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Thurday was Thanksgiving, and I think that's a gimmie; yep, we're all thankful for stuff - unless we're not, and then the holiday makes a cruel mockery of us. This year and the last, I may have been shaky at points, but I've got obvious stuff to be thankful for. Nobody needs to feel obligated to play that game where we go around the table and try to one-up the last person for the most corny, feel-good thing we're thankful for. We'll leave it at 'let's dig into these leftovers', because that's what it amounts to before we succumb to stuffing-induced drowsiness.
I got yesterday and today off of work, which I like. We don't get paid for Black Friday and neither do we automatically get to work it; we're obligated to request a normal shift, so I left it up to people who wanted it a lot more. I feel like holidays off of weekends should come in sets of two anyhow.
On Black Friday, I do not engage in that rush. I'm opposed to it, having had to work it and being against consumerism in the first place. I absolutely don't support it, and I feel negatively inclined when people do but, obviously, they do. I can't meaningfully hold it against the people that try to take advantage of these sales so I hold it against people meaninglessly instead. So, here's what I'm thankful for; I don't work in retail anymore. After today, I don't bring it up again, so if you went out, don't worry. I'm not carrying some kind of terrible anti-torch for you.
Actually, we had a potluck thing yesterday. I'm making my third meal of various leftovers, right now, actually. I'm not usually a stuffing *or* dumplings guy, but I'll make an exception for these, because they're pretty damned tasty. Tomorrow's my birthday thing. I bet that goes really well, too.
I got yesterday and today off of work, which I like. We don't get paid for Black Friday and neither do we automatically get to work it; we're obligated to request a normal shift, so I left it up to people who wanted it a lot more. I feel like holidays off of weekends should come in sets of two anyhow.
On Black Friday, I do not engage in that rush. I'm opposed to it, having had to work it and being against consumerism in the first place. I absolutely don't support it, and I feel negatively inclined when people do but, obviously, they do. I can't meaningfully hold it against the people that try to take advantage of these sales so I hold it against people meaninglessly instead. So, here's what I'm thankful for; I don't work in retail anymore. After today, I don't bring it up again, so if you went out, don't worry. I'm not carrying some kind of terrible anti-torch for you.
Actually, we had a potluck thing yesterday. I'm making my third meal of various leftovers, right now, actually. I'm not usually a stuffing *or* dumplings guy, but I'll make an exception for these, because they're pretty damned tasty. Tomorrow's my birthday thing. I bet that goes really well, too.