Today, my manager made everyone put up Christmas decorations around the store. As well as this, we're going to have Christmas music playing on repeat all the way through to January. It's not even September yet. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, the mall I work at started playing Christmas songs on repeat. It's the beginning of November. FML
Today, my boss insisted that we get in the holiday mood by putting up lights, playing Christmas music, and wearing bells on our uniforms. It's not even Thanksgiving yet and I can't even have a tinkle without full-blown jingling. FML
Today, my boss made me wear reindeer antlers to promote the Christmas spirit. There are still 5 weeks till Christmas. FML
Today, at my job at the mall, our music malfunctioned and now will only play the same three songs over and over again. Our manager won't let us turn it off because "the customers won't notice". FML
Today, my neighbors coated their house in flashing Christmas lights and blared out "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" all day long. Only 29 days left until Christmas. FML
Today, I came home to find my parents wearing Santa hats and blasting Christmas music at full volume. So begins three months of hell. FML
Today, and every day this week, my office mate has decided to "liven up the place" by singing and whistling Christmas tunes and other unknown songs. She has zero musical ability. FML
Today, after telling my bosses how much I dislike the Christmas holiday, they assigned ME to organize and host a holiday party for our whole company, with a “Mariah Carey Christmas Karaoke.” I hate Christmas. FML
Today, my boss thought it would be a great idea to delay paying me until after Christmas. There goes rent, bills, food and of course Christmas presents. FML
Today, it's Christmas day. Normally, I'd be spending it with family. However, my boss decided everyone has to work today, despite the fact that there's enough people who want to work to run the place. Apparently it's "fairer" if we all have to do it - except him. FML
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silvercamaro 22
Don't ya just love seasonal stores?
tonyfan00 38
JULY 21ST!?!!??!! WHAT THE HELL!!?!!!? CAUSE CLEARLY I NEED TO BUY A CHRISTMAS TREE IN AUGUST. AND CLEARLY I NEED TO STOP WITH THE CAPS. sorry
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Comments (112)
shinikageWolf 15
Shouldn't they have Holloween stuff up? I mean that's a closer holiday.
DonULFonso 22
In the Netherlands, shops are fined if Christmas decorations are put up before the 4th of December. Their "war on terror" ;) .
SmoothPancakes 10
Sweet Jesus we need that here in the States. It's going to be year round ******* Christmas crap in this country in a couple years at the rate things are going.
ckcknight 13
I'm sorry
PerditaDessa 38
Thanksgiving music isn't really my thing, but any store that's blasting Christmas music instead of a spooky sounds cd or something along the lines of the Monster Mash come Halloween would be off my list of places to shop.
cjwayy 22
I've never heard of "Thanksgiving music".
PerditaDessa 38
"We Gather Together" is the only one I recall by name. I used to work in a store that played traditional Thanksgiving music all November. If you're curious, I'm sure a search of 'Thanksgiving playlists' or the likes would answer any questions.
Tooorrriii3 22
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cjwayy 22
I went to Malaysia about four years ago. It was September and a local bakery was selling Christmas cookies.
noah_1234 24
arent you guys like super happy about christmas
rc89 9
working in retail means Christmas is such an anticlimax you spend months preparing putting up decorations listening to xmas music having meetings about xmas trading (these have already started) only to take the xmas decorations down at 7pm on xmas eve when the shop shuts I love xmas but its way too much just for 1 day
SmoothPancakes 10
No, you're not alone. At least among those of us with sense. In the business world, no other holiday exists, Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc be damned. ******* commercialism.
Britt125 16
Christmas is a 6 month event now lasting from early-mid August to early-mid January now it seems. Completely ridiculous. Actually working retail through it all friggin' sucks. I used to get customers complaining about it and it's like "and you don't even have to spend 40 or more hours a week here! Just think how much I hate it!" It's just torture and should be illegal. FYL, OP.