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Mental Health Support

no_hypocrisy

(54,357 posts)

3. From Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve, my retail grocery store was

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:03 PM

Jan 3

unrelenting with the parade of customers. We were closed on Xmas Day. I slept 10+ hours from exhaustion.

All in all, I did rather well, as far as not allowing the difficult customers move me off my spot or make me rattled. And yes, some did try.

I had needed down time with quiet, good food, good coffee, my DU family.

I don't need a lot of people. In hindsight, "celebrating" Christmas with my family was no celebration. Glad I don't have to endure and pretend anymore.