What the Hell? It’s Christmas Already??

Okay, the West Edmonton Mall can do whatever it wants.

For those of you who do not know, I work in a women’s retail store in a mall. As far as jobs go, its not the worst I’ve had but there are just certain times when working there makes me want to grind my own head into the ground. I could probably go on forever about the various things that irk/anger me, but I think today I’ll focus on one major problem that has me considering the study of pyrotechnics:

Halloween’s over, time for Christmas!!

Please tell me why I have to come in to work every other day and listen to Christmas music TWO MONTHS before the actual holiday?? I’ve had like three people come in to buy Christmas gifts, and they certainly did not need festive carols to help them make their decision. The only saving grace on this month’s CD? Two Bon Jovi songs. Goody.

Hint: If the customers are complaining that it is way too early for Christmas music to be playing in the store, then it’s probably too early for Christmas music to be playing in the store. Most of them aren’t even thinking about presents yet and the fact is, I have yet to see how playing Christina Aguilera’s ear-scraping rendition of “The Christmas Song” or four (count ‘em FOUR) different versions of “Santa Baby” actually persuades people to stop their own lavish self-pampering and think of others when it is still just the very beginning of November.

Lets not even mention that there are a LOT of people who come in to shop who don’t even celebrate Christmas! Why do THEY have to be subjected to two months of Christmas carols? Are there subliminal messages saying “convert…. And then buy gifts….” embedded into the music? I wouldn’t be surprised. I think I’ve built up an immunity to subliminal messaging through all my years in the retail sales industry.

Your Jedi mind tricks don’t work on me, and those ARE the droids I am looking for. Jerk.

Alas, there is not much that I can do. Malls will continue to be ridiculously early on all their holiday marketing, and it’s the poor employees who suffer the most. I just hope that my store’s new CD doesn’t have “Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time” by Paul McCartney. I’d rather scrape a fork along my teeth than listen to that crappy song ever again.

And so ends my rant. I’ve fixed my options so now you don’t need to have a Blogger account to comment on my posts. So comment! About anything! What do you think about malls playing Christmas music as soon as they put the Halloween decorations away? How resistant are you to Jedi mind tricks? What is the WORST Christmas song/remix you’ve ever had the displeasure of listening to?

That’s all folks!

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Monica