December 6, 2007
Why This Time Of Year Sucks
Or… since when did Christmas involve shoving shit in my face?
Okay so. Is it me? Or is the mall excessively annoying this time of year? I stopped by my favorite mall on the way home from work the other day to pick up some, um, personal items. Yes, I was totally shopping for myself instead of someone on my list (okay okay, truth be told I’m already done with my Christmas shopping. Yes. I totally am).
Anyway…
Wait. I need to back up. I was at the mall with a friend who’s a boy on Sunday and as we were walking around, this person pushes this … thing … at me and asks me to touch it. I shook my head. My friend shouts, and quite clearly too, “She doesn’t want to pet it!”
HA.
So as I was saying. I went to the mall to buy some sexy lacy lingerie totally for myself (okay and my playmate) when I had to literally RUN past all the Annoying Kiosk Workers. Okay, I get they’re trying to earn a living at the mall during the holidays but PLEASE. I do not want to pet whatever-the-fuck that is on your shoulders. I don’t want you putting your nasty make-up on my face. Nor do I want whatever the hell that lip gloss stuff is. No. Thank. You.
And the perfume counters. *choke* Do you know what 20349803 different kinds of perfume-slash-cologne smells like in a 2.3 cubic foot area? Quite disgusting. Awful, actually. I’m a fan of Lacome’s Poeme and I absolutely adore Aqua Di Gio (yeah baby) but I HATE HATE HATE having to hold my breath as I make a mad dash for the escalators just to evade the stench of all the scents colliding in a cloud that could potentially spontaneously combust. Oh yeah, and please don’t shove that smelly card at me either. Totally NOT interested.
Isn’t it bad enough we’re subjected to Christmas decor on August 31? Must we deal with the Annoying Kioks Workers and Annoying Perfume Counters too? Oh and let’s not forget that it’s a balmy 60 degrees outside but inside it’s like…5000. Hello.
I guess on the bright side… it is a nice time of year. People doing good things for other people. Even if they are trying to make me buy this gross stuff.
Oh you make my not buying gifts this year so much better. I don’t have to go to the mall. Yay!!!!
Damn….that was harsh
You do have a point about the perfume people - Gag. Me. Literally. All those smells send my asthma into high gear. Temperature switching is bad enough for it.
On the other hand, the Christmas madness helps me get in the mood. I haven’t been in a store yet, and won’t until the 14th or so. So, 10 or so days before the Day it should be… interesting. Besides, I’ll be at the post office on Monday morning shipping it out. That’s a totally irritating place to be this time of year.
Besides, I’ll be at the post office on Monday morning shipping it out. That’s a totally irritating place to be this time of year.
Yes. It is. At ALL times of the year.
Okay, I know Christmas is a hassle in many ways. And everything has become SO commerical, and it’s push-push, shove-shove, and we’re stressed, and the traffic and prices are awful, and there’s very little Good Will To Men.
But I also know, as you said, that those people in the malls, kiosks, etc., have a job to do & they’re just trying to do that. They get paid very little, stand on their feet all day, deal with disgruntled customers, and have to try to sell as much as possible right now because this is PRIME TIME, when their businesses have to try to make as much money as possible to make up for a VERY bad economy.
Maybe we just all need to be a little kinder and gentler with each other.
I don’t do malls from October through January. Online is a GOOD thing! And with the Yellow Rose contest going, I am getting so many packages in they never know what’s contest or not, they’ve even stopped looking at the labels, just handing me things–I got ghifts in that way–LOL hehehehehehehe
No malls for me. I prefer a keyboard and my credit card.
I hate the malls this time of year! And I avoid the perfume department at all costs!