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11 Things All Retail Workers Understand During the Holidays

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at WVU chapter.

1. Eating dinner with your family on Thanksgiving like:

2. When you realize you close every shift you work over Christmas break:

3. When you finish straightening a table and a customer messes it up again:

4. Waiting in food court lines during your break:

5. When you tell a customer their total and they question it:

6. When a large group of young kids come into your store to “just look”:

7. When your manager lets you go home early:

8. When you and your favorite co-workers all work on the same night:

9. When someone bothers you while you’re off the clock:

10. Realizing you have to work on Christmas Eve:

11. But when you see your paychecks:

I am originally from Westchester, New York. I came to WVU for my undergrad in Strategic Communications with an emphasis on Public Relations and a minor in Sports Communication. My involvment on campus includes blogging for Her Campus, a sister of Alpha Phi, the assistant director of the media team on the Mountaineer Maniacs executive board and lastly, an athletic communications intern with the WVU Athletic Communications office. I will be graduating in May of 2017 and I am looking forward to getting started with my future career in Journalism and Public Relations!