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I was thinking xmas was next week but it's not. I will never work retail again during christmas. Fuck this shit. People are so rude! Throwing pictures in my face, stealing shit, grabbing me... and heaven forbid I don't know which square foot of the hundred twenty thousand square foot store contains the bullshit merchandise they're asking me about. My name tag says PHOTO LAB SPECIALIST, it does not say "Ask me how many varieties of apples we sell that are from the neighboring counties" And then there's the god damned copyright law people dont understand. That's our #1 problem with customers, and I hate spending my day policing what people are printing. "Im sorry I cant sell this print to you, it's under copyright protection" "But it's great-aunt Matilda's funeral memorial and we want these pictures..." "No school or wedding pics, sorry" No Glamour shots, no Santa pics, not even reprints of the pic they take of you on the rollercoaster, no school pics, weddings or anything else looking professional, whether or not there's a studio name or number or copyright symbol. One customer told me that I was making that up and that I just didnt like her. Things will be different after christmas but until then every day people get meaner.

I dont work a triple shift this weekend, which'll be nice. I work 1p-10p in the photo lab, then midnight to 8. So I'll get a 4 hour nap, hopefully. Then back at the lab 1-10, midnight to 8 again. I cant remember my sunday hours but it may have been 1-10 again. I hope. I should probably check on that, lol, might be doing a triple again after all. They're definitely catching up to me. Course I dont relax on my time off, and I need to find time to buy better shoes, but the energy is wearing off. Momentum only takes you so far.... In a month I'll have a car. Still trying to decide what to do about an apt. I've got lots of options. Though I wish I could afford to live on our own, but there's no way I can afford a 2 bedroom by myself. Working both jobs I bring home $1400 a month, but still the last time I single-handedly afforded rent & utilities and had a car on the road was in Houston, where I was making $1200 a month but my rent was $325, things are hella cheap down there, and I didnt have a 2 year old. $1400 is pushing it. We're biding time until I get a car, then hopefully a higher paying job, something HHA/CNA then maybe we can afford not to have roommates.

Always remember to quit while you're ahead.

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