Stephen's day sales at 6am

Richard Hillman · 27-12-2019 07:54AM

Teapot22 wrote: »

Different perspective possibly. I have never been in a shop on St.Stephens Day in my life and not big into shopping anyway. My son got gift vouchers from Santa, he's growing quickly, so hard to buy for without him there.

He saw runners online he thought he could never afford but they were reduced by fifty euro so I said I'd take him shopping today. He was thrilled. He got the last pair in his size, some clothes as well. Changed in the back of the car and off to meet his friends. He hopped out of the car happy as. Times are tight in our house, we're saving for a mortgage, not everyone out today was over indulging. My fourteen year old is thrilled with his new clothes and so happy in himself, that's so lovely to see.

I still hate shopping.

Come back to us in 5 years time when your son is working a part time job.

27-12-2019 08:01AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Come back to us in 5 years time when your son is working a part time job.

And growing up as part of life, while realising it’s not perfect? Send in a lorry load of violins.

Millicently · 27-12-2019 11:25AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Come back to us in 5 years time when your son is working a part time job.

In my experience the young part time students working in retail often don't show up at weekends especially in the run up to Christmas so the full time older staff end up being called into work on what should be their days off. Not all part time young staff but a lot of them. It is good for them to work though and to learn that you have to work to afford the things you want instead of going to the bank of mum and dad.

c.p.w.g.w · 27-12-2019 11:29AM

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I looked up one of those Balenciaga jumpers out of curiosity. Had to see what a €1000 euro jumper looked like. They're pretty ugly!

Have you seen their trainers...By jaysus they are ugly and stupid expensive

https://www.brownthomas.com/men/shoes/trainers/?prefn1=brand&prefv1=BALENCIAGA

BIL bought 2 pairs for himself this Xmas

Montage of Feck · 27-12-2019 11:34AM

Money can't buy you taste.

punisher5112 · 27-12-2019 11:35AM

Oh dear lord jebus......

I'd feel absolutely hideous wearing those....

Who in their right mind would think spending that is ok...

Millicently · 27-12-2019 11:39AM

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Have you seen their trainers...By jaysus they are ugly and stupid expensive

https://www.brownthomas.com/men/shoes/trainers/?prefn1=brand&prefv1=BALENCIAGA

BIL bought 2 pairs for himself this Xmas

A few years back I saw a woman coming out of BT dressed head to toe in designer gear and my God it was like Edina Monsoon, I knew that what she was wearing cost an absolute fortune but she looked ridiculous.

https://www.google.com/search?q=edina+monsoon&client=firefox-b-d&sxsrf=ACYBGNQNg4uLBwYsPcMUjHK4zEHlB7A5-w:1577442953502&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7j5b30NXmAhWPFcAKHbW3DjgQ_AUoAXoECA4QAw&biw=1366&bih=642#imgdii=bcnz0QFwdsXorM:&imgrc=OQBFY8kE_nlKHM:

Dakota Dan · 27-12-2019 11:49AM

fritzelly wrote: »

Worst still all this crap on sale is stuff they couldn't sell the rest of the year but people see 50% off and think it's a bargain

Best way to get a bargain on Stephen’s day is to stay at home and stop buying rubbish that you don’t really need.

Dakota Dan · 27-12-2019 11:52AM

X111111111111 wrote: »

You'd want to be some sad piece of s h it to be asking your employees to be coming in at that hour on Stephens day. I mean you'd understand if it was a Gardai or HSE workers etc... but to sell cheap tat ffs. Shower of miserable twats.

How dare they try to make extra profit.

1800_Ladladlad · 27-12-2019 02:18PM

My mam works in M&S and they kept her in till 7 at night and on Stephens day kept her in till 8. I couldn't believe it when she told me, It absolutely infuriated the family more than ever strangely enough. They kept staff in to prep for the sales etc and two days before Christmas eve they removed and took down the bulk of xmas decorations and main fixtures leaving the bare minimum, skeleton decorations.

I use to work retail but thankfully it fell on my off days but I always made sure I was on my mangers Xmas hours wish list as they had a first come first served approach when issuing holidays off. I was always the first on the list for that year - my request dated January 1st

Alot of people were annoyed at this, it wasn't my problem I knew in advance to book :rolleyes:

I feel bad for people down the country tho as they only get a day to sit down let alone relax and then they have to travel on Stephens day early. FFs .

27-12-2019 02:44PM

Teapot22 wrote: »

Different perspective possibly. I have never been in a shop on St.Stephens Day in my life and not big into shopping anyway. My son got gift vouchers from Santa, he's growing quickly, so hard to buy for without him there.

He saw runners online he thought he could never afford but they were reduced by fifty euro so I said I'd take him shopping today. He was thrilled. He got the last pair in his size, some clothes as well. Changed in the back of the car and off to meet his friends. He hopped out of the car happy as. Times are tight in our house, we're saving for a mortgage, not everyone out today was over indulging. My fourteen year old is thrilled with his new clothes and so happy in himself, that's so lovely to see.

I still hate shopping.

Be better to just hold off a day and let others enjoy Christmas too.

Edgware · 27-12-2019 04:10PM

Seamai wrote: »

My mother alway's says that something is only a bargain if you actually need it.

A lot of older people talk that ould ****etalk.

Edgware · 27-12-2019 04:12PM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Best way to get a bargain on Stephen’s day is to stay at home and stop buying rubbish that you don’t really need.

BORING

27-12-2019 04:31PM

Edgware wrote: »

BORING

Just as boring as throwing it in the bin in a few weeks time.

Seamai · 27-12-2019 04:44PM

Edgware wrote: »

A lot of older people talk that ould ****etalk.

Well I happen to think that saying rings very true and I'm only in my prime, If you end up buying something purely because it's reduced, chances are it will still be hanging in the back of the wardrobe in 5 years time unworn. What a great bargain that was.

Edgware · 27-12-2019 04:51PM

Seamai wrote: »

Well I happen to think that saying rings very true and I'm only in my prime, If you end up buying something purely because it's reduced, chances are it will still be hanging in the back of the wardrobe in 5 years time unworn. What a great bargain that was.

Well if you are stupid enough to buy purely because its reduced you deserve to be ripped off

Millicently · 27-12-2019 05:19PM

Edgware wrote: »

A lot of older people talk that ould ****etalk.

You call it ould ****etalk, they call it a lifetime of experience, you do know that with age comes experience?, bless, you'll be back at school soon enough.

freshpopcorn · 27-12-2019 05:42PM

Edgware wrote: »

Well if you are stupid enough to buy purely because its reduced you deserve to be ripped off

I don't really get this thing at all when people buys clothes and don't wear them.
Your either and idiot or have money to burn.

Edgware · 27-12-2019 06:22PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I don't really get this thing at all when people buys clothes and don't wear them.
Your either and idiot or have money to burn.

Or you could be an idiot and have money to burn

Edgware · 27-12-2019 06:23PM

Millicently wrote: »

You call it ould ****etalk, they call it a lifetime of experience, you do know that with age comes experience?, bless, you'll be back at school soon enough.

Obviously talking through your hole runs in your family

27-12-2019 07:33PM

Edgware wrote: »

Obviously talking through your hole runs in your family

Proof positive that you,'ve lost the argument when you get personal with your reply! :rolleyes:

windy shepard henderson · 27-12-2019 08:57PM

sticking to the OP , i think its madness people get up so early st stephen's day to que to go shopping , especially with the madness of the weeks before

if people like it and make a tradition out of it fine , but surly it would be better if the events started today rather then yesterday

could be worse ways to spend christmas , down my neck of the woods the 26th is a big hunt day , and also a big coursing day in west clare
nothing says merry christmas more then chasing and killing wild animals:rolleyes:

Edgware · 27-12-2019 09:19PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Proof positive that you,'ve lost the argument when you get personal with your reply! :rolleyes:

Who ask you? Does Nurse know you have been at the drugs cabinet?

27-12-2019 09:29PM

Edgware wrote: »

Who ask you? Does Nurse know you have been at the drugs cabinet?

Grammar dear boy, grammar!

soiseztomabel · 28-12-2019 02:28PM

Worked on Stephens day (first Xmas in retail) and was dreading it but it wasn’t as bad as I imagined it to be, aside of a handful of feral arseholes it was grand.

Millicently · 28-12-2019 04:02PM

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

sticking to the OP , i think its madness people get up so early st stephen's day to que to go shopping , especially with the madness of the weeks before

if people like it and make a tradition out of it fine , but surly it would be better if the events started today rather then yesterday

could be worse ways to spend christmas , down my neck of the woods the 26th is a big hunt day , and also a big coursing day in west clare
nothing says merry christmas more then chasing and killing wild animals:rolleyes:

The Hunt Sabs are doing their best to disrupt the hunts they always need new members and tip offs about where the hunts are going on.

GeetarPick · 28-12-2019 05:07PM

I'll never understand why some morons would get up at 6am to buy a load of tat they will probably never use.

completedit · 28-12-2019 05:56PM

What's the deal. Tbh I worked. Stephens day wouldn't annoy me. Xmas Eve would annoy me. A scorcher in the middle of summer would annoy me. I think there's a little bit of what we are expected to think about this type of consumerism. How do you define what someone doesn't even need anyway? Id say most stuff we have we don't need. Maybe they just get a buzz from going into the shops. Too many people enforce their own way of looking at things and assume everyone should be like them.
The running into Brown Thomas is retarded though and just desperate and cringeworthy.

28-12-2019 06:05PM

completedit wrote: »

What's the deal. Tbh I worked. Stephens day wouldn't annoy me. Xmas Eve would annoy me. A scorcher in the middle of summer would annoy me. I think there's a little bit of what we are expected to think about this type of consumerism. How do you define what someone doesn't even need anyway? Id say most stuff we have we don't need. Maybe they just get a buzz from going into the shops. Too many people enforce their own way of looking at things and assume everyone should be like them.
The running into Brown Thomas is retarded though and just desperate and cringeworthy.

This! The little voice in your head that says Buy, Buy, Buy that was put there by the marketing campaigns in the run up to the sales, so do people really think that they're going bargain hunting at their own free will or were they "persuaded" to go after being bombarded by adverts.
Anyway, we're all taught to be good consumers at an early age and are expected to mindlessly buy the newest and shiniest products and simply dump the old ones, even if there is nothing wrong with it.

Here is an example of a pre-school TV programme that instils consumerism into small children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noeC5FBtnJU

28-12-2019 06:12PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This! The little voice in your head that says Buy, Buy, Buy that was put there by the marketing campaigns in the run up to the sales, so do people really think that they're going bargain hunting at their own free will or were they "persuaded" to go after being bombarded by adverts.
Anyway, we're all taught to be good consumers at an early age and are expected to mindlessly buy the newest and shiniest products and simply dump the old ones, even if there is nothing wrong with it.

Here is an example of a pre-school TV programme that instils consumerism into small children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noeC5FBtnJU

I think you’ve taken the bolded line completely backwards.

Stephen's day sales at 6am

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