tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post5270201556341381594..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Seasons Greetings Desperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-16322821727110596322016-12-30T19:15:59.747+00:002016-12-30T19:15:59.747+00:00Part of the problem is that it's the rudeness ...Part of the problem is that it's the rudeness that sticks with you throughout the day, and not all the perfectly pleasant interactions. Mostly though I think we'd all be a lot happier if everyone excercised a bit more goodwill. I hope I've been doing that... Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-76682485661736264812016-12-30T19:11:36.689+00:002016-12-30T19:11:36.689+00:00This is true. What I chiefly remember from the one...This is true. What I chiefly remember from the one Christmas I did in a bookshop is the number of customers who would appear with a slightly battered book asking for a discount - 'because it's for a present'. It was already a discount bookshop which is why we had so many battered books to begin with. Never mind, onwards, upwards, and happy new year. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-27162558733790922662016-12-30T16:20:10.306+00:002016-12-30T16:20:10.306+00:00Thank you for expressing so well what I've bee...Thank you for expressing so well what I've been thinking about. I am sorry that so much rudeness prevails around you.sunt_lacrimae_rerumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659053841051896981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-1566202020465618672016-12-30T14:28:08.143+00:002016-12-30T14:28:08.143+00:00I feel for you. I spent one year in retail (book s...I feel for you. I spent one year in retail (book shop) and the holiday season was brutal. On the other hand, there's nothing like working in retail to make you forever a kinder customer.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111736625664327019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-51316292420067127512016-12-29T21:10:50.639+00:002016-12-29T21:10:50.639+00:00I'm an atheist, and as such Christmas means mo...I'm an atheist, and as such Christmas means more to me as the turning point of the year when the dark literally begins to recede again. I assume there have always been festivals around this time of year to mark that - and for good reason. I love giving and receiving presents, but consider that far to much money is thrown around, and that there's also to much pressure to get it right on every level. Its generosity of spirit that matters most. I've been back at work for 3 days, and we're all saying that it feels like it was weeks ago now and concentrating on the next sales opportunity- which makes me wonder what the point of it all is? Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-12149156953823593832016-12-29T14:22:53.090+00:002016-12-29T14:22:53.090+00:00I am more of a Pagan myself and would rather welco...I am more of a Pagan myself and would rather welcome the Solstice than the awful, greedy Christmas. I am old so I think I am allowed to be cynical!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com