holidays vs. christmas

[jayctravis]

I work customer service for a pretty Republican retailer (yeah, I know...job market is tight)

He wanted to exchange a gift card for cash and I explained that it wasn't going to happen as per the refund policy. "Well," he says, "I guess that's $20 of mine I just wasted at <company name>."

Turns out he's peeved that like every retailer, the phrase du année is "happy holidays" instead of "merry christmas". "But 'happy holidays' is inclusive of christmas, Sir," I retorted. According to him hanukkah and kwaanza aren't national holidays, and he set about a long sequence of questioning me, "Do you get off work for christmas?" (<snrrk> barely!) "Yes." "Do you get off for hanukkah?" "I have friends that do!" I wish I'd have thought to throw in ramadan, but I probably would have gotten dinged for being combative.

Would I go to hell if next time this happens I lie and tell the caller I am Jewish and I do get days off for the holiday?

[Skittles]

1. I don't get Christmas off work and I never have

what a moron

[jayctravis]

2. Yeah, apparently internet tech support is...

...a necessary service like fire department and the hospital. Found that out last year.