Stephen's day sales at 6am

The chan chan man · 25-12-2019 12:24PM

spurious wrote: »

It's not just 6am. Some of them queue from 4am for the Next sale in Blanch.
Madness.

Nothing is that good in next..or any shop for that matter..to get me up at 4am!

GhostyMcGhost · 25-12-2019 12:25PM

Edgware wrote: »

No one is forcing you to go

Except if you work there

25-12-2019 12:29PM

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

Except if you work there

Boo hoo. That’s their job. I don’t want to go in to mine every day either, but that’s what I’m paid to do.

25-12-2019 12:30PM

not a snowball's chance in hell i'd show up at one of these yokes

Richard Hillman · 25-12-2019 12:30PM

I worked it a couple of years ago, it was a miserable experience.

What I found it was mostly foreign people and teenagers spending their Xmas money.

For the foreign folk, a lot of them wouldn't do Xmas so it means little to them or the ones that do celebrate Xmas probably have family back home, so their circle isn't as big as local folk.

It's all absolute nonsense though. They are the same deals from Xmas eve. Each shop will advertise a couple of one off things to get punters in but they'll have a tiny supply of these items.

Greyfox · 25-12-2019 12:37PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Ah boo hoo the poor staff.
If they didn't like the deal they could find jobs in the 99.9% of other retail outlets that don't work that day and stay at home.

That just pushes the problem on to someone else. Personally I think anybody going to the Stephens day sales are ars*holes.

dickface · 25-12-2019 12:39PM

Why don't you try working somewhere that doesn't open on the 26th

punisher5112 · 25-12-2019 12:41PM

Trains don't choo Choo for 2 days.....

PokeHerKing · 25-12-2019 12:43PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I worked it a couple of years ago, it was a miserable experience.

What I found it was mostly foreign people and teenagers spending their Xmas money.

For the foreign folk, a lot of them wouldn't do Xmas so it means little to them or the ones that do celebrate Xmas probably have family back home, so their circle isn't as big as local folk.

It's all absolute nonsense though. They are the same deals from Xmas eve. Each shop will advertise a couple of one off things to get punters in but they'll have a tiny supply of these items.

I worked in Next on grafton Street for a year during college. Xmas was the worst experience of my working life. Xmas songs start on Nov 1 on loop. I still shiver when I hear certain Xmas songs come on the radio/pub 15 years later.

I remember it being foreigners and drunks. The smell of curry and booze on the shop floor was sickening. I was steaming myself so spent the day swallowing my vomit. I feel sick for anyone work that tomorrow.

Doctors room ghost · 25-12-2019 12:46PM

mojesius wrote: »

I'll be in a food and red wine coma at that time.

Used to work in a restaurant next to a shopping centre. Stephens day was fcukin mental every year with sad bastards out shopping with angry children in tow who just wanted to be home playing with their new toys. Do these people not have a load of leftover turkey stuffing sambos to get through?!

Goose,stuffing and brown sauce for the win.
Ye may keep yere yanky turkey.

GhostyMcGhost · 25-12-2019 12:46PM

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Boo hoo. That’s their job. I don’t want to go in to mine every day either, but that’s what I’m paid to do.

See you’ve never worked in retail before. Have some respect for those who have get up early to sell you **** you don’t need

I bet you get every public holiday off

punisher5112 · 25-12-2019 12:46PM

PokeHerKing wrote: »

I worked in Next on grafton Street for a year during college. Xmas was the worst experience of my working life. Xmas songs start on Nov 1 on loop. I still shiver when I hear certain Xmas songs come on the radio/pub 15 years later.

I remember it being foreigners and drunks. The smell of curry and booze on the shop floor was sickening. I was steaming myself so spent the day swallowing my vomit. I feel sick for anyone work that tomorrow.

Ah the memories....

IAMAMORON · 25-12-2019 12:48PM

Most retail shops on the main street are struggling. Online is killing them and they are literally scraping to survive.

The underlying reason for overworking staff around Christmas is more sinister than you would imagine. The fact is that they do not want their main subordinates staying with the company for a long time. They want them to become dissatisfied and move jobs before they can dig their heals in and demand better pay and conditions. By dragging a student into work at 5 am on Stephens morning they are literally rubbing their faces in it, albeit the student gets paid.

Obviously shops need a core of long-term staff, glorified managers etc. The main retailers like Dunnes and Tesco get around this by utilising the temporary student seasonal staff at this time, most long termers are given the option of better breaks over Christmas.

The longer you are an employee for a company the more control you have, never forget that.

The main street is slowly dying anyways. The only businesses that will survive the online purge will be service businesses such as haridressers, beauticians, pubs, restaurants, clothes cleaners, grocery ( debateable but probably safe enough) etc.

Clothes retailers, appliance retailers , shoes ( yes given proper sale and return these are phucked also, a small argument around kiddies shoes ) , all these businesss will not defeat online shopping. Eventually the costs of paying shop assistants and rent , insurance etc will outweigh the cost of opening shop at all. Online shopping will win.

Happy Christmas bitches

25-12-2019 12:49PM

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

See you’ve never worked in retail before. Have some respect for those who have get up early to sell you **** you don’t need

I bet you get every public holiday off

No I don’t, what do I win?

I won’t be shopping, I’ve made my own choice and I’m happy with that. Let everyone do the same.

25-12-2019 01:05PM

I don't go near a shop from the 23rd to the 27th. If I've forgotten something, tough titty.

AllForIt · 25-12-2019 01:08PM

spurious wrote: »

It's not just 6am. Some of them queue from 4am for the Next sale in Blanch.
Madness.

For Next? ah go way

AllForIt · 25-12-2019 01:12PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Most retail shops on the main street are struggling. Online is killing them and they are literally scraping to survive.

The underlying reason for overworking staff around Christmas is more sinister than you would imagine. The fact is that they do not want their main subordinates staying with the company for a long time. They want them to become dissatisfied and move jobs before they can dig their heals in and demand better pay and conditions. By dragging a student into work at 5 am on Stephens morning they are literally rubbing their faces in it, albeit the student gets paid.

Obviously shops need a core of long-term staff, glorified managers etc. The main retailers like Dunnes and Tesco get around this by utilising the temporary student seasonal staff at this time, most long termers are given the option of better breaks over Christmas.

The longer you are an employee for a company the more control you have, never forget that.

The main street is slowly dying anyways. The only businesses that will survive the online purge will be service businesses such as haridressers, beauticians, pubs, restaurants, clothes cleaners, grocery ( debateable but probably safe enough) etc.

Clothes retailers, appliance retailers , shoes ( yes given proper sale and return these are phucked also, a small argument around kiddies shoes ) , all these businesss will not defeat online shopping. Eventually the costs of paying shop assistants and rent , insurance etc will outweigh the cost of opening shop at all. Online shopping will win.

Happy Christmas bitches

There is more of every type of shop where I live than there was 20 years ago.

pew · 25-12-2019 01:33PM

spurious wrote: »

It's not just 6am. Some of them queue from 4am for the Next sale in Blanch.
Madness.

I used to work in Next. They line up much earlier than 4am. One woman had lined up from 11pm Christmas Day one year. Very sad if I'm honest.

Really glad I don't work there anymore.

DellyBelly · 25-12-2019 01:38PM

You can pick up some great bargains though on the 26th. I got headphones that were done by nearly 100 euros on the 26th last year. Can be worth it if you are willing to make the effort.

Beechwoodspark · 25-12-2019 01:46PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Who the fcuk is up for a sale at 6am the day after Christmas.

I really pity the workers who has weeks of Christmas shyte, one day off and back in for the sales. It's all about money and it's sad and depressing.

Retail secret:

It’s all the crapola they couldn’t shift during the year

whisky_galore · 25-12-2019 01:49PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Trains don't choo Choo for 2 days.....

They haven't made a choo choo sound since the 1960s.

Dodge · 25-12-2019 01:52PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Retail secret:

It’s all the crapola they couldn’t shift during the year

It’s not a secret. Literally everybody knows what goes on during a sale

Dodge · 25-12-2019 01:54PM

Oh and let people do what they want. There are tons of threads in here about how much some people hate Christmas and ‘forced fun’. Pubs and other venues will be packed on Stephens Day too. It’s not for me but if someone enjoys shopping on Stephens day then good luck to them

dastardly00 · 25-12-2019 01:55PM

pew wrote: »

I used to work in Next. They line up much earlier than 4am. One woman had lined up from 11pm Christmas Day one year. Very sad if I'm honest.

Really glad I don't work there anymore.

That's awfully sad

25-12-2019 01:56PM

dastardly00 wrote: »

That's awfully sad

If she wanted to line up at 11pm then it’s actually awfully happy.

Esse85 · 25-12-2019 01:57PM

In this day and age, sales should be setup online, let people shop from their couch rather than the current madness where people queue up, staff have ridiculous early starts and treads like get started.

Be right back · 25-12-2019 01:58PM

I know of someone who tried to go to the Next sale about 10 years ago when we had a bad winter. Went off the road due to poor road conditions and had to be rescued.

Atlantic Dawn · 25-12-2019 02:00PM

It's usually backward people going to them, the sort of person who pays €400 for an unbranded 40 inch tv and thinks they got a stonking bargain.

con___manx1 · 25-12-2019 02:04PM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Which means the workers have to be in 2 or 3 in the morning. Disgraceful.

Love Aldi and Lidl for actually closing for 2 whole days and giving their workers a little bit of time off.

That's because they are German company's. They get more days off in Germany than we do. 30 days is around the normal annual leave for the year.
It should be the same here.

IAMAMORON · 25-12-2019 02:07PM

AllForIt wrote: »

There is more of every type of shop where I live than there was 20 years ago.

Even Clearys ?

Stephen's day sales at 6am

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