Today, the Salvation Army stationed one of their obnoxious bell-ringers in the mall right outside my store. My employees and I can wave goodbye to any form of sanity for the next month. 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, 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 neighbor installed a large radio that loudly plays Christmas music 24/7. When I called in a complaint to the police department they told me to, "get in the Christmas spirit." FML
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
Today, the block where I work had mandatory all-storefront works. I had to be there. The workers asked me for my ladder, cord extensions, driller, complained for 4 hours, and didn't clean after them. Now they're in front of my shop, loudly mocking my looks and clothes, I can hear them through the door. Nice day. FML
Today, I dinged a desk-bell at head office and everyone burst into a round of applause for me. I was reamed by HR and served written notice to not ding the bell, because, "Only agents are allowed ding the bell, and only when they close a sale." Sorry, I didn't know about the bell guys. 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, at my workplace, a TV was installed just above my register at work which plays the same mind-numbingly awful 13 second ad on loop for the duration of our latest sale. The sale lasts for what are going to be three very long weeks. FML
Today, my boss threw a pre-Christmas party at work. He always uses them to rant at us and tell us to be better employees. When the speech began, the alarm I have set for my daily birth control went off. It's the sound of an obnoxious screaming child. FML
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WCARlover 35
Anyone working in retail in the month of December can kiss sanity goodbye anyway...Christmas shopping brings out the crazy in people quite well
KittyLahv 27
I can only imagine OP walking around the store with those headphones on yelling at the customers, "ARE YOU FINDING EVERYTHING OKAY?!"
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rainbowdonnareed 18
get your managers okay to hang a pride flag or ask them why the don't help gay homeless folks
rednecksmurfette 1
i don't know what salvation army your referring to but they have no holds against gays. I have been a part of the church for the last 26 years. my grandparents were majors in the church until they retired and they have nothing against gays
stuck_in_my_head 4
I'm sorry that they are trying to help people and your selfish.
Garnetshaddow 30
Nobody should have voted YDI. Those bells are an abomination. I used to work at a grocery service desk and had 6 weeks of non stop bells. I still don't understand why people are confused about not liking bells. It also is not actually for a good cause. Always beware of religious charities. They have the freedom to express any twisted beliefs they want, and I am free to refuse to have anything to do with them. They openly violate discrimination laws. If an employee is found to be gay or bisexual, they lose their job if they don't go in to counseling. There are also numerous instances in which gay couples are refused shelter. It's monstrous to have the resources to help people and refuse over something so petty. Besides the charity I work for, my money goes to Heifer International. You "purchase" all or a portion of a gift of livestock. This can be anything from chickens to cows to camels. People can use the animals for labor, milk, eggs, meat etc. Also, once they start breeding it's an industry. That's a worthy cause.
alyKATANA1 12
I hate to say it, but the bell is obnoxious, HOWEVER they are doing good, so I think we can cut them some slack
mimii00 10
If it really bothers you, why don't you just ask them to stop with the constant ringing. Otherwise, deal with it. It's for a good cause, and who knows, one day, you may need their services.
edmunson 22
Why must some people go on and on about something with multiple negative posts? You can't win and you come across like an ignorant, semi-educated bigot. Simply say "nothing I agree with in xxxxxxx" and go to another FML. JUST SAYIN'
MetalSonicCD 13
Its interesting how everyone against the SA says "Do the research" I did. All I can find it articles from 3 years ago, and even when I look for an article in the past year, all I find is it copy and pasted. However, further research I find small time bloggers with no facts complaining and pushing their social justice agenda. I have nothing against homosexuals, but when they start an outcry saying the SA needs to apologize to them, then that's ridiculous. Its simple economics, a lot of America is christian so we can assume they are against homosexuals, feed that fire and create controversy, and you've got more funding. In the end, they aren't perfect, but getting upset because of their homophobia is looking at all the negatives instead of the positives. If the homophobia bothers you don't donate, if it doesn't go for it, it might end up helping someone.
mrjiggles1992 18
Pavloves dog...
sickmyduckplz 2
Offer to make a charitable donation in exchange for the placement of the Donation Collector in a different area of the mall?
alllygaator 4
lol, that happened where I work too. This lady was such a pain in the ass, the manager had to remind her we already had paid greeters and told her to either shut up or leave, no shit. It was funny, but I feel your pain