Raining. Nothing happening. Send events. Stop.

So I was going to leave retail before Christmas but then I didn't get around to it so here I am yet again wrapping up Christmas decs for people and pretending to be impressed when people say to me proudly after purchasing something 'well, that's all my Christmas shopping done!' and then look at me expectantly for fucks knows what really - a mexican wave? A round of applause? A celebratory hug? I mean really, is it really something to be proud of? I would probably rate saving a kitten's life or travelling to Africa to build mud huts for orphened swans or organsing your underwear drawer more highly than completing your Christmas shopping at the start of November. But we are a deluded brain washed society with our priorities all scuwiff. My pet peeve with Christmas shoppers at the moment is not simply that they exist at all but the sheer amount of plastic bags they use. It seems to be a regular thing that not only will people say they would like a bag when you ask them, despite clearly carrying about a dozen others but that they would also like some spare bags to put the items they have just bought in and give to people as presents. This is amazing on two levels - the first being that environmentally this is shockingly careless and ignorant and secondly - that they think a shop plastic carrier bag is actually special enough to use as a gift bag for someone! I feel that if you don't care about presentation that much then just give the gifts as they are or in newspaper. Hell, just drive by the recipiants house and fling said items at their front door covered in faeces, it amounts to the same message - I don't value you enough to warrent wrapping this for you nicely. A free environmentally damaging plastic bag is all you're worth to me. Happy Christmas.

By the way, I had to get rid of the fridge door cos people were starting to abuse it and be mean which is sad cos lots of your messages were really sweet and funny - thanks to everyone who wasn't an arsehole and used it for positive messages!