Tee.and Toast I send you an apology as long as my arm, but my excuses are good, as the past 2 months I have spent my life in a little place we call hell, or for those of you that don't work there; All Saints, Bluewater, Lower Mall.
The shop itself, a dark, dungeon like place, hanging with chains and railings, full of 'vintage' fixtures, and oozing a warm mist from the not-so-efficient air conditioning, is strange enough, but it is not the layout of the store, or even the bizarre management system that concerns me, but the attitude of the custom we attract.
For example, I had the joy of working boxing day 2009, this I did not have a choice about, but why, in gods name WHY would you choose to go shopping on boxing day? This is something I have never grasped. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love a good sale as much as the next 'student' with a concerning amount of debt, but really, the festive season is not the time. And yet it was quite possibly the busiest day of the year, full of grunting customers unhappy with their christmas presents and demanding a refund; read the receipt, listen to us when we told you.. WE DON'T DO REFUNDS! morons.
And what's more, these people who actually like the clothing we stock, and spend ridiculous amounts of money on one dress, are the same characters that see a sale rail, and decide that the word SALE actually stands for 'throw this £200 dress on the floor as it has now been reduced by 50% and therefore is worth so much less than it was yesterday, before sale started'. Is there any logic in any of this?
I think not.
So Tee.and Toast. Please forgive me for abandoning you over the christmas period, as my life has been too hectic, and my attitude too bitter for me to bring myself to write something productive.
And now I will only be witnessing the surreal world of All Saints 2 days a week, I shall dedicate myself a little more.
Happy New year x
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