This is a warning about customer exaggerated reactions to minor setbacks in plans.
Okay so back when I worked various forms of retail, especially around Christmas time, we would get frustrated and hysterical customers looking for something very specific at the last minute which we would inevitably not have because christmas.
These customers, instead of being rational or owning up to their mistakes, or ordering the darn thing online and giving the person a picture of it and saying “hey, you’re 100% getting this, but just a bit later”, would tell at the employees (me) that I ruined their holiday 5eva.
The funniest part is that I worked in stores that catered to an older audience. So the people getting these gifts were like 15+ which is an entirely rational age to understand that shit happens. I mean, people are buying gifts for their dogs at one particular store and if we don’t have a certain vest in then I have ruined Christmas. For the dog. Who has no idea what freaking day it is and is just happy to be there.
So, now whenever something incredibly trivial or minor happens during a holiday, I say “oh no, I’ve ruined [holiday].”
My mother took this seriously for a while and tried to convince me that I didn’t until I explained to her that no, I know that I didn’t ruin everything, I’m just being silly. So now we both say it, and dad gets in on it, and all together we have like 12 holiday ruining experiences just preparing meals alone.
So far today I have ruins Easter twice (I actually forgot to prep a dish so now we have to have REGULAR french toast instead of french toast casserole OH NO, and spilled some coffee creamer) and mom has ruined it once (she only made FOUR kinds of dessert bars instead of FIVE)
So, I hope those customers know that they’re ridiculous reactions to minuscule plan changes is now a holiday joke and tradition
Here’s to ruining every holiday for the rest of my life. 😂👍👏
Can we talk about how in zombie shows/movies/books they always find a veterinarian and not a surgeon? Are veterinarians deemed more likely to survive the apocalypse?
Yup.
One of our professional skills is ‘not being bitten by patients’
We actually have a good broad knowledge base for both surgical, medical, and GP things
We’re used to improvising equipment because a lot of stuff is just not made for animals
Meat safety is part of our training
Our cars are often full of equipment, especially in mixed practice
We probably weren’t in the human hospital at the initial outbreak
the thing i love the most about scenerio based plots is asking questions like this
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