I like Christmas Eve in the newsagency. Shoppers are happy and spending. The shelves are emptying. Everything is still at full price. Even things you thought would not sell sell as the last minute shoppers are less fussy.
There are wishes, hugs and even the odd kiss from customers.
Christmas carols start to sound like carols and not the background noise you’ve heard for the last few weeks.
No supplier is chasing you for money today.
You might catch a moment for Christmas cheer with colleagues.
But most of all I like the anticipation of the day, the last few hours especially. I’m grateful to experience it in retail as I find it very special.
I hope your day today is crazy good with lots of laughs, lots of sales and good feelings flowing both ways with your customers.
Interesting your remark about no suppliers chasing us today. At 9.30 am on Christmas Eve with customers five deep and staff very busy with scratchits, cards, etc etc me looking for the right box for a gift for a customer I received a call from QEnergy Collections asking me about my power bill payment which was due on the 23rd December. Had I made arrangements to pay it?? I asked him was he serious?!? Didn’t spend very long on the phone after that! At about 4 pm things got a bit quieter for a few minutes and I checked my pending payments and made the arrangements to pay.