How late do you think it's acceptable to keep a retail employee at work on Christmas Eve?
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Replying to @thepuppydog26
This subject makes me sad. Can I tell a story about the Good Old Days, by which I mean the mid-1980s?
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Replying to @mendel
You absolutely can. It makes me sad too. For what it's worth - this doesn't have to do with my own job personally.
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Replying to @thepuppydog26
Okay so in the mid-80s my father had a clothing store in the mall in Belleville. On Xmas Eve, there'd be a little party in the back room with beer and wine -- former employees would come in to visit on their way home to see their family, friends would stop in.
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Replying to @mendel @thepuppydog26
This would start at, oh, 3pm or so. One person would watch the front. A couple shoppers would stop in for last-minute gifts. Maybe they'd have a glass of wine too. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. AT 3PM. They'd probably close the store by 4:30, go home at 6 or so!
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Replying to @mendel @thepuppydog26
Even now I have a hard time picturing a nearly-vacant mall on Xmas Eve, party in the back room, stores closing early so people could go home. So weird.
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Replying to @mendel
I love this story. It reminds me of working at the local public library in my small town when I was a teen and in my early twenties. I would actually love working on Christmas Eve, we closed early (1pm IIRC) and it was always such a fun environment.
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Replying to @thepuppydog26 @mendel
Mind you this was the late 2000s and not the 80s haha and I don't recall us having wine :p just tons of chocolate. But still.
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Replying to @mendel
That was usually reserved for the staff Christmas party haha. Another relic that seems to be rare nowadays. I work remotely now but we still all get on video chat to have our Christmas party and I am thankful for that!
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With wine, I hope! :D Our holiday party is in January, which is convenient schedule-wise but kind of lands in the holiday aftershock
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Replying to @mendel
Absolutely there's wine! Hehe. Haven't heard of a January company holiday party but I suppose it's a nicer thing to return to after December than business as usual.
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