Shopping at Christmas. Screaming inside!

Just all the noise, fuss, fake smiles. Inside my head I'm screaming for darkness and quiet. Never realised before why I felt this 

Anyone else know what I mean?

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  • That’s why online invented.

    Feel for me guys.  I work part-time in retail. Argghhh on the inside. How can I help you? On the outside.

  • Snap. I work part time in retail, always have. Luckily now I work early mornings when there's no one about because I actually pick the online shopping for customers. But before I've been a delivery driver and front of house. Smiling politely at people. There is a line in one of The Smith's songs from the 80's that always comes to mind when I would have to deal with awkward customers. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, brownie points for anyone who can guess it Grin

  • I was an online picker for a year. Like you I loved the early hours until around 9am when the masses came in. I stayed a year, would have been longer if the shifts hadn't been so long, 6 in theory but often 8-9. Too long on my feet carrying shopping and I ended up with tennis elbow. 

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  • I was an online picker for a year. Like you I loved the early hours until around 9am when the masses came in. I stayed a year, would have been longer if the shifts hadn't been so long, 6 in theory but often 8-9. Too long on my feet carrying shopping and I ended up with tennis elbow. 

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