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COMMENTS:
Those who demand happy holidays/merry christmas ruin it for each other.
clerks are not sincere when they give greetings anyways,they all read from a script, have a nice day, thank you for shopping kmart, would you be interested in an extended warranty , most could care less if you dropped dead as soon as you left the store.
Such a great point!
by mojo on Thu Dec 15, 05 2:24am
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I don't think your looking at the WHOOOOOOOLE picture here. First of all i am NOT of the "SOOOOO CALLED RELIGIOUS RIGHT" but the fact that people are trying to ban the word "CHRIST"MAS" just because it offends their religious views is what the problem is. When you start removing the reason for the season than it becomes a really big problem to me and to alot of others. Christmas ain't about you council, and it's not about anyone else on here it's all about the birth of Christ. The son of God. People (not all)from the left are trying remove the words Merry Christmas and replace it with the words seasons greetings / happy holidays and i have a serious problem with that, not to mention religious nativity scenes and crazy enough santa claus. If you want to use replacement words for Merry Christmas that's fine, but no one has the right to take away my right to celebrate the birth of Christ by saying Merry Christmas and that's exactly what is happening.
no one said I could not say Merry Christmas, and I do , but if a store has policy of not doing that, who cares? Christians or anyone else can say Merry Christmas when greeting someone, if a clerk says happy holiday, nothing stops me from saying Merry Christmas if we choose too.
When that right is taken away from me, as a individual , I would be worried, but no one is saying that.
also,I can put a nativity scene in my front yard, and so can a church.
I was like you runy at first, but after thinking about it, I'm not worried , what I feel and what I do is not being taken away.
we can't force someone to say something if they don't want to
runyon: Some of us also prefer 'Happy Holidays' because we include New Year's. It isn't an effort to exclude Christmas, but to include everyone/ everything applicable.
If you want to look at what is ruining Christmas, it would be way more constructive to focus on the crass commercialization, which takes the 'Christ' out of 'Christmas' way more effectively than any seasonal greeting.
who needs scrooge when you've got political correctness?
In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukka' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukka!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!'
Neither ruins it for me, however, I think both are a little silly. Those that are offended by people using the word Christmas should just get over it, and the other side should just ignore those people and say what they wish.
I guess the problem with that is when they are forced to use Holidays, season at work so as not to offend.
Runyon: Nobodsy's forcing you to change your ways. Nobody's trying to ban you from your celebration of Christmas or from saying "Merry Christmas." Not to sound offensive, but I don't think YOU'RE looking at the whole picture.
Well then MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone.
Merry Christmas Runy
I have to disagree Larry!! I am a store clerk part-time and when I say a greeting or goodbye I do mean it (and when I don't say one I mean that too). The only time I don't say something is if I get a really rude customer who treats me like dirt.
that's good you really mean it. do you use your own words or that that of the store
I just find it hard to take a greeting as being sincere if the clerk says the exact same words as all the others and ask if I want batteries or extended warrranty while telling me to have a nice day. I'm sure there are exceptions , like you for example.
I gotta do something really rare and agree with ceejjj -- I used to be a store clerk and was sincere in what I'd say.
ok, guess I am wrong, sorry if I offended anyone
If you work in one of the stores that ask you not to say Merry Christmas, does that bother you?
None of the retail stores I have worked at had a written statement they told me to give with the exception of how to answer the phone. I use whatever is appropriate to that particular customer. A lot of them are regulars and we have an ongoing dialogue.
Gotta agree with ceejjj -- ya recognize the main demographics of the store's customers and also get familiar with recurring customers.
I worked at a fast-food restaurant in a town of about 8700 people. Around December 22nd, I told everyone that came by "Merry Christmas!". NOT ONE person was offended.
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