
My decision to procrastinate
does not give me license to be mean, rude, pushy or just downright annoying. I get
it. I accept it. What I won’t accept are the people who believe the holiday shopping
experience revolves around them. They’re the ones who push and shove; are rude and crabby; and totally suck the holiday spirit out
of everyone around them.
Get over yourself. What did
you expect this time of year? I’m a little fired up because it happened to me
at lunch. I’m walking up to the counter to pay for my purchase when I get
literally overtaken by a woman who cuts me off at the pass like I’m not even
there. She then proceeds to monopolize the salesperson while the minutes left
on my lunch break tick away. No excuse me, no I’m sorry, no nothing. Tidings of
comfort and joy. Let’s keep it in perspective – you’re buying
“stuff” and “stuff" isn’t what the season is truly about.
To paraphrase some words of wisdom from Bill Murray’s character
Frank Cross in the holiday classic Scrooged, “…it should be the one time of the year when
we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more.
For a short time out of the whole year, we are the people we always hoped we
would be!”
At least, that’s the way it should be. Just saying.
Posted by MJ Thomas
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