Christmas shopping

**Stylo** · 23rd December 2015, 17:30

Who's still doing their shopping for presents and how much have you spent so far ?

Was interested today on the reports of transactions in the retail sector, silly numbers something like 120+ per second. Probably be higher tomorrow.

I've managed to get our household on the same page. No presents, we'll go out for a hike and a picnic on Christmas day instead, depending on the weather. No presents or TV or radio ad's equals no pressure too. Just like last year.

Bliss

**Woodman** · 23rd December 2015, 17:37

Done mine. This is the first xmas for 15 odd years that I am not running a retail shop. Fcuk I don't miss it one bit. Please be nice to the retail slaves, they just want to have a great xmas with their whanau the same as you. Spinning out at them because that special gift you thought of for the wife two weeks ago has sold out on xmas eve isn't their fault.

Merry christmas

**JATZ** · 23rd December 2015, 17:48

I nailed my Xmas shopping a couple of weeks ago

Booked myself an ocean cruise for Xmas day

**nzspokes** · 23rd December 2015, 17:56

Originally Posted by Woodman

Spinning out at them because that special gift you thought of for the wife two weeks ago has sold out on xmas eve isn't their fault.

Merry christmas

Yes it is, piss poor stock control.

**Woodman** · 23rd December 2015, 17:59

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Yes it is, piss poor stock control.

No, running out on xmas eve is very good stock control.

**nzspokes** · 23rd December 2015, 18:05

Originally Posted by Woodman

No, running out on xmas eve is very good stock control.

Then what will you sell on Boxing day?

**AllanB** · 23rd December 2015, 18:31

Couple to do tomorrow .......... got the day off and know what I am getting so piece of piss...... provided they are in stock.

**jasonu** · 23rd December 2015, 18:37

Originally Posted by Stylo

Who's still doing their shopping for presents and how much have you spent so far ?

Was interested today on the reports of transactions in the retail sector, silly numbers something like 120+ per second. Probably be higher tomorrow.

I've managed to get our household on the same page. No presents, we'll go out for a hike and a picnic on Christmas day instead, depending on the weather. No presents or TV or radio ad's equals no pressure too. Just like last year.

Bliss

I don't like anybody therefore xmas shopping didn't take me long...

**Akzle** · 23rd December 2015, 18:42

"christ's mass" is actually a christianisation of a pagan shrooming festival. So a) fuck christians and their crusading faggotry. And b) im well in keeping with the ORIGINAL spirit of the //Ooohhh follow the pretty unicorn....

Ive spent fuckall that i wouldnt otherwise have. This "gift giving" horseshit is just that. I give people the gift of my time (and some (sorry svbitch and husafag: not you) the gift of my penis), which is worth way more than money.

On a side note, who wants to get axz wuuuuuaaaaasted for new years?

**Akzle** · 23rd December 2015, 18:49

Originally Posted by jasonu

I have no friends therefore xmas shopping didn't take me long...

f.i.f.y .

**Gremlin** · 23rd December 2015, 18:55

No shopping, but thank goodness for late night. Swung by T7 in Sylvia Park on Monday night at 8.30pm. Parked right outside, went in and exchange brake pads (for ones that actually fitted my mountain bike

) and I was out in 5-10 minutes.

Laughed my arse off today at the news report that in England some places had people stuck for 6 hrs trying to get out of the mall car park

Some abandoned their cars and went back inside.

Probably still do some work tomorrow... amazingly enough we haven't had a single client rush us with a "need before Christmas" job. Seems quite cruisy. Must be the calm before the storm

(actually Jan to April is looking ugly)

**Oakie** · 23rd December 2015, 19:06

Sorted. Mrs Oakie does it all for the whanau without even asking for my input and at the end I tell her what a great job she's done. We don't buy for each other so it's perfect!

**gsxr** · 23rd December 2015, 19:27

Christmas shopping is for retailers and believers of a fallacy or fairy tale events portrayed in one of the world best selling books.
Some even make a living expounding the content within a series of fable written by drunken monks and suseqently included in the book of fables
Retailers soon caught onto this idea and we should all give gifts to all and sundry to celebrate the birth of a fictitious person
The mind boggles at the fact that people will still spend excessive amounts of money to appease the needs of their family and friends to show how much they mean or they care about them for one day celebrating a fable.
Surely we dont need this crap for 1 day of the year to share our love for family and friends
sorry all but if you can only do it one day of the year then its all fake

just saying