Holiday madness......Being the customer Part 2

Well as unusual as this sounds, I am up early that's what happens when you are surrounded by family that is over excited for the holidays I don't even remember sleeping. I spent the day with someone who waited until the last minute to shop, omg never again, I was so cranky and my feet hurt so bad. Whenever the person your with says" this my last stop, I got everything," and then come out that store and say " I forgot to get this." I say run, run like your life depended on it.  When you venture out in that Christmas shopping jungle, you better be ready so many people with one mission, I gotta finish my list at all cost. You know when you get to the places to shop and there is a shortage of parking spaces and then it becomes a survivor game, first come first serve.

 

Even though its the holiday's somehow people lose the good cheer and courtesy when it comes to parking and shopping, then you learn about the Grinch who stole Christmas lol. I also want to suggest bring extra bodies, extra arms are necessary to carry all those damn bags. I don't wait to last minute and if I do get in a rut I give cash or gift card. One store was so bad there was not enough walking room and I couldn't take it, no air to breath, even the staff disappeared from the floor.

You would think that discourages people from shopping but I believe people get desperate and would take the shelves if they made great gifts. I couldn't believe how many people were just heartless, and don't pick up something someone else wants omg your in for the fight of your life. Especially if its a popular item everyone is looking for, lol. Sometimes I wonder if the merchants just order enough to draw attention to themselves and then watch the people scrap like dogs and cats. Don't worry just when you thought you found the safe place to shop aka the shopping mall, wrong answer so wrong.

Although I have to hand it to the mall there is food courts and benches to sit down when your exhausted, then you wake up to reality that you have to go somewhere outside of the mall smh. You get that text that your favorite store has a huge sale and you can wrap it up and get the last items on the list. Well that's not a good idea, but at the time you don't think about it, everyone has heard about the sale. You go racing over there and then its on, like popcorn, people pushing and being aggressive, and no one cares about anything but the items they buy.

I only wished I had of quit when I felt that first headache coming on, instead I got talked into going to grab a bite to eat, smh, that was crazier. You don't realize the same people you have been out there with are also stopping and eating and just as irritated as you are. You know when to give up when your tired and you get to the item you want and its gone or not the right one you then say to yourself enough is enough. I am not going to another damn store, lol. By the time you get home all you want is something to drink, a glass of wine will do and you don't want to be bother with no one not even wrapping paper. You just Christmas to make its entrance and departure due to the commercial effects of it, so be safe and enjoy yourself and your family.

 

Holiday madness.......being the customer part 1

 

Well as the holiday's get started I observe the holiday madness... recently it was in the dining industry, and boy the level of tolerance in people is near to none. The restaurants with the highest rating with proper service outside the holiday season are even at the end of their wires, if you get to a restaurant and you receive excellent service you truly should enjoy it. The cashiers, hostess, waitress or waiters will either treat you great or give the best they have or you will get the worst service of your life. I will start with the quick bite to eat restaurants, working out in the public meeting with clients at offices and discussing things over lunch can be challenging. I usually let the client pick, mostly we agree on the same places but if we just want a sandwich and quick exchange looks on laptops we pick hot business sites like coffee shops, soup and sandwich places, some fast food places have acquired wifi to draw people like us end.

For the most part their service is what it is but, then the noise* level is off the chain or overcrowded*,and we don't stay long because of those factors. Holiday time the restaurant may not be as clean as it could be and then staff just want you to eat and go, I have been tickled by the behavior of some hostess who are responsible for those areas. The tables, trash bins, condiments and lids go haywire because customers are constantly requiring the hostess attention, by the time they get to their job duty well they are irritated and that polite behavior when your first walked in is gone.
Well I'm not going to leave out the family oriented restaurants the buffet joints and nice dinner places to bring the entire family. Those restaurants that the entertainment and bars with the good eats are no exemption, there you get the noise, overcrowding, prices (especially alcoholic drinks), service will be questionable, and  the food you have to make sure you order the right dish. Otherwise you will be sick all night, or wish you hadn't of eaten anything but sampler platter.

Basically you have to take a chance and pick a place to dine in between the shopping and running around, and don't be so quick to drop that cash on poor service or what doesn't please you. Well happy shopping and all that jazz and don't lose your cool in the midst of holiday frenzy.

THE HOLIDAY MOMENTS.......DO YOU DRIVE YOURSELF CRAZY?

Well do you? Drive yourself crazy trying to keep up with the holiday crazy moments, and not to mention the family and friends that just feast off holiday time. I know I wasn't going to fall into the whirlwind when I took a while to unpack decorations, and as much as I avoided it still had people drop in when they felt like it. I love Thanksgiving and Christmas, just mainly for the joy part, I don't care about the commercial, but there is always that one person or group that gets stuff going. What about the showstoppers, you know the people who need the most attention, no matter if they ruin everyone holiday. Oh yeah, everybody got one or two in their family or group of friends, I think the holiday time is when you get tested to the limit lol.  You really don't want to do certain things or be around certain ones but they keep coming like the plague, and your patience runs thin.  If it isn't the shopping that will drive you nuts its the going out in it period, if your like me don't buy anything ahead of time well...... I guess we get what we deserve. I guess I like the challenge of sales, and pricing items.

Sometimes you forget about shopping for others and start seeing the bargains next thing you know that gift you went to get for someone gets smaller or changed lol lol. Oh don't act like you haven't done it, everyone has at one point, and you didn't feel bad after you did it lol lol lol. I guess for me I try to find ways to relax, or get a moment to myself, I am a family person so it really irks me when people in the family are at odds with each. No one wants either persons around for fear of them breaking out in an argument. Either way I always am prepared I will have a bottle of wine chilling and bring one to you so we can have a glass and watch the festivities, and if you don't drink alcohol have your favorite drink with a dessert lol lol lol . They will get tired eventually, and start feeling stupid, and stop or go home. Lets not forget the gifts, that is a job in itself, how many regift? Well I don't for fear I might forget and give it back to the person that gave it to me, smh. However, some of the gifts are off the chain, I remember getting the snuggle blanket (still laughing at it), don't forget the chia pets, and fruitcakes, and clap on clap off  ish, Walgreen foot massagers that don't heat the water up, gingerbread house kits, sausage and cheese gift sets, surprise chocolate candy box, and the list goes on.