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Loneliness this Christmas

Saza

Hi,

I was reading a post recently. I realise that a lot of us here experience loneliness. Either sometimes or all the time. We find it hard to recognise where we have connections e.g. here. 

I'm wondering if anyone has any coping mechanisms in mind for Christmas loneliness and other struggles? 

I think I’m just feeling worried for us all! 

S

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  • What carries me through Christmas is my Catholic faith and truly realising and embracing the reason for the season, actively ignoring the overly-commercialistic elements, which in recent decades have caused so much suffering and hardship to so many people, having worked for over 30 years in supermarket retailing - this was massively brought home to me in Christmas 2020 and I will never forget that heartbreaking time as long as I live 

  • in reply to IrishInManchesterUK

    Commercialism - so destructive. They think spectrum ppl  are out of touch - try a Christmas shopper! What normal is that to aspire to?

  • in reply to Saza

    Interestingly enough, I was in my local Mc Donald’s yesterday and I overheard two girls from the outlet on a break chatting - it would appear that any staff member, including full time and permanent staff, that falls ill between 15th December and Christmas Day will get a final written warning as part of their disciplinary procedures for unauthorised absence, as the company says that any illness occurring during that time is automatically not deemed to be genuine - if I was their parents, I would be hopping mad at this, as the trade unions are as useless as a chocolate teapot and are allowing these miserable policies to happen, given my own 30 years in supermarket retailing 

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  • in reply to Saza

    Interestingly enough, I was in my local Mc Donald’s yesterday and I overheard two girls from the outlet on a break chatting - it would appear that any staff member, including full time and permanent staff, that falls ill between 15th December and Christmas Day will get a final written warning as part of their disciplinary procedures for unauthorised absence, as the company says that any illness occurring during that time is automatically not deemed to be genuine - if I was their parents, I would be hopping mad at this, as the trade unions are as useless as a chocolate teapot and are allowing these miserable policies to happen, given my own 30 years in supermarket retailing 

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