Retail During the Holidays

Nearly killed me. Our store was under staffed and over worked!!! This was my first year working in retail during the holidays, there was no way of preparing for this. I have always hated the crowds at the mall when shopping during the holidays Working in the mall when the crowds are shopping for the holidays in much, much worse!!! First there is the parking, all I wanna do is park and go to work, but no, I have to drive around and around and then end up parking in the garage. Which wouldn't be a problem if you didn't have to walk around the entire outside of the mall to get to your car at night. Second there are the constantly changing sales, Lane Bryant had a new sale every 3 days!!! Third there are the very messy, mean customers. I am not saying all the customers were this way, its just that the bad sometimes out weight the good.