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

The holiday shopping season is in full swing and millions of Americans start their shopping as early as they can: Black Friday. However, the unofficial holiday has gotten so popular that many stores begin their sales on Thanksgiving or even earlier. Ever wonder what it’s like to work in retail on those days? Well, you no longer have to because here is a taste of working on the holidays as told by some classic holiday flicks.

 

When you call in to get your hours and find out you’re working Thanksgiving and Black Friday

 

Walking into the store for the first time and actually feeling the Christmas spirit 

 

Clocking in and already knowing it’ll be a rough shift

 

 

When the whole staff starts jamming to the only non-Christmas song

 

Getting shocked with customers after throwing around wooly sweaters

 

Hearing ANOTHER version of “Last Christmas” or “This Christmas”

 

When you’d rather hide away than help a customer

 

Seeing someone have their coming of age Christmas realization while trying to decide what color sweater to buy

 

When you see that one customer who single-handedly destroys the setup you were working on for an hour within five minutes

 

Seeing customers slowly go nuts during the shopping season

 

Wishing the shift will go by faster

 

Thinking the crowd will die down but it ends up getting more busy

 

When it starts to get slow and you’re dying for entertainment 

 

When you’re resting for two minutes and the customer who will definitely talk to the manager approaches you 

 

When you’re boss tells you you’ll definitely get out early but you end up staying far later than intended

 

Realizing you’ll be going through the same cycle next month when you come back to work during winter break

 

Happy shopping and be sure to treat employees well!

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Kimberly Donahue is a junior at Hofstra University majoring in broadcast journalism. She aspires to constantly be sharing the stories of people across the world as a broadcast news reporter for a major network, but for now is exploring other realms of journalism and writing about her other interests including reading, dreaming, science, and more. Currently, she is serving as the News Director for WRHU, Hofstra University's two time Marconi award winning station. When she's not on the go she's falling down a Wikipedia black hole, you can find her binge watching YouTube segments from late night talk shows.
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Coming from a small town in Connecticut, Hailey is a recent graduate of Hofstra University. She spent her time in school working as the Campus Correspondent for the Hofstra chapter of Her Campus where she led the chapter to a pink level status every semester she oversaw the chapter. She also served as the Personnel Director for Marconi Award Winning station WRHU-FM. While holding multiple positions at Hofstra, she was a communications intern at Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, the company that oversees Barclays Center and Nassau Veteran's Memorial Coliseum.