tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286185572018886497.post2063141152726907577..comments2011-04-17T20:19:22.796+10:00Comments on The middle-aged spread: December (bah humbug...)Ilsa Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935596415299444215noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286185572018886497.post-59381309093128056912011-01-11T22:28:56.219+11:002011-01-11T22:28:56.219+11:00So glad it's not just me! Sometimes I think I&...So glad it's not just me! Sometimes I think I'm being a bit of a whinger, especially as so many people seem to think it's an ideal family outing. Maybe it's like an extreme sport? Or parents testing out Darwin's survival of the fittest theory. But how unfair, Yvette, that your daughter didn't even get PH pay - to go through all that for normal pay just adds insult to injury. So glad the shops are all getting back to normal now.Ilsa Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935596415299444215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286185572018886497.post-61287193112249921222011-01-11T00:12:16.757+11:002011-01-11T00:12:16.757+11:00I went to the Boxing day sales at Chadstone once, ...I went to the Boxing day sales at Chadstone once, many years ago (I'm sure it was before I had children and my oldest, like your youngest, also worked on Boxing day this year). I went up the escalator in Myer, looked out over the sea of heads, and had to make my way straight back to the car and head for home. The crush of people was disturbing!<br /><br /> When I recently told my brother, who works in a whitegoods retailer, that I avoid boxing day sales like the plague, he informed me that it really is the best day of the year in his store for cheap prices. Personally I'd prefer the poke-in-the-eye thingy than having to negotiate that many people, even if I did save a few dollars.<br /><br />BTW, great blog. I love coming here every few weeks to look for updates...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286185572018886497.post-87902423315754482922010-12-31T11:20:35.803+11:002010-12-31T11:20:35.803+11:00It's not just you, I find it all very bizarre ...It's not just you, I find it all very bizarre too! There has even been a cultural shift in gift-giving for some people - they simply exchange store cards in place of gifts on the 25th, then head out as a Pack to spend them at the sales on the 26th!<br /><br />The whole public holiday/retail employees thing has me stumped too. My son in law and nephew both worked on Christmas Day (both in hospitality industry), my daughter (hospitality, in a shopping centre)did on Boxing Day, yet none get extra pay for doing so, because Monday and Tuesday were the designated holidays because of the weekend! So my other daughter (retail) worked the Tuesday and got extra pay, while her sister had to give up her real Boxing Day for normal pay!<br /><br />It makes a mockery of the whole holiday tradition.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196056475081281576noreply@blogger.com