1. The shifts can be a bitch.
2. Working on New Year's Day is an absolute bitch.
3. On Boxing Day we're usually forced to replace a lot of our Christmas stock with displays of Easter eggs.
4. But the fact that you see every single goddamn person out there weirdly makes up for these things.
You see everyone, from prince to pauper. From 8 years old to 80. Daily. There are truly few jobs that you get to see such a wide assortment of people. It's like you're slam dunk right in the middle of humanity, eavesdropping on everything.