For those that can’t stand this time of the year, my misery seeks company. What does it for you?

For me: aside from the usual family stuff:

I worked front-end in a post office back when that meant a line-up before I opened the doors to the end of the day when I had to inform the line-up that was still out the door that, yes, I was going to close on time. (Some didn’t take that well. For me it was just another Tuesday…)

It meant a lot of work with little thanks and I had to listen to the same shitty Xmas playlist over and over all day.

Edit/PS: The quick downvote sells it. Perfection. chefs kiss

  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m (probably) not an autist, but same all around. Hate watching people open my gifts as well because I feel like I’m pressuring them to act a certain way. Exchanging gifts is miserable.

    • Strider@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      Now take that discomfort and dial it up a few hundred percent, maybe throw some resulting body issues in there and being ill a week thereafter.

      The point I am often trying to make is: the separate issues are sometimes easy to understand (and that’s good) but the resulting issues are underestimated because of this.

      Please do not take this as a aggression to your valid post, but I often feel this needs to be added.

      • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Me sharing my discomfort was not intended to discount yours. But in the same vain, don’t discount my feelings either.