The day after Thanksgiving. They call it Black Friday.<\/p>\n
Christmas is thirty days away. Twenty-nine shopping days. Four weeks.<\/p>\n
I made out today my schedule for the next two weeks. Next week is definitely a sixty-hour work week. The following week looks to be about the same. I may<\/i> have a day off–my first since yesterday–during the week of December 12th.<\/p>\n
No, that’s not normal. I won’t even complain–it would achieve nothing and my staff might take away the wrong message. It’s just the reality of the situation–retail management in December.<\/p>\n
If there’s an upshot, it’s that my Christmas shopping is largely complete. Small favors, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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