I do not equate taking care of the needy with catering to shoppers. Please stop that.
I have worked many holidays- Christmas, Thanksgiving, 4th of July. Being with sick and injured people who can’t be with their families makes the holiday different, but it’s still a holiday. And somebody has to be there for them.
This retail priority is for those who care nothing for the dignity of the family. The customers, here, are the real crybabies.
Oh I agree with you, and I think that our lives are becoming more and more commercially motivated. When you give up Thanksgiving, or demand that others do, just so you can get a bargain on some STUFF?
But to complain about working... when many MANY people would gladly work it because they are also desperate for a paycheck. It just comes off as whiny.