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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Recuperation
Retail end-of-year sales are in full swing and I have this day off work. Feels good. Christmas, in general, has been a pounding swirl of hard labour (mental and physical) and a sort of malaise. If you work in retail, Christmas is a fifty-foot giant hell-bent on making your life miserable and the best you [...]
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Please tell me less in your hotel review
As read in the user comments review section of a resort I’m looking at: “I RECENTLY STAYED AT CHRISTMAS VILLAGE..AND REALLY ENJOYED MYSELF. MY HUSBAND AND I SPENT THE WEEKEND ALONE AND DISCOVERED EACH OTHER AGAIN.” Eeek. Thankfully, she didn’t go on to describe the bed. Telling about breakfast or the pool would have been [...]
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The humour of working retail
Yesterday, I bought a new shirt (on clearance). It is a lovely purple faux-wrap style with a deep (one might say, plunging) neckline. The shirt is in a really flattering cut and a great colour. I wore it to work today. It’s hot without being inappropriate. My part-time job involves selling things to the buying [...]
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Just a few things before I catch you in 2008