Back when I was a wee adult (19-20yo) I worked at a pop-up stall at Knox City. It was a stall that sold glass Christmas baubles, and my job was to ring up customers, but also write their requested names on the baubles with glue and glitter.

The week before Xmas, I’d get to Knox City when it opened, and stay until just before they closed, I think it was like 14 hour days or something. There was always two of us, one ringing up and the other painting. I was always the painter lol

I barely slept, had approx 3x 500ml Vs and lunch was Hungry Jacks from the food court.

I never want to work retail xmas again and while it was over 10 years ago for me, I have always felt such empathy for retail workers since. It’s fucking brutal and the general public are MEAN