To think that if Christmas makes you rude to other people, you need to reconsider your priorities

[Jas1985]

Just that really

I was in town today and it was understandably busy with people doing last minute shopping, but I just couldn’t get over how rude people were being. I witnessed multiple incidents of customers verbally abusing shop staff, and people weren’t exactly being courteous to each other either. I had a woman shove me repeatedly with her pram because I got confused about where the queue started in a packed primark store.

I understand that Christmas can be a really stressful time and that mental health issues are rife at this time of year. But for the vast majority of people there really isn’t an excuse for being so rude, especially to service staff who get paid minimum wage and can’t enjoy their own Christmas with their family because they are working over the festive season. Christmas is supposed to be about being with people you love, and if it’s causing so much stress that you start mistreating others perhaps it’s time to reconsider how you celebrate. It’s just a day after all!

I live in a city which attracts lots of shoppers and every year it is hell with the jams, beeping and rage.

It’s a shame people get like that. But on a brighter note, I was very pleasantly surprised when I was in a rammed card shop yesterday - bracing myself to get barged and bumped into - everyone was giving each other quite a lot of apoplectic looks for having to stand in each other’s way, reach across each other and squeeze past as the isles are so narrow. There was great Christmas rush unity in there - shame it’s not always like that!

YANBU! A woman rammed me with her trolly yesterday in the Sainsburys queue! As if it would make me get to the cashier faster. I am visibly pregnant! People loose their minds this time of year.

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I hear you. Myself and dh went out yesterday just before the kids finished up school to get some last minute things, have a bite to eat and just have a look at the Christmas stuff as he works mad hours and 3 different women shouted at me. One was screaming so much that everyone was staring, I froze because I had no idea what she was screaming about, I thought she was in pain, turns out while I was looking at a rack of clothes she had asked me if I was on the queue for the till, I was no where near the till or the queue ! I couldn't understand what she was saying so looked confused, so she just kept screaming at me. Another woman grabbed a pair of slippers out of my hand shouting that she had them first, I had picked them up off the shelf to show dh, I'd no intention of buying them, I was showing dh the frozen character on them saying how cute they were, they were on the shelf ! Another shop I asked the assistant if they had wrapping paper, I always buy my wrapping paper in this big department store but we couldn't find it, her reply was" REALLY!! (Big laugh) you must be joking ! That's sold out ages ago, people tend to be more organised and not not expect full stock this late" all I asked was, was there any wrapping paper . We ended up coming home and now I don't have what I went in for, I know I shouldn't give it any head space but it shook me a little, especially the woman screaming at me, she was like something possessed !