it's supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. however, when you work in retail, this is certainly not the case. now, i have complained enough in this journal about my ups and downs of job, and that is not what i am going to do today.
i had a day off. a day off on a weekend day is a VERY rare thing to have. i initially had every intention of not moving my ass from the couch, and watching bad tv all day. but roseanne hadn't seen me in awhile, and she motivated me to get off my ass and see the world outside the doors of job. and she meant that quite litereally as we made our way to the mall. now, it was incredibly strange to be a visitor of the mall rather than an employee, but i found myself being sympathetic to every single worker in any of the stores we went into. this also included the mall santa. roseanne and i spotted the santa on our way out, and he was standing and waving to people rather than sitting in his chair being jolly and rosy with children screaming on his lap. so roseanne had the brilliant idea to give him something to do, and we decided to take our picture with him. now, santa wasn't as jolly and happy as i was expecting him to be, but as soon as he took our picture and roseanne was going to pay, he said:
santa-"so you have a long drive back tonight?"
me- "no?"
santa- "oh, you aren't from toronto or canada?"
at that moment, i realized why he wasn't jolly or rosy as i completely understand what it is he had to deal with that day. and just laughed and told him that i work at job in the mall and completely understand what he is going through. he gave a little laugh (sadly not a hohoho) and wished me the best of luck at job in the holiday season.
we mall employees have to stick together as much as we can and brave our neighbors from up north. even santa.
~annalisa
ps. see that smile on roseanne's face? that is the most sincere smile i have ever seen her take in a photograph. she was SO happy to take this picture.
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