After working retail during the Christmas season for several years now, I can appreciate how a person can get burned out, when on the "receiving side" of the register. Normal rudeness increases exponentially at this time of the year. Common sense just flies out the window.
Just how important is that gift anyway? I can hear you saying...
..."I knocked an old lady down, but I got the gift!"
..."I totalled my car on the way to the Mall, but I got the gift!"
..."I maxed out my credit card, but I got the gift!"
..."I couldn't afford to donate to the Bell-ringers, because I got the gift!"
..."I didn't make the mortgage payment, but I got the gift!"
TV, radio, newsprint all screams that we should get that "special someone" the gift at all costs, but how important is the gift, if all those other variables appear.
There's an old lady that could have been hurt. A car that should have lasted for a few more years. A debt that didn't have to be incurred. A charitable donation that may have bought a cup of coffee for someone who couldn't even afford that. A house that didn't have to go in to foreclosure.
These are all hypothetical scenarios, but they can and do happen. Just because someone wanted to get the gift. Couldn't/wouldn't the received be happy with just any gift? As long as it was given with love, and care, and sincerity? I could and would be.
Just how important is that gift anyway? I can hear you saying...
..."I knocked an old lady down, but I got the gift!"
..."I totalled my car on the way to the Mall, but I got the gift!"
..."I maxed out my credit card, but I got the gift!"
..."I couldn't afford to donate to the Bell-ringers, because I got the gift!"
..."I didn't make the mortgage payment, but I got the gift!"
TV, radio, newsprint all screams that we should get that "special someone" the gift at all costs, but how important is the gift, if all those other variables appear.
There's an old lady that could have been hurt. A car that should have lasted for a few more years. A debt that didn't have to be incurred. A charitable donation that may have bought a cup of coffee for someone who couldn't even afford that. A house that didn't have to go in to foreclosure.
These are all hypothetical scenarios, but they can and do happen. Just because someone wanted to get the gift. Couldn't/wouldn't the received be happy with just any gift? As long as it was given with love, and care, and sincerity? I could and would be.
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