Christmas in June?
I work for a large retailer, which basically means that I work for Satan. There are many aspects of my job that are disagreeable, but overall it's not so bad. One of the fun aspects is reading customer comments, which are posted near the break room so that every employee can see them. The idea is to get employees thinking about how they can better serve customers, but the customer comments have instead turned into a joke. Most complaints are simple: dirty bathrooms, long lines, etc. Every now and then we get one that is absolutely over the top, and we laugh about it for days.
Here is one, unedited (except for the name of the store), from a recent survey:
Its ninety-frickin'-degrees outside and this wacko is thinking about Christmas banners on retail stores! The whole idea that Christians should exercise their consumer muscle so that every North American will know that December 25th is Christmas is ridiculous. As in the case of evolution, or any of the other battles that churchians choose, there are much better reasons to boycott companies. How about boycotting companies that profit from war? Why not boycott products made in countries that use slave labor?
And while I'm on the topic, I don't want Christmas to be linked with Jesus. Aside from the fact that Jesus was most likely born in April or May, I just don't think that the orgy of consumerism that is Christmas should in any way be confused with the person of Jesus. I'm pretty sure that He would not approve of buying your snot-nosed kid more shit he doesn't need, especially shit made by children working for sub-standard pay in some rat-hole factory in God-knows-where. I also don't think He'd approve of that diamond necklace you bought your sweetheart, you know, the one with diamonds mined by the African slaves.
This customer has inspired me to continue my own one-man boycott of Christmas. Oh, and if the author of this complaint happens to be reading this -which must be a one-in-a-ten-trillion chance- you spelled satisfied wrong, asshole.
Here is one, unedited (except for the name of the store), from a recent survey:
pretty well satisified with the store..........as for Christmas season this year I really hope you put signs out stating that it is Christmas. If not I won't continue to shop here, and that would be a shame given the amount of money spent here each year.At first I laughed quietly to myself, but the more I thought about it the more it bothered me. It's more than six months away from Christmas and this customer is already fired up about the "war on Christmas!" And Christmas, to begin with, was created hundreds of years after Jesus' death as part of a "war on Saturnalia."
Its ninety-frickin'-degrees outside and this wacko is thinking about Christmas banners on retail stores! The whole idea that Christians should exercise their consumer muscle so that every North American will know that December 25th is Christmas is ridiculous. As in the case of evolution, or any of the other battles that churchians choose, there are much better reasons to boycott companies. How about boycotting companies that profit from war? Why not boycott products made in countries that use slave labor?
And while I'm on the topic, I don't want Christmas to be linked with Jesus. Aside from the fact that Jesus was most likely born in April or May, I just don't think that the orgy of consumerism that is Christmas should in any way be confused with the person of Jesus. I'm pretty sure that He would not approve of buying your snot-nosed kid more shit he doesn't need, especially shit made by children working for sub-standard pay in some rat-hole factory in God-knows-where. I also don't think He'd approve of that diamond necklace you bought your sweetheart, you know, the one with diamonds mined by the African slaves.
This customer has inspired me to continue my own one-man boycott of Christmas. Oh, and if the author of this complaint happens to be reading this -which must be a one-in-a-ten-trillion chance- you spelled satisfied wrong, asshole.
