From NOT ALWAYS RIGHT: Too Much Free Time?! Oh, The Humanity!
One particular year, Christmas, Boxing Day, and the public holidays fell in a way that gave us a five-day weekend. Unfortunately for me, I worked retail, so I had no days off.
One customer entered the store and I greeted him.
Customer: “We have too many public holidays. I don’t know what to do with myself with all these days off in a row! I’m so over it.”
Me: “It must be nice to have time off over Christmas.”
That stopped him in his tracks, and I could see the cogs turning before he realised what he’d said. He actually apologized!
From NOT ALWAYS RIGHT: Too Much Free Time?! Oh, The Humanity!
One particular year, Christmas, Boxing Day, and the public holidays fell in a way that gave us a five-day weekend. Unfortunately for me, I worked retail, so I had no days off.
One customer entered the store and I greeted him.
Customer: “We have too many public holidays. I don’t know what to do with myself with all these days off in a row! I’m so over it.”
Me: “It must be nice to have time off over Christmas.”
That stopped him in his tracks, and I could see the cogs turning before he realised what he’d said. He actually apologized!