I swear, some days I feel like I’m stuck in a never-ending nightmare. I’ve been working retail for what feels like an eternity, and the holiday season is the worst. I’m constantly forced to put on a fake smile and pretend to care about the never-ending stream of customers who just want to rip me apart. Newsflash: just because I wear a green Santa hat and fake elf ears doesn’t mean I’m in the holiday spirit. It just means I’m trying to pay for college.
I’ve had it up to here with the entitled customers who think the world revolves around them. ‘I need this product, NOW. Why can’t you just give it to me?’ Um, excuse me, lady, but I’m a college student trying to survive on a minimum wage salary, not a personal shopping assistant. And another thing, can we please just get one thing straight: I don’t care about your holiday. I care about getting through my shift without losing my mind.
It’s hard to believe I used to be one of those annoyingly cheerful people who loved the holiday season. Now, all I can think about is how much I want to crawl under my bed and hide. I’m so over the fake niceness, the forced small talk, and the constant requests to ‘just ask me if I have this in the back.’ Can’t anyone see that I’m just a fragile college student trying to make it through the day without totally losing it? Please, just leave me alone.
>Soulkyn