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What irks me about the holidays
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on December 22, 2014, 01:11:03 pm ---No kidding, Lee! For some reason, I can't get this one out of my head. Ughhhhh.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lPw9hkk3II[/youtube]
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That one is the very worst. I worked at Macy's for two Christmas seasons and heard it like three times a shift. The. Worst.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on December 23, 2014, 11:11:08 am ---according to what I heard on the radio yesterday, the biggest complaints about the holidays are longer lines in stores, and more traffic.
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I was on line at the post office on Saturday, late morning and there were exactly three people in the line. The two other people were complaining about the line and also the fact that the US government is so lazy and corrupt, loudly, so that the one lone postal employee behind the counter could hear. He was polite and jovial the entire time. Fortunately, I only had to wait a couple of minutes.
brianr:
In both Australia and New Zealand, the Postal services are now private companies with Govt controls. Most post services are now agencies in supermarkets or newsagents. The dedicated post shops are not open on Saturday. And in NZ post deliveries are to be reducedto 3 days per week some time next year. I would think a queue of 3 was nice and short.
brianr:
I am in Sydney and went to the local shopping mall to help my sister yesterday. She lives just 3 blocks away but car parking is impossible. However she cannot carry very much. My arms are now longer after the walk home ;D
It annoys me all the crowds and rushing about. Even Dunedin was busy (but nothing like Sydney) when I went to the shops last week.
We do not buy presents in our family. All I buy for Christmas are cards (3 weeks ago) and yesterday I bought some glace fruit for my sister and today I will buy some beer for my BiL and some bottles of wine (NZ naturally) as I am visiting friends for lunch over the weekend.
I bought some vitamins (cheaper in Australia than NZ) and 500 Euro which I will need next April.
My sister just had to buy food because I am staying, we will have a proper Christmas dinner and she has her in-laws over on Saturday (I will go out to avoid them).
I am counting the days until I can go back to the peace, quiet and cool of Dunedin next Tuesday.
CellarDweller:
When I have to mail something during the holidays, I go to a "Mail Boxes Inc" location right down the street.
Very fast, and almost always I'm the only one in the place.
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