pushing each other out of the way in the mall itself, and a couple of people coming damn close to a fist fight over a fucking parking space.

A PARKING SPACE! A few NICKELS and PENNIES!

WHAT THE FUCK?!

So much for the spirit of Christmas.

I'm going to go watch "The Princess Bride" cause nothing cheers me up like that movie.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I say Happy Boxing Day Eve to y'all.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Well, thank you very much.

Do you give gifts for Boxer's Day? I think I might move to Canada.

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Makes me think of my hero, Scrouge..

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Scrooge, unless you meant to say your hero is Scourge, in which case I am scared.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

That's Boxing Day, not Boxer's Day. No underwear or dogs, thank you very much.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Boxers ... Boxing ...

Whats the difference? =)

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Well, if boxers are the target in boxing, ouch.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Indeed.

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Well, I guess both as this season of joy, happiness, and merriment stands for me.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Indeedy, merry Xmas.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I'm pretty sure Boxing Day has more to do w/ boxes (the storage medium), rather than boxing (the "sport"). Right?

I read Dickens' A Christmas Carol every year at this time. Personally, I recommend that everyone do so. If nothing else, it might calm down a few of the idiots such as the ones Jeff encountered at the mall...

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Posted by DEAvendetta on :

The problem with Christmas, and the holidays as a whole is the fact they're so commercialized. When you work in a business that makes a load of money this time of year, you work your ass off! And many, including the people working in JeffK's mall will just be happy when the end of the rush happens.

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Well BAH HUMBUG to the lot of ya.

Quatre.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Hell, I wish I owned that mall!!!

You know, when I was a kid, all I associated with Christmas was getting TOYS! (And, admittedly, socks). I've been losing that over the past few years, and I really do get more joy giving people gifts. (I got a "metallic" mug from this really cute girl I work with today -- I give her an 8-ball which had been cut into a stick shift knob -- and you know what? I love it. Well, okay, I don't really need a mug - 'specially not a metallic one - but she went out with me in mind and got it for me, and hey, I love her for it )

Well, off to wrap some presents. Merry Christmas all.

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Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :

*kick*

Same season, same old shit all over again. Nuke the shopping malls, we'd all be better off.

Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :

I haven't shopped in the malls at Christmastime for nearly four years now -- I do it all online. In some ways I wish I could have the nostalgic experience of browsing the stores, actually physically doing something rather than just puttering away at my computer.... but the hassle is just not worth it.

Merry Christmas, anyway. [Smile]

Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :

Boxing day is perhaps the busiest retail day of the year. Sale, Sale, Sale. Lots of them. People love to line up since the early of the morning to get the best deals on anything. If you want shopping hell, try tomorrow here in Canada. Lineups, waits, cusses over parking spaces and chance, you want it, you get it.

Time to empty what's left of my Bank account.

Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

*spent all day yesterday and today working* I have many thoughts on the "holiday shoppers" out there, but I refuse to voice them - pleh!

All I can say for sure is that I'm going to call in sick this weekend - there's no WAY I'll be around for the excitement of after christmas returns at the mall... not a chance in the world.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sol System:
Scrooge, unless you meant to say your hero is Scourge, in which case I am scared.

The leader of the sweeps, or the renamed-for-the-US-version Black Convoy?

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TSN:
*rolls eyes* What is it w/ people and Xmas? Hello! It's a holiday! You're supposed to be happy and relax and all that! Give up the whole "oh shit, I have to stress out because... because... well, no reason, but because that's what people do at Xmas!" thing!

Tim Nix: Giving sensible advice since, er, the 23rd December 2000, apparently. Why did I not notice this back then?

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Did I really post like that back then? Oh, the days of my youth...

Posted by E. Cartman (Member # 256) on :

I like the adolescent you better.

Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :

Don't you mean, 'bitter?'

Posted by StarFire (Member # 748) on :

Oh...and you thought the rush BEFORE christmas was bad... Last night someone here spent 6 hours sorting returns into seperate departments and trying to get said departments to move their butts to the front of the store to pick their crap up. Wasn't pretty. Thank god she wasn't there at opening yestrday morning. She woulda probably killed a customer, or two.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Is that a bad thing, then?

Posted by StarFire (Member # 748) on :

Killing customers?

Nah. Could do without a few of 'em.