What's my line? Prompt for December 4-5th

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Sorry I'm a day late on this. Life is complicated for Glenna right now, so I'm temporarily taking over the reins.

We already had a prompt related to tardiness, so I can't do that. Hmmm, how about:

"I can't believe this is happening again."

Since next Thursday is the holiday, "Thanksgiving, and Friday, known as 'Black Friday.' when the feeding frenzy of Christmas shopping begins; we're postponing the due dates for posting your stories to the 4th and 5th of December.  Happy wriitng and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it!

                                           
                                           

Comments

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of Black Friday until a couple of years ago. Our news was reporting that people were getting crushed and trampled to death just to get cheaper stuff. I couldn't get my head around being thankful for everything you had one day, then turning into consumerist animals the next. I may be getting it wrong, but that is how it looks from here. We have our sales frenzies here too, but I don't think they've gotten that bad.

Anyway, as to the prompt, I love it. It has so much scope in the world of UNCLE :-)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Trust me you're spot on, and not getting it wrong at all. Black Friday is sheer lunacy as retailers advertise ridiculous sales at ridiculous hours to entice customers into their stores. Often with limited quantities of sale merchandise they work people up into a feeding frenzy, so much so where they'll trample others to get to the sale items first. Usually it's toys or electronics.

Granted, the holidays are the make or break it days for retailers to be in the black and make up for a poor bottom line the rest of the year. It's a vicious cycle really, a double-edged sword. Retail has slowly destroyed the magic of Christmas really...

I worked in retail for over 30 years and it drove all the Christmas spirit out of my. The late hours and terrible customers do that to a lot of retail workers.

I don't decorate for or really celebrate Christmas anymore. I suppose if I'd had children or grandchildren it might have been different. My cousins decided they no longer wanted to exchange gifts (though when I go to their homes, it's obvious they've done so)

I used to feel a bit left out not having Christmas presents to open on the day. So perhaps my feelings about the holiday have become ones of avoidance. It's just become a day like any other now. The message of Christmas however, is still important to me.

On a MFU note, glad you like the PROMPT, so I hope you can have fun with it!

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I worked in retail for 10 years, and it killed Christmas for me. The only upside to being unemployed this year, is that I'm actually looking forward to it this year.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Unemployment was the time I discovered MFU fan fiction on-line. Best thing that ever happened to me. Going from being unemployed, to partially employed, back to unemployed and then medically retired...I had to learn to pace myself.

Enjoy your time off while you can.