So who's working Christmas Eve (especially retail workers)?

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

How much? The better the job, the more commisions.

Direct cut of takings. Christmas 2019 (the last proper one) netted me seven grand after expenses for the month.
Sadly, this does not follow through the rest of the year!

 

[1664kronenbourg]

No doubt some customers'll buy trolleys full of shopping ((as far as I'm concerned, anything they don't want or don't have enough for, they can put back themselves and not be allowed to leave the shop until they have done and I don't care if they've booked a taxi, have to be somewhere or they';re meeting somebody) then comeback on boxing day for more with the exscuse of 'I've got people coming round' (yeah, sure you have! That's just an exscuse).
If there are any tasty reductions on offer, please save some for everybody else.

 

[Bickaxe]

Fortunately I work in online retail (boardgames) so we are closed at weekends.
Hardly anyone is ordering today as its too close to Christmas to guarantee delivery.

We've spent the last 2 days playing demo copies of games which has been great

 

[koolpc]

I am working...

 

[1664kronenbourg]

I'll probably get lynched or banned for this and I'm NOT PRO-PUTIN and PRO-RUSSIA) but please spare a thought for those innocent Russian conscripts forced into a war they didn;'t want any part of just to feed their politicans' egos and to save Russia's face on the international stage.

 

[1664kronenbourg]

Good luck to you and you should get paid extra

 

[1664kronenbourg]

I am working...

So am I

 

[FBi7]

C'mon @cheesefest ... Let's have it

I was queuing for about 30 mins at the Tesco checkout this morning secretly hoping Cheesefest was my checkout operator!

 

[FBi7]

But to answer the OP, for the first time since 2014, I'm off Xmas and NY, finished yesterday, back on the 7th.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Anything good on the telly then?

No idea, I don't have a television

 

[darael]

After shopping this morning, I really feel sorry for retail workers. People seem to be rushing around in a ruthless fashion, as though it were Christmas Eve.

 

[Deleted User 234324]

I'm just glad I am not working the next 2 days, as a delivery driver I''ll be glad to avoid the torrent of abuse thrown my way because someones order is wrong or missing their vital christmas dinner. I'd probably end up losing my job for telling people how much of an idiot they are for leaving it so late.

 

[KiwiTaff]

Nights on Christmas eve & Christmas day. Will be in an RAF ops room, so will be in good company

 

[FBi7]

Nights on Christmas eve & Christmas day. Will be in an RAF ops room, so will be in good company

Per Ardua! Cheers

 

[Uther]

Economically inactive since last February. Early retirement

 

[A2Z]

Supposed to finish at 10.30pm on Xmas Eve but will stay on till last trains at around midnight and lock up then get staff taxi home. Doing it to save the night turn coming in for just a couple of hours. Back in on Boxing Day. Tube stations only shut on Xmas Day.

 

[Derek W]

Why is the OP quoting himself throughout this topic? Weird way to boost your post count anyway

 

[gitbags]

If you work in retail you should know by now that profits and the local community come first.

Hospitality these days, but I served 6 years in retail. Never again.

 

[LiE]

My wife is opening her salon until 1pm tomorrow and isn't opening until 3rd Jan.

I'm in IT, so this week we've been taking it easy as much as possible

 

[Resident]

I'm not working but it is a working day for us however services end between 6-7pm instead of midnight