2008 rant
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i kind of agree, it really ****** me off that the christmas adverts start in october then the summer holiday adverts start on boxing day. if i had my way i'd ban any mention of christmas until december. bah humbug.
however at work we have been sorting our budgets for 2008 since early august so we've thinking about next year for a while.
however at work we have been sorting our budgets for 2008 since early august so we've thinking about next year for a while.
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blighter said:
i won't deny that i've done it before
all part of the fun. but a month is plenty of time to organise stuff for people, especially when i can get stuff off the t'internet.i find it takes the gloss of christmas itself for me, a massive long build up then it's over in a day.
blighter said:
Personally I like to know what I'm buying then go out and get it over a few days. Have almost come to the one day rush before now, but not quite.
My brother once managed to get a shop to re-open on Christmas Eve after the owner had locked up. He knew exactly what he wanted, banged on the door to get the guys attention then persuaded him to open up again. Was another sale for him afterall...
(Twas a replica Ferrari/Michael Schumacher F1 car for me....)
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I have to plan the holiday list for next year and requests for each member of staff's mandatory fortnight need to be in mid-september so I can ensure that there are enough staff by the time we've got round to weeks 4 & 5 (end of the year/beginning of 08) so I'm already using a 2008 calander, though I printed mine off lotus notes rather than buy it!
My local Tesco putting the back to school stuff out about 2 months before the kids even broke up from school, let alone started their holiday was one of the most ridiculous things ive ever come across.
There should be laws to punish people for this kind of stuff. Im thinking cutting their hands off seems like a reasonable punishment?
There should be laws to punish people for this kind of stuff. Im thinking cutting their hands off seems like a reasonable punishment?
Some things that are put on sale early, like calendars I think is fine, you need to plan ahead etc, but greeting cards is what really gets on my nerves.
I used to work in a card shop years ago, and to make room for Easter/Christmas/Mothers Day cards and so on, half the usual stock had to be removed from sale and packed away,
so for probably 6 months of the year, the selection of normal cards was pretty poor.
I used to work in a card shop years ago, and to make room for Easter/Christmas/Mothers Day cards and so on, half the usual stock had to be removed from sale and packed away,
so for probably 6 months of the year, the selection of normal cards was pretty poor.
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By the end of this month we'll be getting xmas stuff in at work 
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Some people seem to manage to send millions of cards to their "friends", many of which I assume they have never met as there isn't enough time of day for that many meetings. They then spend every waking hour writing cards, so this may help spread the load.CChrisca said:Was in Next at Bluewater yesterday - they had their Christmas cards on sale
Things like booking christmas parties seems resonable, given that you need to make sure you've booked it, and then can organise everything else, as does selling calendars as people book holidays etc the previous year.